The late heavy bombardment
Heavily cratered surfaces on the Moon, Mars, and Mercury show that the terrestrial planets
were battered by an intense bombardment during their first billion years or more, but the …
were battered by an intense bombardment during their first billion years or more, but the …
[HTML][HTML] Cataclysm no more: new views on the timing and delivery of lunar impactors
NEB Zellner - Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, 2017 - Springer
If properly interpreted, the impact record of the Moon, Earth's nearest neighbour, can be
used to gain insights into how the Earth has been influenced by impacting events since its …
used to gain insights into how the Earth has been influenced by impacting events since its …
[HTML][HTML] The timing of basaltic volcanism at the Apollo landing sites
Precise crystallisation ages have been determined for a range of Apollo basalts from Pb-Pb
isochrons generated using Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) analyses of multiple …
isochrons generated using Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) analyses of multiple …
The lunar cratering chronology
H Hiesinger, CH Van der Bogert… - … in Mineralogy and …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The Moon is a unique body in our Solar System that allows us to groundtruth remotesensing
data (eg, crater size–frequency distributions, or CSFDs, crater/rock degradation rates …
data (eg, crater size–frequency distributions, or CSFDs, crater/rock degradation rates …
Revisiting the field geology of Taurus–Littrow
HH Schmitt, NE Petro, RA Wells, MS Robinson… - Icarus, 2017 - Elsevier
Integration of Apollo 17 field observations and photographs, sample investigations, Lunar
Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera images, Chandrayaan-1 Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M 3) …
Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera images, Chandrayaan-1 Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M 3) …
Phosphate ages in Apollo 14 breccias: Resolving multiple impact events with high precision U–Pb SIMS analyses
The U–Pb systems of apatite and merrillite grains within four separate Apollo 14 impact melt
breccia samples were analysed by secondary ion mass spectrometry. No systematic …
breccia samples were analysed by secondary ion mass spectrometry. No systematic …
Coordinated U–Pb geochronology, trace element, Ti-in-zircon thermometry and microstructural analysis of Apollo zircons
We present the results of a coordinated SIMS U–Pb, trace element, Ti-in-zircon thermometry,
and microstructural study of 155 lunar zircons separated from Apollo 14, 15, and 17 breccia …
and microstructural study of 155 lunar zircons separated from Apollo 14, 15, and 17 breccia …
Born eccentric: Constraints on Jupiter and Saturn's pre-instability orbits
An episode of dynamical instability is thought to have sculpted the orbital structure of the
outer solar system. When modeling this instability, a key constraint comes from Jupiter's fifth …
outer solar system. When modeling this instability, a key constraint comes from Jupiter's fifth …
Shock‐induced microtextures in lunar apatite and merrillite
Apatite and merrillite are the most common phosphate minerals in a wide range of planetary
materials and are key accessory phases for in situ age dating, as well as for determination of …
materials and are key accessory phases for in situ age dating, as well as for determination of …
High-resolution EBSD and SIMS U–Pb geochronology of zircon, titanite, and apatite: insights from the Lac La Moinerie impact structure, Canada
M McGregor, TM Erickson, JG Spray… - … to Mineralogy and …, 2021 - Springer
High-resolution electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD) and correlated in situ secondary
ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) U–Pb geochronology have been conducted on impact …
ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) U–Pb geochronology have been conducted on impact …