Tidally driven remelting around 4.35 billion years ago indicates the Moon is oldOPEN ACCESS
Francis Nimmo, Thorsten Kleine, Alessandro Morbidelli Nature, Volume 636, pages 598–602, Published: 18 December 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The last giant impact on Earth is thought to have formed the Moon. The timing…
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…
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…
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…
Fractional crystallization of a basal lunar magma ocean: A dense melt-bearing garnetite layer above the core?OPEN ACCESS
Giuliano Kraettli, Max W. Schmidt, Christian Liebske IcarusAvailable online 14 September 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • Liquid densities in a fully molten Moon could allow for neutrally buoyant olivine and hence a…
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…
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 •…
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…
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…
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…
Lunar basalt chronology, mantle differentiation and implications for determining the age of the Moon
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 451 Joshua F. Snape, Alexander A. Nemchin, Jeremy J. Bellucci, Martin J. Whitehouse, Romain Tartèse, Jessica J. Barnes, Mahesh Anand, Ian A. Crawford, Katherine H. Joy LINK “Highlights •…
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
