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  • The chlorine isotope fingerprint of the lunar magma ocean 
    Boyce, Jeremy W.; Treiman, Allan H.; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8073-2839; Guan, Yunbin; Ma, Chi; Eiler, John M.; Gross, Juliane; Greenwood, James P.; Stolper, Edward M. (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2015-09-25)
    The Moon contains chlorine that is isotopically unlike that of any other body yet studied in the Solar System, an observation that has been interpreted to support traditional models of the formation of a nominally hydrogen-free ...
  • Chondrites and the protoplanetary disk : November 8-11, 2004, Kaua'i, Hawai'i 
    Krot, A. N.; Alexander, Conel (Lunar and Planetary Institute, 2004)
    Attempts to understand how components in primitive chondrites and interplanetary dust particles were formed and thermally processed in the protoplanetary disk by comparing cosmochemical constraints with astronomical ...
  • Chondrules and their origins 
    King, Elbert A. (Lunar and Planetary Institute, 1983)
    Chondrule parent materials, chondrule formation, and post-formational history are addressed.
  • Chondrules as Astrophysical Objects : May 9-10, 2017, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada 
    Boley, Aaron; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0574-4418; Morris, Melissa; Ciesla, Fred (Lunar and Planetary Institute, 2017)
    Explores how astrophysical observations can constrain chondrule formation models and how chondrules can help us put astrophysical observations in context.
  • Chromium Isotopic Evidence for Mixing of NC and CC Reservoirs in Polymict Ureilites: Implications for Dynamical Models of the Early Solar System 
    Goodrich, Cyrena Anne; Sanborn, Matthew E.; Yin, Qing-Zhu; Kohl, Issaku; Frank, David; Daly, R. Terik; Walsh, Kevin J.; Zolensky, M. E. (Michael E.); Young, Edward R. D.; Jenniskens, Petrus Matheus Marie; Shaddad, Muawia H.; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3181-1303 (American Astronomical Society, 2021-01-28)
    Nucleosynthetic isotope anomalies show that the first few million years of solar system history were characterized by two distinct cosmochemical reservoirs, CC (carbonaceous chondrites and related differentiated meteorites) ...
  • The Chronology Problem in the Outer Solar System: Constraining the "WHEN" of Major Dynamical and Geological Events 
    Schenk, Paul M.; Rivera-Valentín, Edgard G.; Robbins, Stuart; Cohen, Barbara; Dones, Luke; Singer, Kelsi N.; Nesvorný, David; Greenstreet, Sarah; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4439-1539; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4042-003X (2020)
    In this white paper, we summarize the current state of surface age determination in the OSS and make recommendations and advocate for research into the Chronology of the OSS as a high priority for NASA over the next decade.
  • Clast-laden nature and the origin of Luna 24 olivine-vitrophyres 
    Basu, Abhijit; McKay, David S.; Fruland, Ruth M. (Pergamon Press, 1978)
    Particles of olivine-vitrophyre make up less than one percent of the <250 μm fraction of the Luna 24 soils. They contain microphenocrysts of olivine and spinel, together with a variety of olivine, pyroxene, plagioclase, a ...
  • Clastic breccias at the Slate Islands Complex Impact Structure, Northern Lake Superior 
    Dressler, Burkhard O.; Sharpton, Virgil L. (Ontario Geological Survey, 1996)
    Provides a summary of the impact process. Also some of the results of laboratory investigations conducted in 1995 and 1996. Describes the various clastic breccias encountered on the islands during 1994 and 1995 field work ...
  • Clay mineral diversity and abundance in sedimentary rocks of Gale crater, Mars 
    Bristow, Thomas F.; Craig, Patricia I.; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4080-4997; Treiman, Allan H.; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8073-2839 (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2018-06-06)
    Clay minerals provide indicators of the evolution of aqueous conditions and possible habitats for life on ancient Mars. Analyses by the Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity show that ~3.5–billion year (Ga) fluvio-lacustrine ...
  • Clementine explores the Moon 
    Spudis, Paul D.; Bussey, Ben; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3391-0417 (Lunar and Planetary Institute, 1997)
    A selection of imagery and global data coverage obtained by the Clementine spacecraft.
