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Korotev 1982
Korotev, R.L. (1982). Comparative geochemistry of Apollo 16 surface soils and samples from cores 64002 and 60002 through 60007. Journal of Geophysical Research 87: doi: 10.1029/JS087iS01p0A269. issn: 0148-0227.

New data are presented for the concentrations of 23 to 27 elements in nine Apollo 16 surface soil samples, two subsplits each of 12 splits of core 60002-7, and one subsplit each of 10 splits of drive tube 64002. The surface soils are generally similar to other surface soils collected at their respective stations. All ten 64002 samples are similar to each other and to the station 4 surface soils and distinctly different from soils at other stations. High iron concentrations previously reported for these same subsplits of 60002--7 result primarily from meteritic metal. One sample from each core is contaminated by stainless steel. The recently proposed ferroan anorthositic norites are required to explain the soil compositions. A yet uncharacterized component with high concentrations of Na, Sr, and Eu is also needed.

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