Petrogenesis of lunar granulitic breccia meteorites Northwest Africa 15062 and 15063
Zhipeng Xia, Baochen Yang, Bowen Si, Guozhu Chen, Xi Wang, Hongyi Chen, Chuantong Zhang, Bingkui Miao MAPS, Version of Record online: 12 November 2024 LINK “We present petrology and mineralogy for two lunar granulitic breccia…
Evidence of a 4.33 billion year age for the Moon’s South Pole–Aitken basinOPEN ACCESS
K. H. Joy, N. Wang, J. F. Snape, A. Goodwin, J. F. Pernet-Fisher, M. J. Whitehouse, Y. Liu, Y. T. Lin, J. R. Darling, P. Tar & R. Tartèse Nature AstronomyPublished: 16 October 2024 LINK…
Petrology and chronology of mare components in lunar basaltic breccia meteorite Northwest Africa 12384OPEN ACCESS
Christopher J.-K. Yen, Paul K. Carpenter, Cécile Deligny, Alexander Nemchin, Renaud Merle, Anthony J. Irving, Kunihiko Nishiizumi, Marc W. Caffee, A. J. Timothy Jull, Martin Whitehouse, Bradley L. Jolliff MAPS, Version of Record online: 30…
Magmatic evolution of KREEP-free lunar meteorite Asuka-881757 inferred from sector-zoned clinopyroxene, pyroxene symplectites, and thermodynamic modeling
Y. Srivastava, A. Basu Sarbadhikari, A. Yamaguchi, A. Takenouchi, J. M. D. Day, T. Ubide MAPS, Version of Record online: 30 August 2024 LINK “Lunar basaltic meteorite Asuka-881757 (A-881757), a member of the source crater…
Visual observation of meteorite ablation in plasma wind tunnel experimentsOPEN ACCESS
F. Grigat, S. Loehle, J. Vaubaillon, P. Matlovič, J. Tóth IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 8 August 2024 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights “A set of 28 different meteorites was tested in 32…
Petrographic and geochemical analysis of lunar meteorite NWA 11788: Parallels with Luna 20 and the Apollo magnesian granulitesOPEN ACCESS
Craig R. Hulsey, Katie M. O’Sullivan MAPS, Version of Record online: 06 August 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The first in-depth geochemical and petrological analyses of new lunar meteorite Northwest Africa (NWA) 11788 were…
High-precision U-Pb zircon dating identifies a major magmatic event on the Moon at 4.338 GaOPEN ACCESS
Mélanie Barboni Dawid Szymanowski Blair Schoene Nicolas Dauphas Zhe J. Zhang Xi Chen Kevin D. McKeegan Science Advances24 Jul 2024Vol 10, Issue 30 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Moon has had a complex history,…
Petrological, chemical, and chronological study of breccias in the Chang’e-5 soil
Yuruo Shi, Wenxiao Peng, Katherine H. Joy, Xuefeng Yu, Yue Guan, Zemin Bao, Xiaochao Che, Romain Tartèse, Joshua F. Snape, James W. Head, Martin J. Whitehouse, Xiaolei Wang, Yuqi Qian, Zengsheng Li, Chen Wang, Tao…
Asteroid Kamo‘oalewa’s journey from the lunar Giordano Bruno crater to Earth 1:1 resonance
Yifei Jiao, Bin Cheng, Yukun Huang, Erik Asphaug, Brett Gladman, Renu Malhotra, Patrick Michel, Yang Yu & Hexi Baoyin Nature Astronomy, Published: 19 April 2024 LINK “Among the nearly 30,000 known near-Earth asteroids (NEAs), only…
Low-temperature thermal and physical properties of lunar meteorites
R. J. Macke, C. P. Opeil, D. T. Britt, G. J. Consolmagno, A. Irving MAPS, Version of Record online: 17 April 2024 LINK “Lunar meteorites are the most diverse and readily available specimens for the…
The lunar 40Ar/36Ar antiquity indicator in the presence of a lunar paleomagnetosphere
A.R. Poppe, I. Garrick-Bethell, S. Fatemi, C. Grava IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 6 April 2024 LINK “Highlights • Model the effects of a lunar paleomagnetosphere on argon flux to the lunar surface.• Paleomagnetosphere…
Isotopic variations of Sm, Gd, Er and Yb found in planetary materials caused by neutron-capture reactions in natureOPEN ACCESS
Hiroshi Hidaka Journal of Analytical Science and TechnologyVolume 15, article number 14 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The isotopic shifts of 149Sm–150Sm and 157Gd–158Gd have often been observed in meteorites and lunar surface materials, because…
The lithologic diversity of the Moon recorded in lunar meteorites Northwest Africa 7611 and 10480
Haijun Cao, Jian Chen, Chengxiang Yin, Xiaohui Fu, Zongcheng Ling, Xiaochao Che MAPS, Version of Record online: 23 January 2024 LINK “Northwest Africa (NWA) 7611/10480 are lunar regolith breccia meteorites, composed of mineral fragments and…
A dunite fragment in meteorite Northwest Africa (NWA) 11421: A piece of the Moon’s mantleOPEN ACCESS
Allan H. Treiman, Julia Semprich American Mineralogist (2023) 108 (12): 2182–2192 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “A centimeter-sized fragment of dunite, the first recognized fragment of Moon mantle material, has been discovered in the lunar highlands breccia…
4.46 Ga zircons anchor chronology of lunar magma oceanOPEN ACCESS
J. Greer, B. Zhang, D. Isheim, D.N. Seidman, A. Bouvier, P.R. Heck Geochemical Perspectives Letters, V27Published 23 October 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The crystallisation ages of lunar samples provide critical constraints on the…
SIMS U-Pb dating of micro-zircons in the lunar meteorites Dhofar 1528 and Dhofar 1627OPEN ACCESS
Bidong Zhang, Yangting Lin, Jialong Hao, Devin L. Schrader, Meenakshi Wadhwa, Randy L. Korotev, William K. Hartmann, Audrey Bouvier MAPSVersion of Record online: 19 September 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “About half of the…
Overview of the MetSpec project – Artificial meteors in ground testing
Juraj Tóth, Pavol Matlovič, Stefan Loehle, Jérémie Vaubaillon, Adriana Pisarčíková, David Leiser, Felix Grigat, Martin Eberhart, Fabian Hufgard, Ranjith Ravichandran, Erik Poloni, Igor Hoerner, Christian Duernhofer, Sara Delahaie, Ludovic Ferrière, Sylvian Rommeluere, Nicolas Rambaux IcarusAvailable…
