Decline of the lunar core dynamo
Sonia M. Tikoo, Benjamin P. Weiss, William S. Cassata, David L. Shuster Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 404, 15 October 2014, Pages 89–97 DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.07.010 LINK
Highly siderophile elements in Earth’s mantle as a clock for the Moon-forming impact
Jacobson SA, Morbidelli A, Raymond SN, O’Brien DP, Walsh KJ and Rubie DC (2014) Nature 508, 84–87 (03 April 2014) doi:10.1038/nature13172 LINK Using HSE abundance measurements13, 14, we determine a Moon-formation age of 95 ± 32 Myr after…
Impact Theory Gets Whacked
Daniel Clery Science 11 October 2013: Vol. 342 no. 6155 pp. 183-185 DOI: 10.1126/science.342.6155.183 LINK
Hydrogen Isotopes in Lunar Volcanic Glasses and Melt Inclusions Reveal a Carbonaceous Chondrite Heritage
A.E. Saal et al. Published Online May 9 2013 Science 14 June 2013: Vol. 340 no. 6138 pp. 1317-1320 DOI: 10.1126/science.1235142 LINK Water is perhaps the most important molecule in the solar system, and determining…
