| Frontmatter and Preface
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| | Hartmann, W. K., Phillips,
R. J. & Taylor, G. J. | |
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| I.
History |
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| Early history of
selenogony · REVIEW PAPER
| 3 |
| | Brush, Stephen
G. | |
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| Moon over Mauna Loa - A review of
hypotheses of formation of earth's moon · REVIEW PAPER
| 17 |
| | Wood, John
A. | |
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| II.
Dynamical Constraints |
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| Dynamical constraints on the
origin of the moon · REVIEW PAPER
| 59 |
| | Boss, A. P. & Peale, S.
J. | |
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| III.
Geochemical Constraints |
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| Is lunar bulk material similar to
earth's mantle? · REVIEW PAPER
| 105 |
| | Drake, Michael
J. | |
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| The origin of the moon -
Geochemical considerations | 125 |
| | Taylor, Stuart
Ross | |
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| Nebular chemistry and theories of
lunar origin | 145 |
| | Larimer, John
W. | |
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| Petrologic constraints on the
origin of the Moon | 173 |
| | Shervais, John W. & Taylor,
Lawrence A. | |
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| Constraints on the origin of the
Moon from the abundance of molybdenum and other siderophile
elements | 203 |
| | Newsom, Horton E.
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| Abundances of cobalt, nickel, and
volatiles in the silicate portion of the moon | 231 |
| | Delano, John
W. | |
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| Nickel-cobalt abundance
systematics and their bearing on lunar origin | 249 |
| | Ringwood, A. E. & Seifert,
Stefan | |
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| The bulk-Moon MgO/FeO ratio: A
highlands perspective | 279 |
| | Warren, Paul H.
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| Implications of isotope data for
the origin of the moon | 311 |
| | Turcotte, D. L. & Kellogg, L.
H. | |
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| I-Pu-Xe dating and the relative
ages of the earth and moon | 331 |
| | Swindle, T. D., Caffee, M.
W., Hohenberg, C. M. & Taylor, S. R. | |
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| IV.
Geophysical Constraints |
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| Geophysical constraints on the
lunar interior · REVIEW PAPER
| 361 |
| | Hood, L.
L. | |
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| Lunar paleointensities via the
IRMs normalization method and the early magnetic history of the
moon | 411 |
| | Cisowski, S. M. & Fuller,
M. | |
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| The initial thermal state of the
Moon | 425 |
| | Binder, Alan B.
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| On the early thermal state of the
moon | 435 |
| | Solomon, Sean
C. | |
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| Origin of the moon and its early
thermal evolution | 453 |
| | Matsui, Takafumi & Abe,
Yutaka | |
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V.
Theories and Processes of Origin 1:
Lunar Formation Involving Capture or Fission |
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| Origin of the moon by
capture | 471 |
| | Singer, S.
Fred | |
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| Numerical simulations of
fission | 487 |
| | Durisen, Richard H. &
Gingold, Robert A. | |
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| The binary fission origin of the
moon | 499 |
| | Binder, Alan
B. | |
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VI.
Theories and Processes of Origin 2:
Considerations Involving Large Bodies in the Environment of Primordial
Earth, anc Chances for Close Approaches or Impacts
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| Accumulation of the terrestrial
planets and implications concerning lunar origin | 519 |
| | Wetherill, G.
W. | |
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| Giant impactors - Plausible sizes
and populations | 551 |
| | Hartmann, William K. & Vail,
S. M. | |
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| Mechanical models of close
approaches and collisions of large protoplanets | 567 |
| | Kaula, W. M. & Beachey, A. E.
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VII.
Theories and Processes of Origin 3:
Lunar Formation Triggered by Large Impact
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| Moon origin - The impact-trigger
hypothesis | 579 |
| | Hartmann, William
K. | |
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| The impact theory for origin of
the Moon | 609 |
| | Cameron, A. G. W.
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| Short note: Snapshots from a
three-dimensional modeling of a giant impact | 617 |
| | Benz, W., Slattery, W. L. &
Cameron, A. G. W. | |
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| When worlds collide - Jetted
vapor plumes and the moon's origin | 621 |
| | Melosh, H. J. & Sonett, C.
P. | |
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| Short note: A preliminary
numerical study of colliding planets | 643 |
| | Kipp, M. E. & Melosh, H. J.
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| Geochemical evidence for the
formation of the Moon by impact-induced fission of the
proto-Earth | 649 |
| | Wanke, H. & Dreibus, G.
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| Composition and origin of the
moon | 673 |
| | Ringwood, A.
E. | |
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VIII.
Theories and Processes of Origin 4:
Models Emphasizing Coaccretion or Evolution of a Circumterrestrial
Swarm, of Whatever Origin
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| Formation and evolution of a
circumterrestrial disk Constraints on the origin of the moon in geocentric
orbit | 701 |
| | Herbert, Floyd, Davis,
Donald R. & Weidenschilling, Stuart J. | |
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| Origin of the moon from a
circumterrestrial disk | 731 |
| | Weidenschilling, S. J.,
Greenberg, R., Chapman, C. R., Davis, D. R. & Hartmann, W.
K. | |
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Glossary | 763 |
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Subject Index | 773 |
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Author Index | 781 |
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