Non-destructive elemental analysis of lunar meteorites using a negative muon beam
I-Huan Chiu, Kentaro Terada, Takahito Osawa, Changkun Park, Soshi Takeshita, Yasuhiro Miyake, Kazuhiko Ninomiya MAPSVersion of Record online: 03 August 2023 LINK “We report the result of a non-destructive elemental analysis of lunar meteorites using…
Petrology and mineralogy of volcanic glass in meteorite Northwest Africa 11801: Implications for their petrogenesis
Guozhu Chen, Zhipeng Xia, Bingkui Miao, Zilong Wang, Wei Tian, Yikai Zhang, Hao Liu, Chuangtong Zhang, Lanfang Xie, Yanhua Peng, Hongyi Chen, Xi Wang MAPSVersion of Record online: 03 August 2023 LINK “The study of…
Dhofar 1769—Clear indications for repeated mixing of impact melt lithologiesOPEN ACCESS
Addi Bischoff, Mike Komnik, Jakob Storz, Jasper Berndt MAPS,First published: 17 July 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The lunar regolith breccia Dhofar 1769, which was found in 2012 as a single 125 g piece in…
Distribution of s-, r-, and p-process nuclides in the early Solar System inferred from Sr isotope anomalies in meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Jonas M. Schneider, Christoph Burkhardt, Thorsten Kleine Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal Letters PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (25 July 2023):The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 952, Number 1 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Nucleosynthetic…
Peculiarities of the Extraterrestrial Basalts of the Solar System with Reference to the Exoplanet Science: a Brief Review
S. I. Demidova & D. D. Badyukov Geochemistry International, Volume 61, pages 453–467Published: 06 July 2023 LINK “The formation of basalts is a global stage in the evolution of differentiated cosmic body (planet or asteroid)…
Investigating the crystallization history of Apollo 15 mare basalts using quantitative textural analysisOPEN ACCESS
S. K. Bell, K. H. Joy, J. F. Pernet-Fisher, M. E. Hartley MAPSVersion of Record online: 23 June 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Mare basalts collected at the Apollo 15 landing site are classified…
Mass-dependent nickel isotopic variations in achondrites and lunar rocks
Shui-Jiong Wang, Shi-Jie Li, Yangting Lin, Si-Zhang Sheng Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 11 April 2023 LINK “We present high-precision mass-dependent nickel isotopic data for a comprehensive suite of achondrites and…
Early bombardment of the moon: Connecting the lunar crater record to the terrestrial planet formation
David Nesvorný, Fernando V. Roig, David Vokrouhlický, William F. Bottke, Simone Marchi, Alessandro Morbidelli, Rogerio Deienno Icarus, Available online 29 March 2023, 115545 LINK „The lunar crater record features ∼50 basins. The radiometric dating of…
A solar wind-derived water reservoir on the Moon hosted by impact glass beadsOPEN ACCESS
Huicun He, Jianglong Ji, Yue Zhang, Sen Hu, Yangting Lin, Hejiu Hui, Jialong Hao, Ruiying Li, Wei Yang, Hengci Tian, Chi Zhang, Mahesh Anand, Romain Tartèse, Lixin Gu, Jinhua Li, Di Zhang, Qian Mao, Lihui…
Ubiquitous and progressively increasing ferric iron content on the lunar surfaces revealed by the Chang’e-5 sample
Haiyang Xian, Jianxi Zhu, Yiping Yang, Shan Li, Xiaoju Lin, Jiaxin Xi, Jieqi Xing, Xiao Wu, Hongmei Yang, Qin Zhou, Akira Tsuchiyama, Hongping He & Yi-Gang Xu Nature AstronomyPublished: 09 January 2023 LINK “Although ferric…
Detection of ferric iron in an exsolved lunar pyroxene using electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS): Implications for space weathering and redox conditions on the Moon
Brittany A. Cymes, Katherine D. Burgess, Rhonda M. Stroud MAPSVersion of Record online: 29 December 2022 LINK “To shed light on the mechanism of formation of nanophase iron particles (npFe) in space-weathered materials from airless bodies, we…
Mature lunar soils from Fe-rich and young mare basalts in the Chang’e-5 regolith samples
Xuejin Lu, Jian Chen, Zongcheng Ling, Changqing Liu, Xiaohui Fu, Le Qiao, Jiang Zhang, Haijun Cao, Jianzhong Liu, Zhiping He & Rui Xu Nature Astronomy (2022)Published: 12 December 2022 LINK “Space weathering on airless bodies…
A changing thermal regime revealed from shallow to deep basalt source melting in the MoonOPEN ACCESS
Yash Srivastava, Amit Basu Sarbadhikari, James M. D. Day, Akira Yamaguchi & Atsushi Takenouchi Nature Communications, Volume 13, Article number: 7594 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Sample return missions have provided the basis for understanding…
The Lunar Breccia Dhofar 1442: Noble Gases, Nitrogen, and Carbon Released by Stepwise Combustion and CrushingOPEN ACCESS
E. V. Korochantseva, A. B. Verchovsky & A. V. Korochantsev Geochemistry International, Volume 60, pages 1192–1206Published: 08 December 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Stepwise crushing and combustion methods were applied to study the KREEP-rich…
Sub-microscopic magnetite and metallic iron particles formed by eutectic reaction in Chang’E-5 lunar soilOPEN ACCESS
Zhuang Guo, Chen Li, Yang Li, Yuanyun Wen, Yanxue Wu, Bojun Jia, Kairui Tai, Xiaojia Zeng, Xiongyao Li, Jianzhong Liu & Ziyuan Ouyang Nature Communications, Volume 13, Article number: 7177 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Controls on determining the bulk water content of the Moon
Ananya Mallik, Sabrina Schwinger, Arkadeep Roy, Pranabendu Moitra MAPSVersion of Record online: 15 November 2022 LINK “The Moon is much wetter than previously thought. The estimated bulk H2O concentrations based on the analyses of H2O…
