Did Earth eat its leftovers? Impact ejecta as a component of the late veneerOPEN ACCESS
Philip J. Carter, Sarah T. Stewart Draft version April 11, 2022, to be published in PSJ PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (19 April 2022):LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS)The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 3, Number 4 “The…
Tidal Evolution of the Earth–Moon System with a High Initial ObliquityOPEN ACCESS
The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 2, Number 4Published: 4 August 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “A giant-impact origin for the Moon is generally accepted, but many aspects of lunar formation remain poorly understood and…
Isotopic evidence for the formation of the Moon in a canonical giant impactOPEN ACCESS
Sune G. Nielsen, David V. Bekaert & Maureen Auro Nature Communications, Volume 12, Article number: 1817 (2021) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Isotopic measurements of lunar and terrestrial rocks have revealed that, unlike any other…
Geochemical Constraints on the Origin of the Moon and Preservation of Ancient Terrestrial Heterogeneities
Simon J. Lock, Katherine R. Bermingham, Rita Parai & Maud Boyet Space Science ReviewsVolume 216, Article number: 109 (2020) LINK “The Moon forming giant impact marks the end of the main stage of Earth’s accretion…
Oxygen isotopic evidence for accretion of Earth’s water before a high-energy Moon-forming giant impactOPEN ACCESS
By Richard C. Greenwood, Jean-Alix Barrat, Martin F. Miller, Mahesh Anand, Nicolas Dauphas, Ian A. Franchi, Patrick Sillard, Natalie A. Starkey Science Advances 28 Mar 2018: Vol. 4, no. 3, eaao5928 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aao5928 LINK (OPEN…
U-Pb and Pb-Pb apatite ages for Antarctic achondrite Graves Nunataks 06129
Zhou, Q., Yin, Q.-Z., Shearer, C. K., Li, X.-H., Li, Q.-L., Liu, Y., Tang, G.-Q. and Li, C.-L. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.13026 LINK “The Antarctic achondrite Graves Nunataks 06128 (GRA 06128) and Graves…
Tungsten isotopes and the origin of the Moon
Thomas S. Kruijer, Thorsten Kleine Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 475, 1 October 2017, Pages 15–24 LINK “Highlights • There are no resolvable radiogenic 182W variations within the Moon. • implying that lunar differentiation…
Potassium isotopic evidence for a high-energy giant impact origin of the Moon
Kun Wang, Stein B. Jacobsen Nature doi:10.1038/nature19341 Published online 12 September 2016 LINK “The Earth–Moon system has unique chemical and isotopic signatures compared with other planetary bodies1, 2, 3; any successful model for the origin…
The earliest Lunar Magma Ocean differentiation recorded in Fe isotopes
Kun Wang, Stein B. Jacobsen, Fatemeh Sedaghatpour, Heng Chen, Randy L. Korotev Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 430, 15 November 2015, Pages 202–208 LINK
Melting and mixing states of the Earth’s mantle after the Moon-forming impact
Miki Nakajima, , David J. Stevenson Earth and Planetary Science Letters doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.06.023 LINK
