Evidence for a Stratified Upper Mantle Preserved Within the South Pole‐Aitken Basin

The Moon’s farside shallow subsurface structure unveiled by Chang’E-4 Lunar Penetrating Radar

(2020) Chunlai Li et al.   Science Advances

A possible high-temperature origin of the Moon and its geochemical consequences

(2020) E.S. Steenstra et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Early crust building enhanced on the Moon’s nearside by mantle melting-point depression

(2020) Stephen M. Elardo et al.   Nature Geoscience

A long-lived magma ocean on a young Moon

(2020) M. Maurice et al.   Science Advances

On the petrogenesis of lunar troctolites: New insights into cumulate mantle overturn & mantle exposures in impact basins

(2020) Tabb C. Prissel et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Why the lunar South Pole-Aitken Basin is not a mascon

(2020) Alexander J. Trowbridge et al.   ICARUS

The participation of ilmenite-bearing cumulates in lunar mantle overturn

(2019) Y. Zhao et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Evidence of chemical heterogeneity within lunar anorthosite parental magmas

(2019) John F. Pernet-Fisher et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Geological characterization of the Chang'e-4 landing area on the lunar farside

(2019) Le Qiao et al.   ICARUS

Chang’E-4 initial spectroscopic identification of lunar far-side mantle-derived materials

(2019) Chunlai Li et al.   NATURE

Early Moon formation inferred from hafnium–tungsten systematics

(2019) Maxwell M. Thiemens et al.   Nature Geoscience

Mineral Abundances Inferred From In Situ Reflectance Measurements of Chang'E‐4 Landing Site in South Pole‐Aitken Basin

(2019) Xiaoyi Hu et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Isotopic evidence for a young lunar magma ocean

(2019) Lars E. Borg et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

New lunar meteorite NWA 10986: A mingled impact melt breccia from the highlands—A complete cross section of the lunar crust

(2019) S. E. Roberts et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

Lunar deep materials observed by Chang'e-4 rover

(2019) Sheng Gou et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Constraining the Evolutionary History of the Moon and the Inner Solar System: A Case for New Returned Lunar Samples

(2019) Romain Tartèse et al.   SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS

Timing of mantle overturn during magma ocean solidification

(2018) C.-E. Boukaré et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Crystallization of the lunar magma ocean and the primordial mantle-crust differentiation of the Moon

(2018) Bernard Charlier et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Lunar farside volcanism in and around the South Pole–Aitken basin

(2018) Jan Hendrik Pasckert et al.   ICARUS

Fractional crystallization of the lunar magma ocean: Updating the dominant paradigm

(2018) J. F. Rapp et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

The compositions of the lunar crust and upper mantle: Spectral analysis of the inner rings of lunar impact basins

(2018) Myriam Lemelin et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

South Pole–Aitken basin ejecta reveal the Moon’s upper mantle

(2017) H.J. Melosh et al.   GEOLOGY

The effect of ilmenite viscosity on the dynamics and evolution of an overturned lunar cumulate mantle

(2017) Nan Zhang et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

A Low Viscosity Lunar Magma Ocean Forms a Stratified Anorthitic Flotation Crust With Mafic Poor and Rich Units

(2017) Nick Dygert et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Lunar mare TiO 2 abundances estimated from UV/Vis reflectance

(2017) Hiroyuki Sato et al.   ICARUS

A flow law for ilmenite in dislocation creep: Implications for lunar cumulate mantle overturn

(2016) Nick Dygert et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Complexities in pyroxene compositions derived from absorption band centers: Examples from Apollo samples, HED meteorites, synthetic pure pyroxenes, and remote sensing data

(2016) D. P. Moriarty et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

Evidence for an early wet Moon from experimental crystallization of the lunar magma ocean

(2016) Yanhao Lin et al.   Nature Geoscience

Revised mineral and Mg# maps of the Moon from integrating results from the Lunar Prospector neutron and gamma-ray spectrometers with Clementine spectroscopy

(2015) S. T. Crites et al.   AMERICAN MINERALOGIST

Excavation of the lunar mantle by basin-forming impact events on the Moon

(2015) Katarina Miljković et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

The nature and origin of Mafic Mound in the South Pole-Aitken Basin

(2015) Daniel P. Moriarty et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Lunar cryptomaria: Physical characteristics, distribution, and implications for ancient volcanism

(2015) Jennifer L. Whitten et al.   ICARUS

Exploring the Moon's surface for remnants of the lunar mantle 1. Dunite xenoliths in mare basalts. A crustal or mantle origin?

