Highly siderophile elements in Earth’s mantle as a clock for the Moon-forming impact

Seth A. Jacobson (), Alessandro Morbidelli, Sean N. Raymond, David P. O'Brien, Kevin J. Walsh and David C. Rubie
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Seth A. Jacobson: Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Laboratoire Lagrange, Boulevard de l’Observatoire, BP 4229, 06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
Alessandro Morbidelli: Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Laboratoire Lagrange, Boulevard de l’Observatoire, BP 4229, 06304 Nice Cedex 4, France
Sean N. Raymond: Universite Bordeaux, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux, UMR 5804, 33270 Floirac, France
David P. O'Brien: Planetary Science Institute, 1700 East Fort Lowell, Suite 106, Tucson, Arizona 85719, USA
Kevin J. Walsh: Southwest Research Institute, Planetary Science Directorate, 1050 Walnut Street, Suite 300, Boulder, Colorado 80302, USA
David C. Rubie: Universität Bayreuth, Bayerisches Geoinstitut, 95440 Bayreuth, Germany

Nature, 2014, vol. 508, issue 7494, 84-87

Abstract: A large number of N-body simulations of the giant-impact phase of planet formation, combined with the measured concentrations of highly siderophile elements in Earth’s mantle, reveal that the Moon must have formed at least 40 million years after the condensation of the first solids of the Solar System.

Date: 2014
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