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 isotopic composition of volatiles in the unique Bench Crater carbonaceous chondrite impactor found in the Apollo 12 regolith
K.H. Joy, R. Tartèse, S. Messenger, M.E. Zolensky, Y. Marrocchi, D.R. Frank, D.A. Kring Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 540, 15 June 2020, 116265 LINK “Highlights • The lunar regolith has accumulated volatiles from impacting…
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…
Do lunar and meteoritic archives record temporal variations in the composition of solar wind noble gases and nitrogen? A reassessment in the light of Genesis data
Rainer Wieler Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 12 July 2016 LINK “Since about half a century samples from the lunar and asteroidal regoliths been used to derive information about…
40 Ar/ 39 Ar and cosmic ray exposure ages of plagioclase-rich lithic fragments from Apollo 17 regolith, 78461
J. Das, S. Baldwin, J. Delano Earth, Planets and Space 2016, 68:11 (26 January 2016) PDF (open access) abstract “Argon isotopic data is used to assess the potential of low-mass samples collected by sample return…
The origin of amino acids in lunar regolith samples
Jamie E. Elsila, Michael P. Callahan, Jason P. Dworkin, Daniel P. Glavin, Hannah L. McLain, Sarah K. Noble, Everett K. Gibson Jr. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 20 October 2015…
Lunar meteorite Yamato-983885: Noble gases, nitrogen and cosmic ray exposure history
Ramakant R. Mahajan Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 30 May 2015 doi:10.1016/j.pss.2015.05.003 LINK
Identification of magnetite in lunar regolith breccia 60016: Evidence for oxidized conditions at the lunar surface
Joy, K. H., Visscher, C., Zolensky, M. E., Mikouchi, T., Hagiya, K., Ohsumi, K. and Kring, D. A. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12462 LINK