(2015) Charles K. Shearer et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

Thermochemical constraints on the thermal state, composition, and mineralogy of the upper mantle of the Moon: Evidence from the seismic models

(2015) O. L. Kuskov et al.   SOLAR SYSTEM RESEARCH

Origin of the lunar highlands Mg-suite: An integrated petrology, geochemistry, chronology, and remote sensing perspective

(2014) C. K. Shearer et al.   AMERICAN MINERALOGIST

A young solidification age for the lunar magma ocean

(2014) Amy M. Gaffney et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Geologic structure generated by large-impact basin formation observed at the South Pole-Aitken basin on the Moon

(2014) Makiko Ohtake et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Surveying the South Pole-Aitken basin magnetic anomaly for remnant impactor metallic iron

(2014) Joshua T.S. Cahill et al.   ICARUS

Strong tidal heating in an ultralow-viscosity zone at the core–mantle boundary of the Moon

(2014) Yuji Harada et al.   Nature Geoscience

Lunar bulk chemical composition: a post-Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory reassessment

(2014) G. J. Taylor et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Pre-flight and On-orbit Geometric Calibration of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera

(2014) E. J. Speyerer et al.   SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS

A new model of lunar crust: asymmetry in crustal composition and evolution

(2014) Tomoko Arai et al.   EARTH PLANETS AND SPACE

Impact melt differentiation in the South Pole-Aitken basin: Some observations and speculations

(2013) William M. Vaughan et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

Constraining the size of the South Pole-Aitken basin impact

(2012) R.W.K. Potter et al.   ICARUS

A visible and near-infrared photometric correction for Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3)

(2012) S. Besse et al.   ICARUS

Magnetic signature of the lunar South Pole-Aitken basin: Character, origin, and age

(2012) Michael E. Purucker et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

An Impactor Origin for Lunar Magnetic Anomalies

(2012) Mark A. Wieczorek et al.   SCIENCE

The Crust of the Moon as Seen by GRAIL

(2012) M. A. Wieczorek et al.   SCIENCE

The lunar magma ocean: Reconciling the solidification process with lunar petrology and geochronology

(2011) Linda T. Elkins-Tanton et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Lunar Magma Ocean crystallization revisited: Bulk composition, early cumulate mineralogy, and the source regions of the highlands Mg-suite

(2011) Stephen M. Elardo et al.   GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA

Olivine-rich exposures in the South Pole-Aitken Basin

(2011) Satoru Yamamoto et al.   ICARUS

Thorium abundances of basalt ponds in South Pole-Aitken basin: Insights into the composition and evolution of the far side lunar mantle

(2011) J. J. Hagerty et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Measuring moonlight: An overview of the spatial properties, lunar coverage, selenolocation, and related Level 1B products of the Moon Mineralogy Mapper

(2011) Joseph W. Boardman et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

The Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) imaging spectrometer for lunar science: Instrument description, calibration, on-orbit measurements, science data calibration and on-orbit validation

(2011) R. O. Green et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

The lunar rock and mineral characterization consortium: Deconstruction and integrated mineralogical, petrologic, and spectroscopic analyses of mare basalts

(2011) Peter J. ISAACSON et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

Near-infrared spectra of clinopyroxenes: Effects of calcium content and crystal structure

(2011) Rachel L. KLIMA et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

Chronological evidence that the Moon is either young or did not have a global magma ocean

(2011) Lars E. Borg et al.   NATURE

Surface mineralogy and stratigraphy of the lunar South Pole-Aitken basin determined from Clementine UV/VIS and NIR data

(2011) A.M. Borst et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

Seismic Detection of the Lunar Core

(2011) R. C. Weber et al.   SCIENCE

Initial observations from the Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA)

(2010) David E. Smith et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

The lunar-wide effects of basin ejecta distribution on the early megaregolith

(2010) Noah E. PETRO et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

Possible mantle origin of olivine around lunar impact basins detected by SELENE

(2010) Satoru Yamamoto et al.   Nature Geoscience

Global Distribution of Large Lunar Craters: Implications for Resurfacing and Impactor Populations

(2010) J. W. Head et al.   SCIENCE

Lunar Magnetic Field Observation and Initial Global Mapping of Lunar Magnetic Anomalies by MAP-LMAG Onboard SELENE (Kaguya)

(2010) Hideo Tsunakawa et al.   SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS

Ultramafic impact melt sheet beneath the South Pole–Aitken basin on the Moon

(2009) Ryosuke Nakamura et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Elliptical structure of the lunar South Pole-Aitken basin

(2009) Ian Garrick-Bethell et al.   ICARUS