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The available data on the chemical composition of the lunar surface at eleven sites (3 Surveyor, 5 Apollo and 3 Luna) are used to estimate the amounts of principal chemical elements (those present in more than about 0.5% by atom) in average lunar surface material. The terrae of the Moon differ from the maria in having much less iron and titanium and appreciably more aluminum and calcium.
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Paper dedicated to Prof. Harold C. Urey on the occasion of his 80th birthday on 29 April 1973.
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Turkevich, A.L. Average chemical composition of the lunar surface. The Moon 8, 365–367 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00581730
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00581730