Table 1 Silicon isotopic compositions of four CE-5 lunar bulk soil samples, one CE-5 lunar basalt clast sample, one CE-6 lunar bulk soil sample, one CE-6 clast sample, and six lunar meteorites in this study

From: Space weathering on the lunar nearside and farside constrained from Si isotopes

Sample

Type

δ30Si

2SD

δ29Si

2SD

n

CE5C0100-YJFM00103

Lunar soil of CE-5

−0.05

0.05

−0.02

0.05

3

−0.05

0.06

0.00

0.04

3

−0.04

0.05

0.00

0.02

3

Average

−0.05

0.05

−0.01

0.04

 

CE5C0400-YJFM00405

Lunar soil of CE-5

−0.04

0.04

0.01

0.04

3

−0.03

0.06

0.01

0.04

3

−0.06

0.03

0.00

0.02

3

Average

−0.04

0.04

0.01

0.04

 

CE5C0400-YJFM00406

Lunar soil of CE-5

0.00

0.05

0.02

0.08

3

0.01

0.01

−0.01

0.03

3

−0.04

0.06

−0.04

0.06

3

Average

−0.01

0.04

−0.01

0.06

 

CE5C0600

Lunar soil of CE-5

−0.16

0.04

−0.06

0.03

3

 

−0.12

0.03

−0.05

0.06

6

Average

−0.13

0.03

−0.05

0.05

 

CE5C0800YJYX038

Lunar rock clast of CE-5

−0.33

0.05

−0.17

0.06

6

CE6C0400YJFM004-R003

Lunar soil of CE-6

0.04

0.05

0.05

0.05

6

CE6C0400YJFM004-C047

Lunar clasts in CE-6 soil

−0.17

0.01

−0.07

0.06

6

NWA11273

Feldspathic breccia

−0.25

0.01

−0.13

0.07

3

DAG400

Anorthositic breccia

−0.21

0.05

−0.09

0.03

3

NWA5744

Granulitic troctolitic breccia

−0.27

0.02

−0.14

0.02

3

NWA10756

Feldspathic breccia

−0.29

0.04

−0.12

0.01

3

NWA12971

Troctolitic melt rock

−0.19

0.04

−0.11

0.03

9

NWA13582

Feldspathic breccia

−0.20

0.03

−0.04

0.04

12

BHVO-2

Basalt

−0.29

0.02

−0.14

0.03

3

−0.29

0.02

−0.16

0.02

6

−0.29

0.03

−0.14

0.02

6

AGV-2

Andesite

−0.20

0.05

−0.11

0.03

3