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Volatiles in lunar regolith samples: A survey

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A summary is given of the literature data on the content of volatiles in the lunar regolith, the characterization of the likely sources of the volatiles, and the possible processes of their migration and burial. The main sources of volatiles in the regolith are the solar wind, small Solar System bodies (comets and meteorites), and the lunar interior. Different sources are the leading ones for different volatiles. Water and other volatiles can accumulate on the surface and in the near-surface layers of the Moon only in the so-called cold traps in polar basins, where other volatiles, as well as water ice, including highly toxic elements such as mercury and cadmium must be accumulated. The content of volatiles in the lunar interior is comparable to that in terrestrial rocks. Water could have played an important role in the early stages of the Moon’s history, e.g., in the formation of mare basalts. The isotopic composition of the lunar juvenile water is similar to that on the Earth, which suggests a common origin of the terrestrial and lunar water.

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Original Russian Text © A.V. Ivanov, 2014, published in Astronomicheskii Vestnik, 2014, Vol. 48, No. 2, pp. 120–138.

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Ivanov, A.V. Volatiles in lunar regolith samples: A survey. Sol Syst Res 48, 113–129 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0038094614020038

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