ReviewOrigins of life and evolution of the biosphere : the journal of the International Society for the Study of the Origin of Life2017
Cataclysm No More: New Views on the Timing and Delivery of Lunar Impactors.
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- Constraints on the impactor flux to the Earth-Moon system from oxygen isotopes of the lunar regolith.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- Terrestrial atmospheric ion implantation occurred in the nearside lunar regolith during the history of Earth's dynamo.Communications earth & environment · 2025Article
- Scientific perspectives on lunar exploration in Europe.NPJ microgravity · 2023Review
- Constraining the formation and transport of lunar impact glasses using the ages and chemical compositions of Chang'e-5 glass beads.Science advances · 2022Article
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- The Prebiotic Kitchen: A Guide to Composing Prebiotic Soup Recipes to Test Origins of Life Hypotheses.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Late accretionary history of Earth and Moon preserved in lunar impactites.Science advances · 2021Article
- The "Water Problem"(Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Pb-Pb Dating of Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Samples Using Resonance Ionization Mass Spectrometry.Earth and space science (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2020Article
- The Role of Meteorite Impacts in the Origin of Life.Astrobiology · 2020Article
- The Archean atmosphere.Science advances · 2020Review
- Instabilities in the Early Solar System due to a Self-gravitating Disk.The Astronomical journal · 2019Article
- A Hydrothermal-Sedimentary Context for the Origin of Life.Astrobiology · 2018Article
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Abstract
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 formation ~4.5 billion years (Ga) ago. However, the nature and timing of the lunar impactors - and indeed the lunar impact record itself - are not well understood. Of particular interest are the ages of lunar impact basins and what they tell us about the proposed "lunar cataclysm" and/or the late heavy bombardment (LHB), and how this impact episode may have affected early life on Earth or other planets. Investigations of the lunar impactor population over time have been undertaken and include analyses of orbital data and images; lunar, terrestrial, and other planetary sample data; and dynamical modelling. Here, the existing information regarding the nature of the lunar impact record is reviewed and new interpretations are presented. Importantly, it is demonstrated that most evidence supports a prolonged lunar (and thus, terrestrial) bombardment from ~4.2 to 3.4 Ga and not a cataclysmic spike at ~3.9 Ga. Implications for the conditions required for the origin of life are addressed.
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