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Lunar elemental abundances as derived from Chandrayaan-2

Bhatt, M.; Narendranath, S.; Pillai, Netra S. +6 more

The distribution of Mg, Al, Si, Ca and Fe on the lunar surface are important to understand the petrological characteristics of the Moon and its geological evolution. We derived new elemental distribution maps using the Chandrayaan-2 Large Area Soft X-ray Spectrometer (CLASS) experiment onboard the Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter. These are the first set of …

Crustal origin for olivine in the lunar Shioli crater ejecta boulders: Insights from the geological setting of Theophilus crater and Nectaris basin

Bhattacharya, Satadru; Pathak, Sumit; Kumar, P. Senthil +6 more

On the Moon, impact craters and basins expose a wide range of crustal and mantle rocks that provide excellent opportunity for sampling them, understanding their origins and reconstructing spatial and temporal evolution of lunar interior. The previous studies detected olivine-bearing mantle rocks in and around large impact craters and basins. The J…