DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116138
论文题名: Formation of lunar highlands anorthosites
作者: Xu X. ; Hui H. ; Chen W. ; Huang S. ; Neal C.R. ; Xu X.
刊名: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
ISSN: 0012821X
出版年: 2020
卷: 536 语种: 英语
中文关键词: KREEP
; lunar anorthosite
; lunar crust
; lunar magma ocean
; lunar mantle
; metasomatism
英文关键词: Feldspar
; Meteorites
; Rare earth elements
; Rare earths
; Silicates
; Structural geology
; Trace elements
; KREEP
; lunar anorthosite
; Lunar crusts
; lunar mantle
; Magma ocean
; metasomatism
; Moon
; anorthosite
; chemical composition
; clast
; crustal structure
; fractional crystallization
; isotopic composition
; magma
; mantle structure
; metasomatism
; plagioclase
; silicate melt
; trace element
英文摘要: The lunar magma ocean (LMO) model was proposed after the discovery of anorthosite in Apollo 11 samples. However, the chemical and isotopic compositions of lunar anorthosites are not fully consistent with its LMO origin. We have analyzed major and trace elements in anorthositic clasts from ten lunar feldspathic meteorites, which are related to the solidification of the LMO. The plagioclase rare earth element (REE) abundances and patterns are not correlated with the Mg# of coexisting mafic minerals in anorthosites, implying that mafic minerals and plagioclase may not be in chemical equilibrium, consistent with their textural differences. The REE abundances in plagioclase range approximately fortyfold, which cannot be produced by fractional crystallization of a single magma. Combining plagioclase trace element data from Apollo and meteoritic anorthosites, we propose that plagioclases derived from the LMO floated to the surface to form the primordial crust, which then may have been metasomatized by incompatible-element-rich KREEP (potassium, rare earth element, phosphorus) melts and mantle-derived partial melts. The lunar anorthosites may represent this metasomatized crust rather than solely a derivative from the LMO. Furthermore, silicate melts similar to the metasomatic agents may also have melted the crust to form the Mg-suite rocks. This hypothesis is consistent with overlapping ranges of age and initial εNd between lunar anorthosites and Mg-suite rocks. These events are consistent with an overturn event of the cumulate mantle very early after primordial crust formation to produce the partial melts that metasomatized the crust. © 2020 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/165354
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作者单位: State Key Laboratory of Mineral Deposits Research, Lunar and Planetary Science Institute, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210023, China; CAS Center for Excellence in Comparative Planetology, Hefei, 230026, China; State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, School of Earth Sciences, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China; Department of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 89154, United States; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, United States
Recommended Citation:
Xu X.,Hui H.,Chen W.,et al. Formation of lunar highlands anorthosites[J]. Earth and Planetary Science Letters,2020-01-01,536