Research Catalog

Title

Origin of the earth and moon / R.M. Canup, K. Righter, editors ; with 69 collaborating authors.

Publication

Tucson : University of Arizona Press in collaboration with Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, [2000], ©2000.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Canup, R. M. (Robin M.), 1968-
• Righter, K. (Kevin), 1965-

Description

xv, 555 pages : illustrations (some color); 29 cm.

Series Statement

The University of Arizona space science series

Uniform Title

University of Arizona space science series.

Subjects

• Moon > Origin
• Earth (Planet) > Origin

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Pt. I. Isotopic and Chemical Constraints on Accretion. Processes Determining the Volatile Abundances of the Meteorites and Terrestrial Planets / M. Humayun and P. Cassen. Timescales of Planetesimal Formation and Differentiation Based on Extinct and Extant Radioisotopes / R. W. Carlson and 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 and S. B. Jacobsen. The Xenon Age of the Earth / F. A. Podosek and M. Ozima -- Pt. II. Dynamics of Terrestrial Planet Formation. On Planetesimal Formation: The Role of Collective particle Behavior / W. R. Ward. Formation of Planetary Embryos / S. J. Kortenkamp, E. Kokubo and S. J. Weidenschilling. Origin and Evolution of Terrestrial Planet Rotation / J. J. Lissauer, L. Dones and K. Ohtsuki. Accretion of the Terrestrial Planets and the Earth-Moon System / R. M. Canup and C. B. Agnor -- Pt. III. Impact-Triggered Formation of the Earth/Moon System.
• Higher-resolution Simulations of the Giant Impact / A. G. W. Cameron. Lunar Accretion from an Impact-Generated Disk / E. Kokubo, R. M. Canup and 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 and D. J. Stevenson. Geochemical Constraints on the Origin of the Earth and Moon / J. H. Jones and H. Palme. Outstanding Questions for the Giant Impact Hypothesis / G. R. Stewart -- Pt. IV. Differentiation of the Earth and Moon. Physical Processes of Core Formation / T. Rushmer, W. G. Minarik and G. J. Taylor. An Experimental Perspective on the Light Element in Earth's Core / V. J. Hillgren, C. K. Gessmann and J. Li. Siderophile Elements in the Earth and Moon: Metal/Silicate Partitioning and Implications for Core Formation / M. J. Walter, H. E. Newsom and W. Ertel / [et al.].
• Significance of Highly Siderophile Elements and Osmium Isotopes in the Lunar and Terrestrial Mantles / K. Righter, R. J. Walker and P. H. Warren. Fluid Dynamics of a Terrestrial magma Ocean / V. S. Solomatov. Evolution of the Moon's Mantle ad Crust as Reflected in Trace-Element Microbeam Studies of Lunar Magmatism.

ISBN

• 0816520739 (acid-free paper)
• 0816521395 (acid-free)

LCCN

00056386

OCLC

• ocm44467468
• SCSB-4109253

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries