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Origin of the earth and moon
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- Creator
- R.M. Canup, K. Righter, editors ; with 69 collaborating authors
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Tucson : University of Arizona Press in collaboration with Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, [2000]
- ©2000
- Physical Details
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- xv, 555 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780816520732, 9780816521395, 0816521395, 9780816546565, 0816520739, 0816546568
- OCLC
- on1263262509, ocm44467468
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processes determining the volatile abundances of the meteorites and terrestrial planets / M. Humayun & P. Cassen -- Timescales of planetesimal formation and differentiation based on extinct and extant radioisotopes / R.W. Carlson & G.W. Lugmair -- Tungsten isotopes, the timing of metal-silicate fractionation, and the origin of the earth and moon / A.N. Halliday, D.-C. Lee & S.B. Jacobsen -- The xenon age of the earth / F.A. Podosek & M. Ozima -- On planetesimal formation: the role of collective particle behavior / W.R. Ward -- Formation of planetary embryos / S.J. Kortenkamp, E. Kokubo, & S.J. Weidenschilling -- Origin and evolution of terrestrial planet rotation / J.J. Lissauer, L. Dones & K. Ohtsuki -- Accretion of the terrestrial planets and the earth-moon system / R.M. Canup & C.B. Agnor -- Higher-resolution simulations of the giant impact / A.G.W. Cameron -- Lunar accretion from an impact-generated disk / E. Kokubo, R.M. Canup & S. Ida -- The phase space adventure of the earth and moon / J. Touma -- Thermal aspects of a lunar origin by giant impact / M.E. Pritchard & D.J. Stevenson -- Geochemical constraints on the origin of the earth and moon / J.H. Jones & H. Palme -- Outstanding questions for the giant impact hypothesis / G.R. Stewart -- Physical processes of core formation / T. Rushmer, W.G. Minarik & G. J. Taylor -- An experimental perspective on the light element in earth's core / V.J. Hillgren, C.K. Gessmann & J. Li -- Siderophile elements in the earth and moon: metal/silicate partitioning and implications for core formation / M.J. Walter... [et al.] -- Significance of highly siderophile elements and osmium isotopes in the lunar and terrestrial mantles / K. Righter, R.J. Walker & P.H. Warren -- Fluid dynamics of a terrestrial magma ocean / V.S. Solomatov -- Evolution of the moon's mantle and crust as reflected in trace-element microbeam studies of lunar magmatism / C.K. Shearer & C. Floss -- Chronology and isotopic constraints on lunar evolution / G.A. Snyder... [et al.] -- Recent refinements in geophysical constraints on lunar origin and evolution / L.L. Hood & M.T. Zuber -- Water in the early earth / Y. Abe... [et al.] -- Rare gas constraints on early earth history / D. Porcelli & R.O. Pepin -- Volatile contributions from icy planetesimals / T.C. Owen & A. Bar-Nun -- Heavy bombardment on the earth at -3.85 Ga: the search for petrographic and geochemical evidence / G. Ryder, C. Koeberl & S.J. Mojzsis -- The time-dependent intense bombardment of the primordial earth/moon system / W.K. Hartmann ... [et al.] -- Earth-moon interactions: implications for terrestrial climate and life / D.M. Williams & D. Pollard -- The early earth vs. the origin of life / E.L. Shock, J.P. Amend & M.Y. Zolotov