Space-weathered rims on lunar ilmenite as an indicator for relative exposure ages of regolithOPEN ACCESS
Zhuang Guo, Mingwei Zhang, Bojun Jia, Yang Li, Wenzhe Fa, Yong Pang, Chenxi Zhu, Yuanyun Wen, Xiongyao Li, Jianzhong Liu & Ziyuan Ouyang Nature Communications Earth & EnvironmentVolume 5, article number 426, Published: 12 August…
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…
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…
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…
AFM Force Measurements to Explore Grain Contacts with Relevance for Planetary MaterialsOPEN ACCESS
Keanna Jardine, Adrienne Dove and Laurene Tetard The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 3, Number 12Published: 15 December 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Most small asteroids are defined as “rubble piles” or bodies with zero…
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)…
Complex burial histories of Apollo 12 basaltic soil grains derived from cosmogenic noble gases: Implications for local regolith evolution and future in situ investigationsOPEN ACCESS
Mark C. Nottingham, Finlay M. Stuart, Biying Chen, Marta Zurakowska, Jamie D. Gilmour, Louise Alexander, Ian A. Crawford, Katherine H. Joy MAPSVersion of Record online: 07 February 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We report…
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
