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On the mechanisms of lunar regolith glass particle formation

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The discovery of many particles of glass in the lunar regolith has resulted in various hypotheses for their origin1. Based on previously unpublished work2, we here give an analysis of the principal mechanisms of their formation and evolution.

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  1. Space Research Institute, Academy of Sciences, Profsojusnaja, 88 117810, Moscow, USSR

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Chernyak, Y., Nussinov, M. On the mechanisms of lunar regolith glass particle formation. Nature 261, 664–666 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1038/261664a0

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