Relationship between positive cerium anomaly and adsorbed water in Antarctic lunar meteorites

• Published in: Meteoritics & Planetary Science
• Main Authors: KAGI, HIROYUKI, TAKAHASHI, KAZUYA
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1998
• Subjects: Space and Planetary Science; Geophysics; Antarctic; Yamato; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1945-5100.1998.tb01710.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1945-5100.1998.tb01710.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1945-5100.1998.tb01710.x

Abstract— Concentrations of adsorbed water in single mineral grains of Antarctic lunar meteorites were determined with micro infrared (IR) spectroscopy. A relationship was found between the mineral's ability to adsorb water and the extent of Ce anomaly in rare earth element (REE) patterns preci...