Moon-forming impactor as a source of Earth’s basal mantle anomalies
Qian Yuan, Mingming Li, Steven J. Desch, Byeongkwan Ko, Hongping Deng, Edward J. Garnero, Travis S. J. Gabriel, Jacob A. Kegerreis, Yoshinori Miyazaki, Vincent Eke & Paul D. Asimow Nature, Volume 623, pages 95–99Published: 01…
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…
Nd isotope variation between the Earth–Moon system and enstatite chondrites
Shelby Johnston, Alan Brandon, Claire McLeod, Kai Rankenburg, Harry Becker & Peter Copeland NaturePublished: 06 October 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Reconstructing the building blocks that made Earth and the Moon is critical to constrain their…
Immediate Origin as a Post-impact SatelliteOPEN ACCESS
J. A. Kegerreis, S. Ruiz-Bonilla, V. R. Eke, R. J. Massey, T. D. Sandnes, and L. F. A. Teodoro The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 937, Number 2 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Moon is…
Indigenous noble gases in the Moon’s interiorOPEN ACCESS
Patrizia Will, Henner Busemann, My E. I. Riebe and Colin Maden Science Advances10 Aug 2022Vol 8, Issue 32 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The origin of volatiles in the Moon’s interior is debated. Scenarios range…
Trace element volatility and the conditions of liquid-vapor separation in the proto-lunar disk
Dmitry Ivanov, Caroline Fitoussi, Bernard Bourdon IcarusAvailable online 21 June 2022 LINK “Highlights • New condensation temperatures for trace elements during Moon formation were calculated.• Lunar condensates were formed by mixing high-T and low-T condensates.•…
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…
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…
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…
Accretion and differentiation of early planetary bodies as recorded in the composition of the silicate Earth
Klaus Mezger, Alessandro Maltese, Hauke Vollstaedt IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 21 April 2021 LINK “Highlights • Element abundances in silicate Earth are the result of accretion of three major chemically and isotopically different…
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…
Quantitative estimates of impact induced crustal erosion during accretion and its influence on the Sm/Nd ratio of the Earth
L. Allibert, S. Charnoz, J. Siebert, S.A. Jacobson, S.N. Raymond IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 17 March 2021 LINK “Highlights • Terrestrial planets formation involve highly energetic collisions.• Collisional erosion of differentiated bodies may…
Nickel isotopic evidence for late-stage accretion of Mercury-like differentiated planetary embryosOPEN ACCESS
Shui-Jiong Wang, Wenzhong Wang, Jian-Ming Zhu, Zhongqing Wu, Jingao Liu, Guilin Han, Fang-Zhen Teng, Shichun Huang, Hongjie Wu, Yujian Wang, Guangliang Wu & Weihan Li Nature Communications, Volume 12, Article number: 294 (2021) LINK (OPEN…
The origin of the Moon’s Earth-like tungsten isotopic composition from dynamical and geochemical modelingOPEN ACCESS
Rebecca A. Fischer, Nicholas G. Zube & Francis Nimmo Nature Communications, Volume 12, Article number: 35 (2021) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Earth and Moon have identical or very similar isotopic compositions for many…
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…
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…
Molybdenum Isotopic Evidence for an Outer Solar System Origin of the Moon-Forming Impactor
G. Budde, C. Burkhardt, T. Kleine 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2019), Abstract #2349 PDF abstract
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…
Core merging and stratification following giant impact
Maylis Landeau, Peter Olson, Renaud Deguen & Benjamin H. Hirsh Nature Geoscience(2016) doi:10.1038/ngeo2808 Published online 12 September 2016 LINK “A stratified layer below the core–mantle boundary has long been suspected on the basis of geomagnetic…
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
Brief Follow-up on Recent Studies of Theia’s Accretion
Nathan A. Kaib, Nicolas B. Cowan accepted to Icarus arXiv:1506.06132 PDF LINK abstract
