Surface Volatiles on the Moon

Dana M. Hurley; Matthew A. Siegler; Joshua T. S. Cahill; Anthony Colaprete; Emily Costello; Ariel N. Deutsch; Richard C. Elphic; Wenzhe Fa; Cesare Grava; Paul O. Hayne; Jennifer Heldmann; Amanda R. Hendrix; Andrew P. Jordan; Rosemary M. Killen; Rachel L. Klima; Georgiana Kramer; Shuai Li; Yang Liu; Paul G. Lucey; Erwan Mazarico; Yvonne Pendleton; Michael Poston; Parvathy Prem; Kurt D. Retherford; Micah Schaible

doi:10.2138/rmg.2023.89.18

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Research Article| December 01, 2023

Surface Volatiles on the Moon

Dana M. Hurley;

Dana M. Hurley

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, Maryland 20723, U.S.A.

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Matthew A. Siegler;

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Planetary Science Institute, 1700 E Fort Lowell Rd STE 106, Tucson, Arizona 85719, U.S.A.

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Joshua T. S. Cahill;

Joshua T. S. Cahill

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Anthony Colaprete;

Anthony Colaprete

NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California 94035, U.S.A.

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Emily Costello;

Emily Costello

Hawai’i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawai’i 96822, U.S.A.

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Ariel N. Deutsch;

Ariel N. Deutsch

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Richard C. Elphic;

Richard C. Elphic

NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California 94035, U.S.A.

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Wenzhe Fa;

Wenzhe Fa

Institute of Remote Sensing and GIS, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

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Cesare Grava;

Cesare Grava

Southwest Research Institute, 220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, Texas 78238, U.S.A.

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Paul O. Hayne;

Paul O. Hayne

Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, 2000 Colorado Avenue, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, U.S.A.

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Jennifer Heldmann;

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NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California 94035, U.S.A.

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Amanda R. Hendrix;

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Planetary Science Institute, 1700 E Fort Lowell Rd STE 106, Tucson, Arizona 85719, U.S.A.

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Andrew P. Jordan;

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Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, Morse Hall, 8 College Road, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, U.S.A.

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Rosemary M. Killen;

Rosemary M. Killen

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 800 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, U.S.A.

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Rachel L. Klima;

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Georgiana Kramer;

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Shuai Li;

Shuai Li

Hawai’i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawai’i 96822, U.S.A.

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Yang Liu;

Yang Liu

National Space Science Center, Zhongguancun Nanertiao 1, Beijing, 100190, China

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Paul G. Lucey;

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Erwan Mazarico;

Erwan Mazarico

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Yvonne Pendleton;

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NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California 94035, U.S.A.

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Michael Poston;

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Southwest Research Institute, 220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, Texas 78238, U.S.A.

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Parvathy Prem;

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Kurt D. Retherford;

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Micah Schaible

School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, U.S.A.

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Author and Article Information

Dana M. Hurley

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, Maryland 20723, U.S.A.

Matthew A. Siegler

Planetary Science Institute, 1700 E Fort Lowell Rd STE 106, Tucson, Arizona 85719, U.S.A.

Joshua T. S. Cahill

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, Maryland 20723, U.S.A.

Anthony Colaprete

NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California 94035, U.S.A.

Emily Costello

Hawai’i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawai’i 96822, U.S.A.

Ariel N. Deutsch

NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California 94035, U.S.A.

Richard C. Elphic

NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California 94035, U.S.A.

Wenzhe Fa

Institute of Remote Sensing and GIS, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China

Cesare Grava

Southwest Research Institute, 220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, Texas 78238, U.S.A.

Paul O. Hayne

Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences, 2000 Colorado Avenue, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309, U.S.A.

Jennifer Heldmann

NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California 94035, U.S.A.

Amanda R. Hendrix

Planetary Science Institute, 1700 E Fort Lowell Rd STE 106, Tucson, Arizona 85719, U.S.A.

Andrew P. Jordan

Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, Morse Hall, 8 College Road, Durham, New Hampshire 03824, U.S.A.

Rosemary M. Killen

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 800 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, U.S.A.

Rachel L. Klima

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, Maryland 20723, U.S.A.

Georgiana Kramer

Planetary Science Institute, 1700 E Fort Lowell Rd STE 106, Tucson, Arizona 85719, U.S.A.

Shuai Li

Hawai’i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawai’i 96822, U.S.A.

Yang Liu

National Space Science Center, Zhongguancun Nanertiao 1, Beijing, 100190, China

Paul G. Lucey

Hawai’i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawai’i 96822, U.S.A.

Erwan Mazarico

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 800 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, U.S.A.

Yvonne Pendleton

NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California 94035, U.S.A.

Michael Poston

Southwest Research Institute, 220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, Texas 78238, U.S.A.

Parvathy Prem

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, Maryland 20723, U.S.A.

Kurt D. Retherford

Southwest Research Institute, 220 Culebra Road, San Antonio, Texas 78238, U.S.A.

Micah Schaible

School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, U.S.A.

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Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America

First Online: 04 Dec 2023

Mineralogical Society of America

Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry (2023) 89 (1): 787–827.

https://doi.org/10.2138/rmg.2023.89.18

Discovery of water in lunar samples and on the lunar surface has opened a new chapter in lunar exploration. In addition to their potential utility, water and other volatile compounds can record a vast amount of information about the evolution of the Moon and migration of material throughout the Solar System. This chapter centers on volatile species (H₂O, OH, CO₂, Ar, etc.) identified and theorized in the upper microns to meters of the lunar surface. While volatiles are generally thought of as residing within the cold, permanently shadowed regions (PSR) near the lunar poles, volatiles also...

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