Huicun He, Sen Hu, Liang Gao, Ruiying Li, Jialong Hao, Ross N. Mitchell, Kai Lu, Yubing Gao, Linxi Li, Mengfan Qiu, Zhan Zhou, Wei Yang, Shuhui Cai, Yi Chen, Lihui Jia, Qiu-Li Li, Hejiu Hui, Yangting Lin, Xian-Hua Li, Fu-Yuan Wu
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Lunar dichotomy in surface water storage of impact glass beads
Water is the one of most precious resources for planetary utilisation. Lunar nearside impact glass beads (IGBs) have been demonstrated to contain abundant solar wind-derived water (SW-H2O); however, little is known about its farside counterpart. Here, we report the water abundances and hydrogen isotope compositions and their distribution in farside IGBs collected by the Chang’e-6 mission to investigate the role of IGBs in the lunar surface water cycle. Farside IGBs are found to have water abundances of ~10–1,070 μg.g−1 with hydrogen isotopes (δD) ranging from –988‰ to >2000‰ and display typical SW-H2O hydration profiles. The SW-H2O hydration depths in farside IGBs are strikingly shallower than in nearside IGBs. Moreover, the hydration profiles are only found in mare IGBs, with none observed in non-mare IGBs, indicating that SW-H2O hydration in IGBs is likely composition dependent. These findings indicate that SW-H2O storage of IGBs exhibits a dichotomy distribution in lunar soils.
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