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Overview

Mahesh Anand is a researcher affiliated with The Open University in the United Kingdom. Their scholarly work spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Physics and Astronomy as well as Earth and Planetary Sciences.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Space Exploration and Technology

Within broader scientific disciplines, Mahesh Anand's subfields of study are:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Geophysics
  • Ecology
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Atmospheric Science

Their publication record includes significant contributions to the following venues:

  • Meteoritics and Planetary Science
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Nature Astronomy
  • Nature Geoscience

Mahesh Anand has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including I. A. Franchi, R. C. Greenwood, L. F. White, X. Zhao, and Sen Hu.

Some of their recent published papers include:

  • "A dry lunar mantle reservoir for young mare basalts of Chang'e-5" (2021, Nature)
  • "Multiple early-formed water reservoirs in the interior of Mars" (2020, Nature Geoscience)
  • "A solar wind-derived water reservoir on the Moon hosted by impact glass beads" (2023, Nature Geoscience)
  • "Investigating the microwave heating behaviour of lunar soil simulant JSC-1A at different input powers" (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Paper published in Aberystwyth Research portal (2020)

Best Publications

  • A brief review of chemical and mineralogical resources on the Moon and likely initial In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) applications

    M. Anand;M. Anand;I.A. Crawford;M. Balat-Pichelin;S. Abanades

  • Magmatic volatiles (H, C, N, F, S, Cl) in the lunar mantle, crust, and regolith: Abundances, distributions, processes, and reservoirs

    Francis M. McCubbin;Kathleen E. Vander Kaaden;Romain Tartèse;Rachel L. Klima

  • Diamonds: time capsules from the Siberian Mantle

    Lawrence A. Taylor;Mahesh Anand

  • Early Proterozoic Melt Generation Processes beneath the Intra-cratonic Cuddapah Basin, Southern India

    M. Anand;S. A. Gibson;K. V. Subbarao;S. P. Kelley

  • The mercury imaging X-ray spectrometer (MIXS) on BepiColombo

    G W Fraser;J D Carpenter;D A Rothery;J F Pearson

  • A dry lunar mantle reservoir for young mare basalts of Chang'e-5.

    Sen Hu;Huicun He;Jianglong Ji;Yangting Lin

  • Back to the Moon: The scientific rationale for resuming lunar surface exploration

    I. A. Crawford;M. Anand;Charles Cockell;H. Falcke

  • The abundance, distribution, and isotopic composition of Hydrogen in the Moon as revealed by basaltic lunar samples: Implications for the volatile inventory of the Moon

    Romain Tartèse;Mahesh Anand;Mahesh Anand;Jessica J. Barnes;Jessica J. Barnes;Natalie A. Starkey

  • The origin of water in the primitive Moon as revealed by the lunar highlands samples

    Jessica J. Barnes;Jessica J. Barnes;Romain Tartèse;Mahesh Anand;Mahesh Anand;Francis M. McCubbin

  • Geology, geochemistry, and geophysics of the Moon: Status of current understanding

    R. Jaumann;R. Jaumann;H. Hiesinger;M. Anand;I. A. Crawford

  • Multi-stage metasomatism of diamondiferous eclogite xenoliths from the Udachnaya kimberlite pipe, Yakutia, Siberia

    Kula C. Misra;Mahesh Anand;Lawrence A. Taylor;Nikolai V. Sobolev

  • Extra-terrestrial construction processes – Advancements, opportunities and challenges

    Sungwoo Lim;Vibha Levin Prabhu;Mahesh Anand;Lawrence A. Taylor

  • Space weathering on airless planetary bodies: Clues from the lunar mineral hapkeite

    Mahesh Anand;Lawrence A. Taylor;Mikhail A. Nazarov;J. Shu

  • Petrology of igneous clasts in Northwest Africa 7034: Implications for the petrologic diversity of the martian crust

    Alison R. Santos;Carl B. Agee;Francis M. McCubbin;Charles K. Shearer

  • Experimental investigation of F, Cl, and OH partitioning between apatite and Fe-rich basaltic melt at 1.0–1.2 GPa and 950–1000 °C

    Francis M. McCubbin;Kathleen E. Vander Kaaden;Romain Tartèse;Jeremy W. Boyce

  • Cryptomare magmatism 4.35 Gyr ago recorded in lunar meteorite Kalahari 009

    Kentaro Terada;Mahesh Anand;Mahesh Anand;Anna K. Sokol;Addi Bischoff

  • Apatites in lunar KREEP basalts: The missing link to understanding the H isotope systematics of the Moon

    Romain Tartèse;Mahesh Anand;Mahesh Anand;Francis M. McCubbin;Stephen M. Elardo

  • Accurate and precise measurements of the D/H ratio and hydroxyl content in lunar apatites using NanoSIMS

    Jessica Barnes;Jessica Barnes;I. A. Franchi;M. Anand;M. Anand;R. Tartèse

  • Early degassing of lunar urKREEP by crust-breaching impact(s)

    Jessica J. Barnes;Romain Tartèse;Romain Tartèse;Mahesh Anand;Mahesh Anand;Francis M. McCubbin

  • Petrogenesis of group A eclogites and websterites: evidence from the Obnazhennaya kimberlite, Yakutia

    Lawrence A. Taylor;Gregory A. Snyder;Randall Keller;David A. Remley

  • 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

  • A brief review of chemical and mineralogical resources on the Moon and

    M. Anand;I. A. Crawford;M. Balat-Pichelin;S. Abanades

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian A. Franchi
Ian A. Franchi The Open University
Romain Tartèse
Romain Tartèse University of Manchester
Monica M. Grady
Monica M. Grady The Open University
Sara S. Russell
Sara S. Russell Natural History Museum
Richard C. Greenwood
Richard C. Greenwood The Open University
Lawrence A. Taylor
Lawrence A. Taylor University of Tennessee at Knoxville
David A. Rothery
David A. Rothery The Open University
Timothy D. Swindle
Timothy D. Swindle University of Arizona
Scott M. McLennan
Scott M. McLennan Stony Brook University

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