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Common feedstocks of late accretion for the terrestrial planets – https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-021-01475-0

Olivine-rich achondrites from Vesta and the missing mantle problem – https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25808-9

(Phys.org) Dwarf planet Vesta serves as a window to the early solar system
(UC Davis) Dwarf Planet Vesta a Window to the Early Solar System
(Science News) Dwarf planet Vesta a window to the early solar system
(EurekaAlert) Dwarf planet Vesta a window to the early solar system

Impact and recovery of asteroid 2018 LA – https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.13653

(New York Times) A 22-Million-Year Journey From the Asteroid Belt to Botswana
(UC Davis) Fragments of 2018 Botswana Fireball Came From Vesta
(SETI, NASA) ASTEROID THAT HIT BOTSWANA IN 2018 LIKELY CAME FROM VESTA
(Space Ref) Asteroid That Hit Botswana in 2018 Likely Came from Vesta
(Science News) As­ter­oid that hit Bot­swana in 2018 likely came from Vesta

High-Precision Geochronological Constraints on the Duration of ‘Dinosaurs Pompeii’ and the Yixian Formation – https://academic.oup.com/nsr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/nsr/nwab063/6223474

(Phys.org) Short duration of the Yixian Formation and Chinese Dinosaur Pompeii’

(UC DAVIS) Dating the Dinosaur Pompeii – https://egghead.ucdavis.edu/2021/04/16/dating-the-dinosaur-pompeii/

(Eureka Alert) Short duration of the Yixian Formation and ‘Chinese Dinosaurs Pompeii’ – https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-04/scp-sdo041421.php

X-Ray CT Imaging:

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Latest Papers

 

