We present a revised model of soil evolution constrained by the recent LSCC data for lunar soils. In addition to an observed universal increase in feldspathic components in the finer fractions of soils [ Taylor et al. , 2001 , 2003a , 2003b ], both differential melting and lateral mixing processes appear to be required during the evolution of lunar soils. We propose mare‐highland mixing of a significant glass component along with a preferential melting sequence for agglutinitic glass formation of: glass > plagioclase > pyroxene ≫ ilmenite.
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