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Bogard & Johnson 1983
Bogard, D.D. and Johnson, P. (1983). Trapped noble gases indicate lunar origin for Antarctic meteorite. Geophysical Research Letters 10: doi: 10.1029/GL010i009p00801. issn: 0094-8276.

The isotopic abundances of the noble gases (He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe) are reported for Antarctic meteorite ALHA81005. It contains solar wind-implanted gases whose absolute and relative concentrations are quite similar to lunar regolith samples but not to other meteorites. ALHA81005 also contains a large excess 40Ar component which is identical to the component in lunar fines implanted from the lunar atmosphere. Large concentrations of cosmogenic 21Ne, 82Kr and 126Xe in ALHA81005 indicate a total cosmic ray exposure age of ≥2¿108 years. The noble gas data alone are strong evidence for a lunar origin of this meteorite.

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