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Davis 1980
Davis, P.A. (1980). Iron and titanium distribution on the moon from orbital gamma ray spectrometry with implications for crustal evolutionary models. Journal of Geophysical Research 85: doi: 10.1029/JB085iB06p03209. issn: 0148-0227.

A set of Fe and Ti maps and regional values are obtained from the Apollo 15 and 16 orbital gamma ray data by energy band analysis. High-Ti basalts predominate the early and late stages of mare volcanism with high-Fe basaltic volcanism in the interim. The first evidence of a high-Ti-KREEP basalt association is found in the Aristarchus region. A N-S asymmetry for Fe and Ti in the east limb and farside highlands complicates the E-W asymmetry for Th but substantiates crustal inhomogeneity. The observed crustal inhomogeneity adds an additional objection to the primitive source model for crustal evolution. The hig-Ti-KREEP basalt association and the general trend of decreasing mare basalt Ti with time lend support to the cumulate source model; however, this model cannot account for young, high-Ti maria and the absence of KREEP in high-Ti maria. The dynamic assimilation model better accounts for chemical variations observed on the moon.

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