Visible and near-infrared reflectance spectra of igneous rocks and their powders
Yan Zhuang, Hao Zhang, Pei Ma, Te Jiang, Yazhou Yang, Ralph E. Milliken, Weibiao Hsu IcarusAvailable online 10 November 2022, 115346 LINK “Highlights • We have measured the visible and near-infrared reflectance spectra of 13…
Tellurium isotope fractionation during evaporation from silicate melts
C.J. Renggli, J.L. Hellmann, C. Burkhardt, S. Klemme, J. Berndt, P. Pangritz, T. Kleine Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 26 October 2022 LINK “Highlights • Tellurium volatility increases with oxygen fugacity.• Degassing of Te at…
Thermally induced phase transition of troilite during Micro-Raman spectroscopy analysis
Xiaoguang Li, Yi Chen, Xu Tang, Lixin Gu, Jiangyan Yuan, Wen Su, Hengci Tian, Huiqian Luo, Shuhui Cai, Sridhar Komarneni IcarusAvailable online 10 October 2022, 115299 LINK “Highlights • Troilite is sensitive to laser heat…
Experimentally induced thermal fatigue on lunar and eucrite meteorites – influence of the mineralogy on rock breakdownOPEN ACCESS
Markus Patzek, Ottaviano Rüsch JGR Planets5 October 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Key Points We report on an updated experimental setup to simulate thermal fatigue in high vacuum instead of nitrogen atmosphere to reflect…
Constraining the formation and transport of lunar impact glasses using the ages and chemical compositions of Chang’e-5 glass beadsOPEN ACCESS
Tao Long, Yuqi Qian, Marc D. Norman, Katarina Miljkovic, Carolyn Crow, James W. Head, Xiaochao Che, Romain Tartèse, Nicolle Zellner, Xuefeng Yu, Shiwen Xie, Martin Whitehouse, Katherine H. Joy, Clive R. Neal, Joshua F. Snape,…
Chang’E-5 samples reveal high water content in lunar mineralsOPEN ACCESS
Chuanjiao Zhou, Hong Tang, Xiongyao Li, Xiaojia Zeng, Bing Mo, Wen Yu, Yanxue Wu, Xiandi Zeng, Jianzhong Liu & Yuanyun Wen Nature Communications, Volume 13, Article number: 5336Published: 10 September 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN…
Apollo 15 regolith breccia provides first natural evidence for olivine incongruent melting
Niccolò Satta, Masaaki Miyahara, Shin Ozawa, Hauke Marquardt, Masahiko Nishijima, Tomoko Arai, Eiji Ohtani American Mineralogist (2022) 107 (9): 1661–1667 LINK “The Apollo 15 mission returned various samples of regolith breccias, typical lunar rocks lithified…
Geochemistry of lunar meteorite Northwest Africa 11962 and its potential source region/crater in the Procellarum KREEP terraneOPEN ACCESS
Andreas Bechtold, Toni Schulz, Wencke Wegner, Dieter Mader, Christian Patterer, Christian Koeberl MAPSVersion of Record online: 21 July 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Lunar meteorite Northwest Africa (NWA) 11962 is a regolith breccia with…
Formation age of lunar Lalande crater and its implications for the source region of the KREEP-rich meteorite Sayh al Uhaymir 169
Luyuan Xu, Le Qiao, Minggang Xie, Yunhua Wu IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 2 July 2022 LINK “Highlights • Lalande crater is a Copernican crater with a formation age of 410 ± 20 Ma.• The adjacent mare…
Bulk compositions of the Chang’E-5 lunar soil: Insights into chemical homogeneity, exotic addition, and origin of landing site basaltsOPEN ACCESS
Keqing Zong, Zaicong Wang, Jiawei Li, Qi He, Yiheng Li, Harry Becker, Wen Zhanga, Zhaochu Hu, Tao He, Kenan Cao, Zhenbing She, Xiang Wu, Long Xiao, Yongsheng Liu Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 30 June…
Spectroscopic and Petrographic Investigations of Lunar Mg-Suite Meteorite Northwest Africa 8687OPEN ACCESS
Lang Qin, Xing Wu, Liying Huang, Yang Liu and Yongliao Zou Remote Sens. 2022, 14(12), 2952 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Magnesian suite (Mg-suite) rocks represent plutonic materials from the lunar crust, and their global…
A Review of the Lunar 182Hf-182W Isotope System ResearchOPEN ACCESS
Zhen Yang, Guiqin Wang, Yuming Xu, Yuling Zeng, Zhaofeng Zhang Minerals 2022, 12(6), 759REVIEW, Published: 15 June 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “In recent years, the extinct nuclide 182Hf-182W system has been developed as…
Evidence of water on the lunar surface from Chang’E-5 in-situ spectra and returned samplesOPEN ACCESS
Jianjun Liu, Bin Liu, Xin Ren, Chunlai Li, Rong Shu, Lin Guo, Songzheng Yu, Qin Zhou, Dawei Liu, Xingguo Zeng, Xingye Gao, Guangliang Zhang, Wei Yan, Hongbo Zhang, Lihui Jia, Shifeng Jin, Chunhua Xu, Xiangjin…
Laboratory construction and curation scheme for returned samples of the chang’e-5 missionOPEN ACCESS
Hongwei Yang, Ruihong Yang & Qian Wang Geoscience Letters, Volume 9, Article number: 19 (2022) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The analysis of samples returned from a planetary body is important to understand the origin,…
Experimental constraints on the long-lived radiogenic isotope evolution of the MoonOPEN ACCESS
Joshua F. Snape, Alexander A. Nemchin, Tim Johnson, Stefanie Luginbühl, Jasper Berndt, Stephan Klemme, Laura J. Morrissey, Wim van Westrenen Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 18 April 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “This study presents the…
A South Pole–Aitken impact origin of the lunar compositional asymmetryOPEN ACCESS
Matt J. Jones, Alexander J. Evans, Brandon C. Johnson, Matthew B. Weller, Jeffrey C. Andrews-Hanna, Sonia M. Tikoo and James T. Keane Science Advances • 8 Apr 2022 • Vol 8, Issue 14 LINK (OPEN…
Analysis and experimental investigation of Apollo sample 12032,366-18, a chemically evolved basalt from the Moon
