Contents
Collaborating Authors and Acknowledgment of Reviewers
Preface
Part I: Isotopic and Chemical Constraints on Accretion
Process 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
Part 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. Camp and C. B. Agnor
Part 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. Camp, 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
Part 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. Hilgren, 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, W. Ertel, and A. Holzheid
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 and Crust as Reflected in Trace-Element Microbeam Studies of Lunar Magmatism / C. K. Shearer and C. Floss
Chronology and Isotopic Constraints on Lunar Evolution / G. A. Snyder, L. E. Borg, L. E. Nyquist, and L. A. Taylor
Recent Refinements in Geophysical Constraints on Lunar Origin and Evolution / L. L. Hood and M. T. Zuber
Part V: Origin of Terrestrial Volatiles
Water in the Early Earth / Y. Abe, E. Ohtani, T. Okuchi, K. Righter, and M. Drake
Rare Gas Constraints on Early Earth History / D. Porcelli and R. O. Pepin
Volatile Contributions from Icy Planetesimals / T. C. Owen and A. Bar-Nun
Part VI: Conditions on the Young Earth and Moon
Heavy Bombardment on the Earth at ~3.8 Ga: The Search for Petrographic and Geochemical Evidence / G. Ryder, C. Koeberl, and S. J. Mojzsis
The Time-Dependent Intenses Bombardment of the Primordial Earth/Moon System / W. K. Hartmann, G. Ryder, L. Dones, and D. Grinspoon
Earth-Moon Interactions: Implications for Terrestrial Climate and Life / D. M. Williams and D. Pollard
The Early Earth vs the Origin of Life / E. L. Shock, J. P. Amend, and M. Y. Zolotov
Color Section
Glossary
Index