Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

Asteroid shower on the Earth-Moon system immediately before the Cryogenian period revealed by KAGUYA

  • Kentaro Terada,
  • Tomokatsu Morota,
  • Mami Kato

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17115-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Ancient impact events on Earth are not well characterized due to continuous re-surfacing of Earth. Here, the authors study impact craters on the Moon with ages up to 800 million years ago and present a cross correlation to Earth, linking up to mass extinction events throughout Earth’s history.