Amanda C. Stadermann, Bradley L. Jolliff, Michael J. Krawczynski, Christopher W. Hamilton, Jessica J. Barnes MAPSVersion of Record online: 23 March 2022 LINK “Sample 12032,366-18 is a 41.2 mg basaltic rock fragment collected during the Apollo…
A micrometeorite from a stony asteroid identified in Luna 16 soil
S. I. Demidova, M. J. Whitehouse, R. Merle, A. A. Nemchin, G. G. Kenny, F. Brandstätter, Th. Ntaflos & I. Dobryden Nature AstronomyPublished: 21 March 2022 LINK “Despite the intense cratering history of the Moon,…
Calibrating volatile loss from the Moon using the U-Pb systemOPEN ACCESS
J.N. Connelly, A.A. Nemchin, R.E. Merle, J.F. Snape, M.J. Whitehouse, M. Bizzarro Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 2 March 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Previous isotope studies of lunar samples have demonstrated that volatile loss was…
The origin of volatile elements in the Earth–Moon systemOPEN ACCESS
Lars E. Borg, Gregory A. Brennecka, and Thomas S. Kruijer PNAS, February 22, 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The origin of volatile species such as water in the Earth–Moon system is a subject of…
Reconstructing The Color 3D Tomography Of Lunar SamplesOPEN ACCESS
Tianyu Zhao, Kun Feng, Peiyu Liu, JingRong Ren Atomic Spectroscopy 43(1)February 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (DOWNLOAD) “As the Chinese lunar exploration project prepares for future exploration activities on the Moon, there is a growing need…
The Neutron Energy Spectra of Lunar Meteorites Evaluated from Sm and Er Isotopic CompositionsOPEN ACCESS
Hiroshi Hidaka, Shigekazu Yoneda, Kunihiko Nishiizumi, and Marc Caffee The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 925, Number 2, Published: 7 February 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Cosmic-ray exposure records of 13 lunar meteorites, Dhofar 081, Dhofar…
Determining the age of Vaughan, a potential source crater for lunar meteorites, using boulder size-frequency distributions
K.A. Mistick, R.N. Watkins, B.L. Jolliff, R.R. Ghent, R.L. Korotev, R.A. Zeigler IcarusAvailable online 20 January 2022, LINK “Highlights • Vaughan is a very young, rocky, lunar crater located in the northern South Pole-Aitken basin.•…
U-Pb isotope systematics and impact ages recorded by a chemically diverse population of glasses from an Apollo 14 lunar soilOPEN ACCESS
A.A. Nemchin, M.D. Norman, M.L. Grange, R.A. Zeigler, M.J. Whitehouse, J.R. Muhling, R. Merle Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 20 December 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Glass beads formed by ejection of…
Understanding the textures of Apollo 11 high-Ti mare basalts: A quantitative petrographic approach
Zhuqing Xue, Donald F. Welsh, Clive R. Neal, Long Xiao Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 15 December 2021 LINK “This paper represents a comprehensive crystal size distribution (CSD) study of ilmenite and plagioclase…
Chemical heterogeneities reveal early rapid cooling of Apollo Troctolite 76535OPEN ACCESS
William S. Nelson, Julia E. Hammer, Thomas Shea, Eric Hellebrand & G. Jeffrey Taylor Nature Communications, Volume 12, Article number: 7054 (2021) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The evolution of the lunar interior is constrained…
Lunar-like silicate material forms the Earth quasi-satellite (469219) 2016 HO3 KamoʻoalewaOPEN ACCESS
Benjamin N. L. Sharkey, Vishnu Reddy, Renu Malhotra, Audrey Thirouin, Olga Kuhn, Albert Conrad, Barry Rothberg, Juan A. Sanchez, David Thompson & Christian Veillet Communications Earth & Environment, Volume 2, Article number: 231 (2021) LINK…
Impactor material records the ancient lunar magnetic field in antipodal anomaliesOPEN ACCESS
S. Wakita, B. C. Johnson, I. Garrick-Bethell, M. R. Kelley, R. E. Maxwell & T. M. Davison Nature Communications, Volume 12, Article number: 6543 (2021) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Moon presently has no…
Noble gas exposure ages of samples from Cone and North Ray craters: Implications for the recent lunar cratering chronology
Evelyn Füri, Laurent Zimmermann, Harald Hiesinger Meteoritics & Planetary Science LINK “Cosmic ray exposure (CRE) ages of rocks that were ejected by the impacts that created Cone and North Ray craters provide two crucial calibration…
Petrography, mineralogy, and geochemistry of a new lunar magnesian feldspathic meteorite Northwest Africa 11460
Haijun Cao, Zongcheng Ling, Jian Chen, Xiaohui Fu, Yongliao Zou Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 21 October 2021 LINK “Lunar meteorite Northwest Africa (NWA) 11460 has been classified as a polymict breccia, composed…
Petrology and geochemistry of lunar feldspathic meteorite Northwest Africa 11111: Insights into the lithology of the lunar farside highlands
Xiaohui Fu, Haijun Cao, Jian Chen, Xuting Hou, Zongcheng Ling, Lin Xu, Yongliao Zou, Chipui Tang, Weibiao Hsu Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 23 September 2021 LINK “We performed a petrological, mineralogical, and…
Large impact cratering during lunar magma ocean solidificationOPEN ACCESS
K. Miljković, M. A. Wieczorek, M. Laneuville, A. Nemchin, P. A. Bland & M. T. Zuber Nature Communications volume 12, Article number: 5433 (2021) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The lunar cratering record is used…
Investigation of the source region of the lunar-meteorite group with the remote sensing datasets: Implication for the origin of mare volcanism in Mare Imbrium
