The thermal and deformational history of apollo 15418, A partly shock-melted lunar breccia |
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| Authors: | G L Nord Jr J M Christie J S Lally A H Heuer |
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| Institution: | (1) U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA., USA;(2) Department of Geology, University of California, Los Angeles, Calif., USA;(3) U.S. Steel Corp., Monroeville, Pa., USA;(4) Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
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| Abstract: | A thermal and mechanical history of lunar gabbroic anorthosite 15418 (1140g) has been deduced from petrographic examination of both exterior and interior thin sections and electron microprobe analysis and transmission electron microscopy of interior thin sections. We suggest that the rock underwent two major shock events - an early brecciation and annealing that produced a recrystallized breccia, followed by a second shock event that melted the surface of the rock, vitrified the interior plagioclase and heavily deformed the mafic phases. This latter shock even was also followed by annealing which crystallized the shock-produced glass and promoted recovery and recrystallization of the deformed crystalline phases. The complex mechanical and thermal history of 15418 compared with other ANT suite rocks at Spur Crater suggests that it had a different provenance. |
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