期刊
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
卷 48, 期 5, 页码 -出版社
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1029/2020GL091554
关键词
corundum; lunar breccia; lunar regolith; shock‐ lithification; tissintite
资金
- B-type Strategic Priority Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDB41000000]
- preresearch Project on Civil Aerospace Technologies - CNSA [D020204]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [42025302, 41973061, 41673068]
The presence of tissintite, Si-rich corundum, and coesite in strongly shock-lithified lunar meteorites suggests a shock pressure of 4-8 GPa and a temperature constraint of around 2300K, providing significant insights into the behavior of volatile elements and remanent magnetization records during shock-lithification.
Shock-lithification is a fundamental process of making rocks from fine-grained and porous regoliths on the surface of the Moon. Previous investigations have constrained potential shock pressures during shock-lithification based on experimental and numerical simulations. However, pressure and temperature conditions during shock-lithification have not been directly inferred from natural lunar breccias. Here, we report the discovery of widespread tissintite in strongly shock-lithified lunar meteorites, accompanied occasionally by Si-rich corundum and coesite. The coexistence of tissintite and coesite and the absence of stishovite in molten regions indicate a shock pressure of 4-8 GPa, which might be the pressure boundary between weak and strong shock-lithification. Meanwhile, the presence of Si-rich corundum imposes a temperature constraint of similar to 2,300 K for the intergranular melts. This temperature constraint has profound significance for interpreting the behaviors of volatile and moderately volatile elements and remanent magnetization records during strongly shock-lithification of lunar breccias.
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