Hiroshi Nagaoka, Makiko Ohtake, Naoki Shirai, Yuzuru Karouji, Masahiro Kayama, Yuko Daket, Nobuyuki Hasebe, Mitsuru Ebihara IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 2 September 2021 LINK “Highlights • The source region of lunar meteorite is…
Solar energetic particle tracks in lunar samples: A transmission electron microscope calibration and implications for lunar space weatheringOPEN ACCESS
Lindsay P. Keller, Eve L. Berger, Shouliang Zhang, Roy Christoffersen Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 31 August 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Transmission electron microscope (TEM) imaging techniques combined with focused ion…
Absence of a long-lived lunar paleomagnetosphereOPEN ACCESS
John A. Tarduno, Rory D. Cottrell, Kristin Lawrence, Richard K. Bono, Wentao Huang, Catherine L. Johnson, Eric G. Blackman, Aleksey V. Smirnov, Miki Nakajima, Clive R. Neal, Tinghong Zhou, Mauricio Ibanez-Mejia, Hirokuni Oda, Ben Crummins…
Timing of lunar Mg-suite magmatism constrained by SIMS U-Pb dating of Apollo norite 78238OPEN ACCESS
Bidong Zhang, Yangting Lin, Desmond E. Moser, Paul H. Warren, Jialong Hao, Ivan R. Barker, Sean R. Shieh, Audrey Bouvier Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 569, 1 September 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (download) “Highlights •…
Lunar samples record an impact 4.2 billion years ago that may have formed the Serenitatis BasinOPEN ACCESS
Ana Černok, Lee F. White, Mahesh Anand, Kimberly T. Tait, James R. Darling, Martin Whitehouse, Katarina Miljković, Myriam Lemelin, Steven M. Reddy, Denis Fougerouse, William D. A. Rickard, David W. Saxey & Rebecca Ghent Communications…
Geochemical Characterization of the NWA 11273 Lunar Meteorite Using Nondestructive Analytical Techniques: Original, Shocked, and Alteration Mineral Phases
Jennifer Huidobro, Julene Aramendia, Gorka Arana, Juan Manuel Madariaga ACS Earth and Space ChemistryPublication Date: May 27, 2021 LINK “A lunar feldspathic breccia meteorite, the Northwest Africa (NWA) 11273, was analyzed to compensate the lack…
Lunar meteorite Northwest Africa 11962: A regolith breccia containing records of titanium‐rich lunar volcanism and the high alkali suiteOPEN ACCESS
Andreas Bechtold, Franz Brandstätter, Lidia Pittarello, Ludovic Ferrière, Richard C. Greenwood, Christian Koeberl Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 14 May 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Northwest Africa (NWA) 11962 is a lunar…
Geology of the Chang’e-5 landing site: Constraints on the sources of samples returned from a young nearside mare
Le Qiao, Jian Chen, Luyuan Xu, Sheng Wan, Haijun Cao, Bo Li, Zongcheng Ling IcarusAvailable online 18 April 2021 LINK “Highlights • Detailed geological characteristics of the local landing area have been presented• Multiple identified…
The lunar Dhofar 1436 meteorite: 40Ar‐39Ar chronology and volatiles, revealed by stepwise combustion and crushing methodsOPEN ACCESS
Ekaterina V. Korochantseva, Alexei I. Buikin, Jens Hopp, Alexander B. Verchovsky, Alexander V. Korochantsev, Mahesh Anand, Mario Trieloff Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 21 March 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The lunar…
Large sulfur isotope fractionation in lunar volcanic glasses reveals the magmatic differentiation and degassing of the MoonOPEN ACCESS
Alberto E. Saal, Erik H. Hauri Science Advances 24 Feb 2021:Vol. 7, no. 9, eabe4641DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abe4641 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Sulfur isotope variations in mantle-derived lavas provide important constraints on the evolution of planetary…
Space weathering of iron sulfides in the lunar surface environment
Toru Matsumoto, Takaaki Noguchi, Yu Tobimatsu, Dennis Harries, Falko Langenhorst, Akira Miyake, Hiroshi Hidaka Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 19 February 2021 LINK “Highlights • Space weathering alters lunar iron sulfides and produces iron metal…
Lunar feldspathic meteorite Dhofar 081: Petrochemical constraints on petrogenesis
Dwijesh Ray, Saumitra Misra & David R Nelson Journal of Earth System Science, Volume 130Article number: 39 (2021)Published: 13 February 2021 LINK “Two alternative petrogenetic models, plagioclase flotation and serial magmatism have been proposed to…
Widespread tissintite in strongly shock‐lithified lunar regolith breccias
Ai‐Cheng Zhang, Qin‐Ting Jiang, Naotaka Tomioka, Yan‐Jun Guo, Jia‐Ni Chen, Yang Li, Naoya Sakamoto, Hisayoshi Yurimoto Geophysical Research LettersFirst published: 06 February 2021 LINK “Shock‐lithification is a fundamental process of making rocks from fine‐grained and…
Lunar meteorites from northern Africa
Randy L. Korotev, Anthony J. Irving Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceFirst Published: 2 February 2021 LINK “We report bulk composition data for 235 stones of ~77 lunar meteorites from northern Africa and 33 lunar meteorites from…
Effects of early intense bombardment on megaregolith evolution and on lunar (and planetary) surface samples
William K. Hartmann, Alessandro Morbidelli Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 18 December 2020 LINK “Impact rates in the first 500 Myr of the solar system are critical to an understanding of lunar geological…
The lunar surface as a recorder of astrophysical processesOPEN ACCESS
Ian A. Crawford, Katherine H. Joy, Jan H. Pasckert, Harald Hiesinger Published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, A379: 20190562 (2020)Review article PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The lunar surface has been exposed to the space…
