Apollo 15 Low-Titanium Basalt Data
Authored by Zoë E. Wilbur, Jessica J. Barnes, Scott A. Eckley, Timmons Erickson, Kenneth Domanik, and Ryan A. Zeigler
"Elemental Maps" Folder: Elemental maps obtained using a scanning electron microscope or electron microprobe, as described in the methods of the associated manuscript. Includes maps for the following polished thin sections: 15495, 16; 15495, 19; 15499, 125; 15499, 127; 15555, 403; 15556, 270; 15608, 6.
"X-Ray Computed Tomography Scans" Folder: Contains 3D XCT scans for low-Ti Apollo 15 basalt chips. Each zipped folder contains tiff images of the scanned sample and the corresponding "contents" Word file for scan parameters.
"Apollo 15 Low Ti Basalt EMPA Compiled" Spreadsheet: Excel Spreadsheet containing all associated electron microprobe chemical spot analyses from the studied polished sections.
This data supplements the following publication:
Wilbur, Z. E., Barnes, J. J., Eckley, K. Domanik, S. A., Zeigler, R. A. (In Review). On the diversity of low-titanium basaltic magmatism from Apollo 15 returned samples. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.
Materials and Methods:
-Scanning electron microscope (TM4000 Hitachi Tabletop SEM and JEOL 7600F) for elemental mapping and phase identification
-Electron microprobe (Cameca SX-100) for quantitative mineral and glass chemistry
-X-ray computed tomography scanner (Nikon XTH 320) for 3D data of basalts
-Dragonfly (ORS, open source) software for 3D reconstructions
-Blob3B (UTCT, open source) software for 3D measurements
-Stereonet 11 (open source) software for fabric analysis
-ImageJ/FIJI (open source) software for 2D modal mineralogic analyses
CRediT authorship contribution statement:
Zoë E. Wilbur: Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – Original draft, Writing – Review and editing. Jessica J. Barnes: Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – Review and editing, Resources. Scott A. Eckley: Investigation, Methodology, Data curation, Resources, Writing – Review and editing. Timmons Erickson: Investigation, Methodology, Data curation, Resources, Writing – Review and editing. Kenneth Domanik: Investigation, Methodology, Data curation, Resources, Writing – Review and editing. Ryan A. Zeigler: Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – Review and editing.
For inquiries regarding the contents of this dataset, please contact the Corresponding Author listed in the README.txt file. Administrative inquiries (e.g., removal requests, trouble downloading, etc.) can be directed to data-management@arizona.edu
Funding
INVESTIGATING DEGASSING HISTORIES OF APOLLO 15 AND 17 LUNAR BASALTS WITH 3D VISUALIZATION AND COORDINATED MICROANALYSIS
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