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Simon et al. 1982
Simon, S.B., Papike, J.J. and Laul, J.C. (1982). The Apollo 14 Regolith: Petrology of cores 14210/14211 and 14220 and soils 14141, 14148, and 14149. Journal of Geophysical Research 87: doi: 10.1029/JS087iS01p0A232. issn: 0148-0227.

New modal data are presented for continuous polished thin sections from double drive tube 14210/14211, and single drive tube 14220, and for polished grain mounts of four soils from the double drive tube, one from the single drive tube, and the soils 14148 (trench top), 14149 (trench bottom), and 14141 (Cone Crater). Modal data show that the Cone Crater soil is immature, whereas the 'smooth plains' soils are mature and rich in agglutinates and breccias. Neither core exhibits any major variations with depth. Microprobe analyses of mineral and glass fragments are consistent with derivation of the soils predominantly from the local rocks, with ~5--11% exotic mare component indicated by the modal data. About 4% of the glasses are SiO2- and K2O-rich granitic glasses which are comminuted mesostasis from the local melt rocks. The soils are depleted in feldspar relative to the source rocks. The preferred explanation for this depletion is that feldspar is concentrated in the <10 μm fines and is consumed in the formation of agglutinates, regolith breccias, and feldspathic glass.

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