Cadmium isotope constraints on the formation of the Earth-Moon system and volatile element cycling on the Moon

• Applicant: Privatdozent Dr. Frank Wombacher
• Subject Area: Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry
• Term: since 2018
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 404668427

This is a follow-up proposal related to WO 1594-6. The Project was already funded within the priority program SPP1833 "Building a habitable Earth" (part-time post-doc at 58%) and extented for 6 months within DFG COVID measures. It aims at cadmium isotope analyses on lunar Apollo samples. As NASA labs were closed during the pandemic, the lunar samples arrived only shortly before the start of the 6-month COVID extension. As a consequence we were just able to obtain a publishable data set on a subset of samples. While waiting for the Apollo samples, chondritic meteorites were analysed. This follow-up proposal for a six month post-doc position is intented to give us the chance to write up the data on lunar samples and chondrites and present it at meetings.

• DFG Programme: Priority Programmes
• Subproject of: SPP 1833: Building a Habitable Earth