Impact-induced mixing generated the stratified soils of the Lunar South Pole Aitken Basin

Impact-induced mixing generated the stratified soils of the Lunar South Pole Aitken Basin

Abstract The Mg-pyroxene annulus in the South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin holds crucial information about the lunar crustal evolution, yet its mineralogy and origin remain debate. Here we analyzed the mineralogy, exogenic ejecta, and soil evolution of the 2.8-billion-year-old Chang’e-6 samples from the...

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Main Authors: Haijun Cao, Jian Chen, Xuejin Lu, Jiaqi Kong, Le Qiao, Chengxiang Yin, Changqing Liu, Hongkun Qu, Xiaohui Fu, Yanqing Xin, Zongcheng Ling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-07-01
Series:Communications Earth & Environment
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02441-8
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