  • Collisional evolution of mass-distribution spectrum of planetesimals 
    Matsui, Takafumi (Pergamon Press, 1978)
    The early growth of planetesimals by mutual direct collisions is numerically simulated with a Monte Carlo technique to show how planetesimals with specific mass and velocity distributions evolve into a full-size planet. ...
  • Collisional evolution of the mass-distribution spectrum of planetesimals II 
    Matsui, Takafumi (Pergamon Press, 1979)
    Conditions required for the early growth of planetesimals through their mutual collisions are investigated numerically with a Monte Carlo technique developed by the author. Four types of collisions (rebound, erosion, ...
  • Commercial lunar propellant architecture : a collaborative study of lunar propellant production 
    Kornuta, David A. (United Launch Alliance, 2018)
    This paper is the result of an examination by industry, government, and academic experts of the approach, challenges, and payoffs of a private business that harvests and processes lunar ice as the foundation of a lunar, ...
  • Comparative Climatology of Terrestrial Planets : June 25-28, 2012, Boulder, Colorado 
    Bullock, Mark A. (Lunar and Planetary Institute, 2012)
    The purpose of the conference was to identify and explore physical and chemical climate processes that are shared among rocky planets with atmospheres, in order to advance scientific progress through detailed comparisons. ...
  • Comparative Climatology of Terrestrial Planets III from Stars to Surface : August 27–30, 2018, Houston, Texas 
    Ocampo, Adriana C.; Arney, Giada Nicole; Domagal-Goldman, Shawn; Hartwick, Victoria; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2082-8986; Soto, Alejandro; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2333-0307 (Lunar and Planetary Institute, 2018)
    A cross-disciplinary conversation on climate processes at work on terrestrial planets both within our solar system and in extrasolar systems. For the purpose of CCTP-3, terrestrial climate is a broad term, intended to ...
  • A comparative Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd, and K-Ar study of shocked norite 78236: Evidence of slow cooling in the lunar crust? 
    Nyquist, L. E.; Reimold, W. U.; Bogard, Donald D.; Wooden, Joseph L.; Bansal, B. M.; Wiesmann, H.; Shih, C.-Y. (Pergamon Press, 1981)
    Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd, and 39 Ar-40 Ar isotopic data are reported for mineral separates of shocked cumulate norite 78236. Petrographic observations are reported to document the mineralogy and degree of shock metamorphism of the ...
  • Comparative Tectonics and Geodynamics of Venus, Earth, and Rocky Exoplanets : May 4-6, 2015, Pasadena, California 
    Smrekar, Suzanne E.; Grimm, Robert E.; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7588-1194; Montesi, Laurent; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3519-1412; Sotin, Christophe; https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3947-1072; Stevenson, David John, 1948-; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9432-7159 (Lunar and Planetary Institute, 2015)
    This workshop brought together scientists studying Earth, Venus, and rocky exoplanets to explore the role of key variables such as mass, composition, temperature, atmospheric interaction, and volatiles on tectonic and ...
  • A comparison of fractionation trends in the lunar crust and the Stillwater Complex 
    Raedeke, Linda Dismore; McCallum, I. S. (Pergamon Press, 1980)
    Even if the magma ocean hypothesis in its present form should not prove equal to the task of explaining all the observational data, it seems highly probable that the concept of crystal/liquid fractionation and segregation ...
  • A comparison of secondary craters on the Moon, Mercury, and Mars 
    Schultz, Peter H., 1944-; Singer, Jill (Pergamon Press, 1980)
    Craters on the Moon, Mars, and Mercury display contrasting styles of ejecta facies that presumably reflect different cratering environments (i.e., gravity, atmosphere, target properties). Two fundamental and distinct ...
  • Complex Brines and Their Implications for Habitability 
    Rennó, Nilton O.; Fischer, Erik; Martínez, Germán M.; Hanley, Jennifer; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5885-236X (MDPI, 2021-08-19)
    We conclude that complex brines must exist in the shallow subsurface of Mars and the Icy Worlds, and that liquid saline water should be present where ice has existed, the temperature is above ~160 K, and evaporation and ...

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