Reassessing the thermal history of martian meteorite Shergotty and Apollo mare basalt 15555 using kinetic isotope fractionation of zoned minerals
Frank Richter, Lee M. Saper, Johan Villeneuve, Marc Chaussidon, E. Bruce Watson, Andrew M. Davis, Ruslan A. Mendybaev, Steven B. Simon Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta LINK “Elemental abundance and isotopic fractionation profiles across zoned minerals…
Donwilhelmsite, [CaAl4Si2O11], a new lunar high-pressure Ca-Al-silicate with relevance for subducted terrestrial sediments
Jörg Fritz, Ansgar Greshake, Mariana Klementova, Richard Wirth, Lukas Palatinus, Reidar G. Trønnes,Vera Assis Fernandes, Ute Böttger, Ludovic Ferrière American Mineralogist (2020) 105 (11): 1704–1711. LINK “We report on the occurrence of a new high-pressure…
Ages of lunar impact breccias: limits for timing of the Imbrium impact
Alexander A. Nemchin, Tao Long, Bradley L. Jolliff, Yusheng Wan, Joshua F. Snape, Ryan Zeigler, Marion L. Grange, Dunyi Liu, Martin J. Whitehouse, Nicholas E. Timms, Fred Jourdan GeochemistryIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 24…
The formation and evolution of the Moon’s crust inferred from the Sm-Nd isotopic systematics of highlands rocks
Lars E. Borg, William S. Cassata, Josh Wimpenny, Amy M. Gaffney, Charles K. Shearer Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 19 September 2020 LINK “Ages determined for magnesian and ferroan anorthosite crustal…
The Cl isotope composition and halogen contents of Apollo-return samples
Anthony Gargano, Zachary Sharp, Charles Shearer, Justin I. Simon, Alex Halliday, and Wayne Buckley PNAS, first published September 8, 2020 LINK “Lunar mare basalts are depleted in F and Cl by approximately an order of…
New constraints on the formation of lunar mafic impact melt breccias from S‐Se‐Te and highly siderophile elementsOPEN ACCESS
Philipp Gleißner, Harry Becker Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online:08 September 2020 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Mass fractions of the siderophile volatile elements S, Se, and Te were determined together with highly siderophile…
Cosmic ray effects on the isotope composition of hydrogen and noble gases in lunar samples: Insights from Apollo 12018OPEN ACCESS
Evelyn Füri, Laurent Zimmermann, Etienne Deloule, Reto Trappitsch Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 550, 15 November 2020, 116550, First available on 31 August 2020 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • Abundances of D, 3He, 21Ne, and…
Pb‐Pb ages and initial Pb isotopic composition of lunar meteorites: NWA 773 clan, NWA 4734, and Dhofar 287OPEN ACCESS
R. E. Merle, A. A. Nemchin, M. J. Whitehouse, J. F. Snape, G. G. Kenny, J. J. Bellucci, J. N. Connelly, M. Bizzarro Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 04 August 2020 LINK (OPEN…
Identifying primitive noble gas components in lunar ferroan anorthositesOPEN ACCESS
J.F. Pernet-Fisher, K.H. Joy, J.D. Gilmour IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 16 July 2020 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • Noble gas isotope systematics of lunar anorthosite reflect a mixture of solar wind…
A long-lived magma ocean on a young MoonOPEN ACCESS
M. Maurice, N. Tosi, S. Schwinger, D. Breuer, T. Kleine Science Advances, 10 July 2020:Vol. 6, no. 28, eaba8949DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba8949 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “A giant impact onto Earth led to the formation of…
Xenon systematics of individual lunar zircons, a new window on the history of the lunar surface
Carolyn A. Crow, Sarah A. Crowther, Kevin D. McKeegan, Grenville Turner, Henner Busemann, Jamie D. Gilmour Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 29 June 2020 LINK “We demonstrate a new way of…
The hydrogen isotopic composition of lunar melt inclusions: An interplay of complex magmatic and secondary processesOPEN ACCESS
A. Stephant, M. Anand, R. Tartèse, X. Zhao, G.Degli-Alessandrini, I.A. Franchi Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 29 June 2020 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Since the discovery of water (a term collectively used…
Evidence for diverse lunar melt compositions and mixing of the pre-3.9 Ga crust from zircon chemistry
Dustin Trail, Mélanie Barboni, Kevin D. McKeegan Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 27 June 2020 LINK “Lunar samples collected during Apollo missions are typically impact-related breccias or regolith that contain amalgamations…
Advances in Cosmochemistry Enabled by Antarctic MeteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Meenakshi Wadhwa, Timothy J. McCoy, and Devin L. Schrader Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences Vol. 48:233-258 (Volume publication date May 2020)First published as a Review in Advance on January 8, 2020 LINK (OPEN…
Evidence of extensive lunar crust formation in impact melt sheets 4,330 Myr ago
L. F. White, A. Černok, J. R. Darling, M. J. Whitehouse, K. H. Joy, C. Cayron, J. Dunlop, K. T. Tait & M. Anand Nature Astronomy (2020) LINK “Accurately constraining the formation and evolution of…
The selenium isotope composition of lunar rocks: Implications for the formation of the Moon and its volatile loss
Hauke Vollstaedt, Klaus Mezger, Ingo Leya Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 542, 15 July 2020, 116289 LINK “Highlights • Lunar mare basalts are ∼1‰ heavier in δ82/78 Se than chondrites and the Earth.• Lunar soils…
Geochemistry and Petrogenesis of Northwest Africa (NWA) 10401: A new type of the Mg‐suite rocks?
