Illusory Late Heavy Bombardments

Boehnke, Patrick; Harrison, T. Mark

doi:10.1073/pnas.1611535113

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Illusory Late Heavy Bombardments

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Boehnke, Patrick, Harrison, T. Mark·2016·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

DOI 10.1073/pnas.1611535113PMC PMC5047187

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Significance: The vast majority of evidence marshaled for the Late Heavy Bombardment comes from 40 Ar/ 39 Ar age spectra of Apollo samples, interpreted through “plateau” ages, which show an apparent cluster at ∼3.9 Ga. Whether such data can be uniquely inverted to constrain impact histories in the Earth−Moon system has never been tested. We show that diffusive loss of 40 Ar from a monotonically declining impactor flux coupled with the early and episodic nature of lunar crust formation tends to create clustered distributions of apparent 40 Ar/ 39 Ar ages at ca. 3.9 Ga. Instead, these 40 Ar/ 39 Ar data can be reconciled with a continuously decreasing bollide flux. Thus, impacts may have played a minimal role in terrestrial habitability, early Earth dynamics, and the formation of Hadean zircons.

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Authors: Boehnke, P., & Harrison, T. M.
Affiliations: University of California, Los Angeles (US)
ORCID: Boehnke, Patrick
Harrison, T. Mark
Venue: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
Published: 2016-09-12
Volume: 113
Issue: 39
Pages: 10802-10806
ISSN: 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1611535113
PMC: PMC5047187
OpenAlex: W2519355055
Cited by: 138
References: 98
Citations by year: 2026: 8 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 22 · 2019: 20 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 13
FWCI: 7.11
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: bronze
doi.org
Licence: www.pnas.org/site/misc/userlicense.xhtml (vor, 181 d)
Locations: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders: National Science Foundation (EAR-0948724, EAR-1339051)
Topics: Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Astro and Planetary Science
Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Geophysics › Geological and Geochemical Analysis
Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Planetary Science and Exploration
Keywords: Late Heavy Bombardment, plateau ages, argon diffusion, lunar impact history, Apollo samples, lunar magmatism

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