LINK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n“The U\u2013Pb systems of apatite and merrillite grains within four separate Apollo 14 impact melt breccia samples were analysed by secondary ion mass spectrometry. No systematic difference was identified between the 207Pb\/206Pb ages of the apatites and merrillites. A combined 207Pb\/206Pb age of 3927 \u00b1 2 Ma (95% conf.) is determined for three of these samples (14305,103: 3926 \u00b1 4 Ma; 14306,150: 3926 \u00b1 6 Ma; 14314,13: 3929 \u00b1 4 Ma). By combining these data with the ages previously obtained for zircons in Apollo 12 impact melt breccia fragments and the lunar meteorite SaU 169, a weighted average age of 3926 \u00b1 2 Ma (95% conf.) is obtained, which is attributed to the formation of the Imbrium basin. An age of 3943 \u00b1 5 Ma is determined for the fourth breccia (14321,134), which is similar to ages of 3946 \u00b1 15 Ma and 3958 \u00b1 19 Ma, obtained from several older phosphates in 14305,103 and 14314,13. The weighted average of these three older ages is 3944 \u00b1 4 Ma (95% conf.). This is indistinguishable to the age (3938 \u00b1 4 Ma; 2\u03c3) obtained for a different Apollo 14 impact melt breccia in a previous study. After investigating likely sources for this older \u223c3940 Ma age, we conclude that the Humorum or Serenitatis basin forming events are likely candidates. The potential identification of two large impact events within \u223c15 Myrs has important implications for the rate of lunar bombardment around 3.95\u20133.92 Ga. This study demonstrates the importance of high-precision age determinations for interpreting the impact record of the Moon, as documented in lunar samples.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
J.F. Snape, A.A. Nemchin, M.L. Grange, J.J. Bellucci, F. Thiessen, M.J. Whitehouse Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 174, 1 February 2016, Pages 13\u201329 LINK “The U\u2013Pb systems of apatite and merrillite grains within four separate…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90,41,115],"tags":[667,2210,313,2207,2208,2209,1857,2205,2206,1073],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6285"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6285"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6286,"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6285\/revisions\/6286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmaka.de\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}