Sources and sinks for excess Xe and Ar on the Moon

United Kingdom, Oct. 18 -- Project Id: 75643

Description: Grant agreement ID: 749815

Status

Ongoing project

Start date

1 May 2018

End date

30 April 2020

Funded under:

H2020-EU.1.3.2.

Overall budget:

€ 183 454,80

EU contribution

€ 183 454,80

Objective

Noble gases trace the evolution of reservoirs inside terrestrial planetary bodies because their isotopic signatures are diagnostic of volatile sources. In addition, original compositions can be modified by radioactive decay of rock forming elements, providing constraints on the chemistry of an interior reservoir and the time at which it was isolated (since when noble gases were retained). Some lunar samples are known to preserve signatures in xenon and argon that were...