  1. M-H. Zhu, M. Ding, M. Wieczorek, A. Morbidelli, L. Y. Xu, and Q.-Z. Yin (2025) Obliteration of ancient impact basins on the Moon by viscous relaxation. Nature Astronomy 9, 333–346 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-024-02444-z
  2. T. Iizuka, T. Shibuya, T. Hayakawa, T. Yokoyama, I. Gautam, M. K. Haba, K. T. M. Ito, Y. Hibiya, A. Yamaguchi, Y. Abe, J. Aléon, C. M. O’D. Alexander, S. Amari, Y. Amelin, K. Bajo, M. Bizzarro, A. Bouvier, R. W. Carlson, M. Chaussidon, B.-G. Choi, N. Dauphas, A. M. Davis, T. Di Rocco, W. Fujiya, R. Fukai, H. Hidaka, H. Homma, P. Hoppe, G. R. Huss, K. Ichida, T. R. Ireland, A. Ishikawa, S. Itoh, N. Kawasaki, N. T. Kita, K. Kitajima, T. Kleine, S. Komatani, A. N. Krot, M.-C. Liu, Y. Masuda, M. Morita, K. Motomura, F. Moynier, I. Nakai, K. Nagashima, A. Nguyen, L. Nittler, M. Onose, A. Pack, C. Park, L. Piani, L. Qin, S. Russell, N. Sakamoto, M. Schönbächler, L. Tafla, H. Tang, K. Terada, Y. Terada, T. Usui, S. Wada, M. Wadhwa, R. J. Walker, K. Yamashita, Q.-Z. Yin, S. Yoneda, E. D. Young, H. Yui, A.-C. Zhang, T. Nakamura, H. Naraoka, T. Noguchi, R. Okazaki, K. Sakamoto, H. Yabuta, M. Abe, A. Miyazaki, A. Nakato, M. Nishimura, T. Okada, T. Yada, K. Yogata, S. Nakazawa, T. Saiki, S. Tanaka, F. Terui, Y. Tsuda, S. Watanabe, M. Yoshikawa, S. Tachibana, H. Yurimoto (2025) The fate of water on carbonaceous asteroids inferred from hafnium isotopes in Ryugu samples. Nature, https://rdcu.be/eFrpU
  3. Y. Amelin and Q.-Z. Yin (2025) Recent progress and future prospects of the early solar system chronology. National Science Review 12, 9, 1-22 https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwaf281
  4. Y. Amelin, Q.-Z. Yin, P. Koefoed, R. Merle1, Y. Hibiya, M. H. Huyskens, T. Iizuka, J. A. Cartwright (2025) Fractionation of radiogenic Pb isotopes in meteorites and their components induced by acid leaching. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 393, 52-69 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2024.11.008
  5. Y. Amelin and Q.-Z. Yin (2024) How young is volcanism on the Moon? Science, 385, 1049 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adr9336
  6. Y. K. Di, Q.-Z. Yin, F. L. H. Tissot, Y. Amelin (2024) Role of natural isotopic fractionation in isotope geo- and cosmo-chronology: A theoretical investigation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 379, 1–22. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016703724003107?via%3Dihub
  7. J. L. Jiang, X. Y. Zou, R. N. Mitchell, Y. G. Zhang, Y. Zhao, Q.-Z. Yin, W. Yang, X. Q. Zhou, H. Wang, C. Spencer, X. C. Shan, S. T. Wu, G. M. Li, K. Z. Qin, and X.-H. Li (2024) Sediment subduction in Hadean revealed by machine learning. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 121, 30, e2405160121, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2405160121
  8. F. Spitzer, T. Kleine, C. Burkhardt, T. Hopp, T. Yokoyama, Y. Abe, J. Aléon, C. M. O’D. Alexander, S. Amari, Y. Amelin, K. Bajo, M. Bizzarro, A. Bouvier, R. W. Carlson, M. Chaussidon, B.-G. Choi, N. Dauphas, A. M. Davis, T. Di Rocco, W. Fujiya, R. Fukai, I. Gautam, M. K. Haba, Y. Hibiya, H. Hidaka, H. Homma, P. Hoppe, G. R. Huss, K. Ichida, T. Iizuka, T. R. Ireland, A. Ishikawa, S. Itoh, N. Kawasaki, N. T. Kita, K. Kitajima, S. Komatani, A. N. Krot, M.-C. Liu, Y. Masuda, M. Morita, F. Moynier, K. Motomura, I. Nakai, K. Nagashima, D. Nesvorný, A. Nguyen, L. Nittler, M. Onose, A. Pack, C. Park, L. Piani, L. Qin, S. S. Russell, N. Sakamoto, M. Schiller, M. Schönbächler, L. Tafla, H. Tang, K. Terada, Y. Terada, T. Usui, S. Wada, M. Wadhwa, R. J. Walker, K.Yamashita, Q.-Z. Yin, S. Yoneda, E. D. Young, H. Yui, A.-C. Zhang, T. Nakamura, H. Naraoka, T. Noguchi, R. Okazaki, K. Sakamoto, H. Yabuta, M. Abe, A. Miyazaki, A. Nakato, M. Nishimura, T. Okada, T. Yada, K. Yogata, S. Nakazawa, T. Saiki, S. Tanaka, F. Terui, Y. Tsuda, S.Watanabe, M. Yoshikawa, S, Tachibana, H. Yurimoto (2024) The Ni isotopic composition of Ryugu reveals a common accretion region for carbonaceous chondrites. Science Advances 10, https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adp2426
  9. E. Krestianinov, Y. Amelin, Q.-Z. Yin, P. Cary, M. H. Huyskens, A. Miller, S. Dey, Y. Hibiya, H. Tang, E. D. Young, A. Pack, and T. Di Rocco (2023) Igneous meteorites suggest Aluminium-26 heterogeneity in the early Solar Nebula. Nature Communications. 14:4940 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-40026-1
  10. W. Y. Liu, Y. G. Zhang, F. L. H. Tissot, G. Avice, Z. L. Ye, and Q.-Z. Yin (2023) I/Pu reveals Earth mainly accreted from volatile-poor differentiated planetesimals. Science Advances 9, eadg921 https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.adg9213
  11. Q. Zhou, Y. Liu, S. Yang, Q.-L. Li, Y. Chen, G. Zhang, H. Zhang, B. Liu, D. Liu, J. Liu, F.-Y. Wu, X.-H. Li, Q.-Z. Yin, C. L. Li (2023) The youngest lunar zircon reveals an extremely fractionated nature of Chang’e-5 basalt. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 358, 126-133 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016703723004167

 

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