This chapter is dedicated to H. Jay Melosh who tragically passed away during this endeavor.
From his earliest publications on the concept of acoustic fluidization, to the publication of his …

Igneous rocks are the primary building blocks of planetary crusts. Most igneous rocks
originate via decompression melting and/or wet melting of protolith lithologies within …

Minerals that record high-pressure deformation from meteorite impact are relatively common
on Earth; however, minerals that record both high-pressure and high-temperature effects of …

The~ 70 km-diameter Yarrabubba impact structure in Western Australia is regarded as
among Earth's oldest, but has hitherto lacked precise age constraints. Here we present U …

Accurate and precise dating of terrestrial impact craters is a critical requirement for
correlating impacts with events such as mass extinctions. A number of isotopic systems have …

Zircon is a precise chronometer and prominent recorder of impact deformation. However,
many impact-induced features in zircon are poorly calibrated, sometimes due to …

The Australasian tektites are quench melt glass ejecta particles distributed over the Asian,
Australian, and Antarctic regions, the source crater of which is currently elusive. New …

Accurately constraining the formation and evolution of the lunar magnesian suite is key to
understanding the earliest periods of magmatic crustal building that followed accretion and …

Over the past few decades, it has become increasingly clear that the impact of interplanetary
bodies on other planetary bodies is one of the most ubiquitous and important geological …

The production of superheated melt during hypervelocity impact events has been proposed
to be a common occurrence on terrestrial planetary bodies. Recent direct evidence of …