High Pre-Eruptive Water Contents Preserved in Lunar Melt Inclusions
@article{Hauri2011HighPW, title={High Pre-Eruptive Water Contents Preserved in Lunar Melt Inclusions}, author={E. Hauri and T. Weinreich and A. E. Saal and M. C. Rutherford and James A. Van Orman}, journal={Science}, year={2011}, volume={333}, pages={213 - 215} }
Primitive magmatic melt inclusions from the Moon contain as much water as some terrestrial mid-ocean ridge magmas. The Moon has long been thought to be highly depleted in volatiles such as water, and indeed published direct measurements of water in lunar volcanic glasses have never exceeded 50 parts per million (ppm). Here, we report in situ measurements of water in lunar melt inclusions; these samples of primitive lunar magma, by virtue of being trapped within olivine crystals before volcanic… CONTINUE READING
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