Direct measurement of hydroxyl in the lunar regolith and the origin of lunar surface water

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Yang Liu
Yunbin Guan
Youxue Zhang
George R. Rossman
John M. Eiler
Lawrence A. Taylor
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[1] Planetary Geosciences Institute,Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
[2] University of Tennessee,Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
[3] California Institute of Technology,Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
[4] University of Michigan,undefined
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Nature Geoscience | 2012年 / 5卷
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Over the past few years, it has become clear that the Moon’s surface is not entirely dry. The direct identification of hydroxyl in glasses produced in lunar soils by the impact of micrometeorites supports the idea that water was delivered to the lunar surface by the solar wind.
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