Juliane Gross, Annette Hilton, Tabb C. Prissel, Jacob B. Setera, Randy L. Korotev, Abigail Calzada‐Diaz Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets LINK “The petrogenetic models of the lunar crust are built on the returned Apollo and…
Distinct oxygen isotope compositions of the Earth and Moon
Erick J. Cano, Zachary D. Sharp & Charles K. Shearer Nature Geoscience (2020) LINK “The virtually identical oxygen isotope compositions of the Earth and Moon revealed by Apollo return samples have been a challenging constraint…
Formation of ferroan dacite by lunar silicic volcanism recorded in a meteorite from the MoonOPEN ACCESS
Hiroshi Nagaoka, Timothy J. Fagan, Masahiro Kayama, Yuzuru Karouji, Nobuyuki Hasebe & Mitsuru Ebihara Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, Volume 7, Article number: 12 (2020) LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “An igneous clast…
Formation of lunar highlands anorthosites
Xiaoqing Xu, Hejiu Hui, Wei Chen, Shichun Huang, Clive R. Neal, Xisheng Xu Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 536, 15 April 2020, 116138 LINK “Highlights • We report major and trace element contents of…
Atom probe tomography of space‐weathered lunar ilmenite grain surfacesOPEN ACCESS
Jennika Greer, Surya. S. Rout, Dieter Isheim, David N. Seidman, Rainer Wieler, Philipp R. Heck Meteoritics & Planetary Science First published: 06 February 2020 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The surfaces of airless bodies,…
Analyses of radionuclides in the Oued Awlitis 001 and Galb Inal lunar meteorites by HPGe gamma-ray spectrometry
Pavel P. Povinec, Ivan Sýkora, Ludovic Ferrière, Christian Koeberl Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, pp 1–9 LINK “Highly sensitive nondestructive HPGe gamma-ray spectrometry was used for the analysis of the cosmogenic (26Al) and primordial…
Examining the compositions of impactors striking the Moon using Apollo impact melt coats and anorthositic regolith breccia meteorites
Eleanor C. McIntosh, James M.D. Day, Yang Liu, Courtney Jiskoot Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Available online 1 February 2020 LINK “Impactors striking the Moon since the formation of its crust have left an indelible imprint…
The end of the lunar dynamoOPEN ACCESS
Saied Mighani, Huapei Wang, David L. Shuster, Cauȇ S. Borlina, Claire I. O. Nichols, Benjamin P. Weiss Science Advances 01 Jan 2020: Vol. 6, no. 1, eaax0883 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aax0883 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
A quantitative evolved gas analysis for extra-terrestrial samples
A.B. Verchovsky, M. Anand, S.J. Barber, S. Sheridan, G.H. Morgan Planetary and Space Science In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 30 December 2019 LINK “Highlights • The paper describes a quantitative evolve gas analysis with…
Occurrence and implications of secondary olivine veinlets in lunar highland breccia Northwest Africa 11273OPEN ACCESS
Xiaojia Zeng, Shijie Li, Katherine H. Joy, Xiongyao Li, Jianzhong Liu, Yang Li, Rui Li, Shijie Wang Meteoritics & Planetary Science LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Lunar breccias preserve the records of geologic processes…
Mare basalt meteorites, magnesian-suite rocks and KREEP reveal loss of zinc during and after lunar formation
James M.D. Day, Elishevah M.M.E. van Kooten, Beda A. Hofmann, Frederic Moynier Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 10 December 2019 LINK “Isotopic compositions of reservoirs in the Moon can…
Calcium Isotopic Composition of the Lunar Crust, Mantle, and Bulk Silicate Moon:A Preliminary Study
Wei Wu, Yi-Gang Xu, Zhao-Feng Zhang, XinLi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta LINK “Calcium isotopes have the potential to explore genetic links between the Moon and Earth. Here, we constrain calcium isotopic composition of the bulk…
Chemical analysis of a lunar meteorite by laser ablation mass spectrometry
Samira Frey, Reto Wiesendanger, Marek Tulej, Maike Neuland, Andreas Riedo, Valentine Grimaudo, Pavel Moreno-García, Alena Cedeño López, Miklós Mohos, Beda Hofmann, Klaus Mezger, Peter Broekmann, Peter Wurz Planetary and Space Science In Press, Journal Pre-proof,…
Constraining the Evolutionary History of the Moon and the Inner Solar System: A Case for New Returned Lunar SamplesOPEN ACCESS
Romain Tartèse, Mahesh Anand, Jérôme Gattacceca, Katherine H. Joy, James I. Mortimer, John F. Pernet-Fisher, Sara Russell, Joshua F. Snape, Benjamin P. Weiss Space Science Reviews November 2019, 215:54 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Mineral chemistry and in situ UPb geochronology of the mare basalt Northwest Africa 10597: Implications for low-Ti mare volcanism around 3.0 Ga
Yunhua Wu, Weibiao Hsu Icarus In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 4 November 2019 LINK “Highlights • NWA 10597 is a newly found unbrecciated low-Ti mare basalt, most likely paired with NWA 4734. • In…
New lunar meteorite NWA 10986: A mingled impact melt breccia from the highlands—A complete cross section of the lunar crust
S. E. Roberts, M. C. McCanta, M. M. Jean, L. A. Taylor Meteoritics & Planetary Science LINK “Northwest Africa (NWA) 10986 is a new mingled lunar meteorite found in 2015 in Western Sahara. This impact…
Iron isotopic composition of very low-titanium basalt deduced from the iron isotopic signature in Luna 16, 20, and 24 soils
Satoki Okabayashi, Tetsuya Yokoyama, Takafumi Hirata, Kazuo Terakado, Erik M.Galimov Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Available online 23 October 2019 LINK “Isotopic analysis of Fe has proved to be a productive tool for the study of…
A Unified Model for Hydrogen in the Earth and Moon: No one expects the Theia ContributionOPEN ACCESS
Steven J. Desch, Katharine L. Robinson Geochemistry In Press, Corrected Proof , Available online 22 October 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Moon is thought to have formed after a planetary embryo, known…
A reassessment of the iron isotope composition of the Moon and its implications for accretion and differentiation of terrestrial planets
Franck Poitrasson, Thomas Zambardi, Tomas Magna, Clive R. Neal Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Available online 30 September 2019 LINK “The Fe isotope composition of planetary bodies may provide constraints on their accretion modes and/or differentiation…
Composition, mineralogy and chronology of mare basalts and non-mare materials in Von Kármán crater: Landing site of the Chang’E−4 mission
Zongcheng Ling, Le Qiao, Changqing Liu, Haijun Cao, Xiangyu Bi, Xuejin Lu, Jiang Zhang, Xiaohui Fu, Bo Li, Jianzhong Liu Planetary and Space Science Available online 10 September 2019, 104741 LINK “Highlights • Detailed spectroscopic…
