Extended Data Table 1 Summary of CSD slopes, intercepts, characteristic length (CL) and calculated residence time (τ) of plagioclase, ilmenite and clinopyroxene from the Chang’E-5 basaltic fragments

From: The magmatic architecture and evolution of the Chang’e-5 lunar basalts

  1. Some reprehensive BSE images of samples in this study are given in the Extended Data Fig. 1. The crystal length (long axis) of population 1 mineral is less than 0.1 mm. The population 2 minerals have crystal length between 0.1 and 0.5 mm. The population 3 minerals have maximum crystal length above 0.5 mm.
  2. *CL = −1/slope;
  3. &τ = −1/G*Slope. G is the growth rate of minerals. T, this study; N, these BSE images were obtained from the China National Space Administration (https://moon.bao.ac.cn/moonSampleMode/index.html); and others are from references11,12,13. Experimentally determined growth rates for plagioclase (2.49*10−8 mm/s), clinopyroxene (2.91*10−8 mm/s) and ilmenite (1.35*10−8 mm/s) in basalts35 were used in this study.
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