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Earth Science

D-Index
36
Citations
3884
World Ranking
7391
National Ranking
382

Best Publications

  • Hadean age for a post-magma-ocean zircon confirmed by atom-probe tomography

    John W. Valley;Aaron J. Cavosie;Aaron J. Cavosie;Takayuki Ushikubo;David A. Reinhard

  • New zircon shock phenomena and their use for dating and reconstruction of large impact structures revealed by electron nanobeam (EBSD, CL, EDS) and isotopic U–Pb and (U–Th)/He analysis of the Vredefort domeThis article is one of a series of papers published in this Special Issue on the theme of Geochronology in honour of Tom Krogh.

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  • Birth of the Kaapvaal Tectosphere 3.08 Billion Years Ago

    D. E. Moser;R. M. Flowers;R. J. Hart

  • Dating the shock wave and thermal imprint of the giant Vredefort impact, South Africa

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  • UPb geochronological constraints on the geological evolution of the Pinware terrane and adjacent areas, Grenville Province, southeast Labrador, Canada

    H.A. Wasteneys;S.L. Kamo;D. Moser;T.E. Krogh

  • Solving the Martian meteorite age conundrum using micro-baddeleyite and launch-generated zircon

    D. E. Moser;K. R. Chamberlain;K. T. Tait;A. K. Schmitt

  • The potential science and engineering value of samples delivered to Earth by Mars sample return : International MSR Objectives and Samples Team (iMOST)

    D. W. Beaty;M. M. Grady;H. Y. McSween;E. Sefton-Nash

  • Petrography and composition of Martian regolith breccia meteorite Northwest Africa 7475

    Axel Wittmann;Randy L. Korotev;Bradley L. Jolliff;Anthony J. Irving

  • Geologic history of Martian regolith breccia Northwest Africa 7034: Evidence for hydrothermal activity and lithologic diversity in the Martian crust

    Francis M. McCubbin;Jeremy W. Boyce;Jeremy W. Boyce;Tímea Novák-Szabó;Tímea Novák-Szabó;Alison R. Santos

  • A terrestrial perspective on using ex situ shocked zircons to date lunar impacts

    Aaron J. Cavosie;Aaron J. Cavosie;Aaron J. Cavosie;Timmons M. Erickson;Nicholas E. Timms;Steven M. Reddy

  • Zircon U Pb strain chronometry reveals deep impact-triggered flow

    D.E. Moser;W.J. Davis;S.M. Reddy;R.L. Flemming

  • Zircon U-Pb isotope, 18O and trace element response to 80 m.y. of high temperature metamorphism in the lower crust: Sluggish diffusion and new records of Archean craton formation

    John R. Bowman;Desmond E. Moser;John W. Valley;Joseph L. Wooden

  • Intracrustal extension of an Archean orogen revealed using single-grain U-Pb zircon geochronology

    D. E. Moser;L. M. Heaman;T. E. Krogh;J. A. Hanes

  • Correlating planar microstructures in shocked zircon from the Vredefort Dome at multiple scales: Crystallographic modeling, external and internal imaging, and EBSD structural analysis

    Timmons M. Erickson;Aaron J. Cavosie;Desmond E. Moser;Ivan R. Barker

  • A record of ancient cataclysm in modern sand: Shock microstructures in detrital minerals from the Vaal River, Vredefort Dome, South Africa

    Aaron J. Cavosie;Raiza R. Quintero;Henri A. Radovan;Desmond E. Moser

  • Late Jurassic age for the Morokweng impact structure, southern Africa

    Rodger J. Hart;Marco A.G. Andreoli;Marian Tredoux;Desmond Moser

  • Proterozoic zircon growth in Archean lower crustal xenoliths, southern Superior craton - a consequence of Matachewan ocean opening

    D. E. Moser;L. M. Heaman

  • Evolution of Navajo eclogites and hydration of the mantle wedge below the Colorado Plateau, southwestern United States

    Douglas Smith;James N. Connelly;Kathryn Manser;Desmond E. Moser

  • Coordinated U–Pb geochronology, trace element, Ti-in-zircon thermometry and microstructural analysis of Apollo zircons

    Carolyn A. Crow;Carolyn A. Crow;Kevin D. McKeegan;Desmond E. Moser

  • Variable microstructural response of baddeleyite to shock metamorphism in young basaltic shergottite NWA 5298 and improved U–Pb dating of Solar System events

    James R. Darling;Desmond E. Moser;Ivan R. Barker;Kim T. Tait

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