Raman and infrared spectroscopic perspectives of lunar meteorite Northwest Africa 4884
Haijun Cao, Jian Chen, Xiaohui Fu, Zongcheng Ling Journal of Raman Spectroscopy First published: 01 September 2019 LINK “We conducted comprehensive Raman and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopic studies on the whole rock and lithic…
Petrography, relationships, and petrogenesis of the gabbroic lithologies in Northwest Africa 773 clan members Northwest Africa 773, 2727, 3160, 3170, 7007, and 10656
S. N. Valencia, B. L. Jolliff, R. L. Korotev Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 29 August 2019 LINK “The Northwest Africa (NWA) 773 clan of lunar meteorite stones are coarse‐grained breccias that provide an…
Potassium isotopic compositions of howardite-eucrite-diogenite meteorites
Zhen Tian, Heng Chen, Bruce Fegley, Katharina Lodders, Jean-Alix Barrat, James M.D.Day, Kun Wang (王昆) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 21 August 2019 LINK “We report new high-precision stable K…
Abundance of highly siderophile elements in lunar basalts controlled by iron sulfide melt
James M. Brenan, James E. Mungall & Neil R. Bennett Nature Geoscience, 1–6 Published: 19 August 2019 LINK “The Moon accreted meteoritic material towards the end of Solar System formation. Quantification of this late accretion…
An ancient reservoir of volatiles in the Moon sampled by lunar meteorite Northwest Africa 10989OPEN ACCESS
A. Stephant, M. Anand, H.O. Ashcroft, X. Zhao, S. Hu, R.L. Korotev, S.Strekopytov, R.C. Greenwood, E. Humphreys-Williams, Y. Liu, G. Tang, Q.Li, I.A. Franchi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 7…
Phosphorus-bearing Olivines of Lunar Rocks: Sources and Localization in the Lunar Crust
S. I. Demidova, M. O. Anosova, N. N. Kononkova, F. Brandstätter, T. Ntaflos Geochemistry International August 2019, Volume 57, Issue 8, pp 873-892 LINK “Fragments of P-bearing olivine have been studied in lunar highland, mare,…
Early Moon formation inferred from hafnium–tungsten systematics
Maxwell M. Thiemens, Peter Sprung, Raúl O. C. Fonseca, Felipe P. Leitzke & Carsten Münker Nature Geoscience (2019), Published: 29 July 2019 LINK “The date of the Moon-forming impact places an important constraint on Earth’s…
The chlorine isotopic composition of the Moon: Insights from melt inclusionsOPEN ACCESS
Alice Stephant, Mahesh Anand, Xuchao Zhao, Queenie H.S. Chan, Magali Bonifacie, Ian A. Franchia Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 523, 1 October 2019, 115715 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • Cl isotopic…
Origin of lunar fragmental matrix breccias—Highly siderophile element constraints
Philipp Gleißner, Harry Becker Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 19 July 2019 LINK “Ejecta at North Ray crater (Apollo 16) sampled a unique section of the lunar highlands not accessible at most other landing…
Isotopic evidence for a young lunar magma ocean
Lars E. Borg, Amy M. Gaffney, Thomas S. Kruijer, Naomi A. Marks, Corliss K. Sio, Josh Wimpenny Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 523, 1 October 2019, 115706 LINK “Highlights • Lunar mantle and crust…
Oldest high-Ti basalt and magnesian crustal materials in feldspathic lunar meteorite Dhofar 1428
Zhuqing Xue, Long Xiao, Clive R. Neal, Yigang Xu Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 22 June 2019 LINK “Moderately volatile elements (MVEs) are sensitive tracers of vaporisation in geological and…
U‐Pb SIMS ages of Apollo 14 zircon: Identifying distinct magmatic episodes
F. Thiessen, A. A. Nemchin, J. F. Snape, M. J. Whitehouse Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 12 June 2019 LINK “U‐Pb ages of zircon in four different Apollo 14 breccias (14305, 14306, 14314, and…
The early geological history of the Moon inferred from ancient lunar meteorite Miller Range 13317OPEN ACCESS
N. M. Curran, K. H. Joy, J. F. Snape, J. F. Pernet‐Fisher, J. D. Gilmour, A. A. Nemchin, M. J. Whitehouse, R. Burgess Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 14 May 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)…
Evidence of chemical heterogeneity within lunar anorthosite parental magmasOPEN ACCESS
John F. Pernet-Fisher, Etienne Deloule, Katherine H. Joy Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Available online 22 April 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Lunar anorthosites are known for displaying a limited range of plagioclase An content (∼An 94…
An extremely heavy chlorine reservoir in the Moon: Insights from the apatite in lunar meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Ying Wang, Weibiao Hsu & Yunbin Guan Scientific Reports Volume 9, Article number: 5727 (2019) LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Chlorine, an extremely hydrophilic volatile element, provides important information regarding the origin of intrinsic…
The vanadium isotopic composition of lunar basaltsOPEN ACCESS
S.S. Hopkins, J. Prytulak, J. Barling, S.S. Russell, B.J. Coles, A.N. Halliday Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 511, 1 April 2019, Pages 12-24 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • We present the first measurements of…
Evidence for multiple 4.0–3.7 Ga impact events within the Apollo 16 collection
Takafumi Niihara, Sky P. Beard, Timothy D. Swindle, Lillian A. Schaffer, Hideaki Miyamoto, David A. Kring Meteoritics & Planetary Science First published: 22 January 2019 , doi.org/10.1111/maps.13237 LINK “In a histogram of lunar impact ages…
Exploring the variability of argon loss in Apollo 17 impact melt rock 77135 using high‐spatial resolution 40Ar/39Ar geochronology
Cameron M. Mercer, Kip V. Hodges, Bradley L. Jolliff, Matthijs C. Van Soest, Jo‐Anne Wartho, John R. Weirich Meteoritics & Planetary Sciencedoi:10.1111/maps.13240 LINK “40Ar/39Ar incremental heating experiments on whole‐rock lunar samples commonly provide evidence of…
Spinel assemblages in lunar meteorites Graves Nunataks 06157 and Dhofar 1528: Implications for impact melting and equilibration in the Moon’s upper mantle
Axel Wittmann, Randy L. Korotev, Bradley L. Jolliff, Paul K. Carpenter Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 28 November 2018 LINK “Magnesium‐rich spinel assemblages occur in the two lunar vitric breccia meteorites—Dhofar (Dho) 1528 and…
Petrogenesis of lunar impact melt rock meteorite Oued Awlitis 001
Axel Wittmann, Randy L. Korotev, Bradley L. Jolliff, Kunihiko Nishiizumi, A. J. Timothy Jull, Marc W. Caffee, Michael Zanetti, Anthony J. Irving Meteoritics & Planetary Science doi:10.1111/maps.13218 LINK “Oued Awlitis 001 is a highly feldspathic,…
