Renaud Merle

Moon's volcanic history revealed in glassy spherules from Apollo 17 soil 76501

Nemchin, Alexander A.; Norman, Marc D.; Whitehouse, Martin J.; Salin, Evgenia et al.

Part of Meteoritics and Planetary Science, p. 389-404, 2026

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An impact-related origin for lunar magmatic rocks?

Merle, Renaud

Part of Nature Astronomy, p. 1604-1606, 2025

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Moon's volcanic history revealed in glassy spherules from Apollo 17 soil 76501

Nemchin, Alexander A.; Norman, Marc D.; Whitehouse, Martin J.; Salin, Evgenia et al.

Part of Meteoritics and Planetary Science, p. 389-404, 2026

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An impact-related origin for lunar magmatic rocks?

Merle, Renaud

Part of Nature Astronomy, p. 1604-1606, 2025

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Magnesian-suite volcanism and ancient crust building on the Moon 4.25 billion years ago

Yen, Christopher; Deligny, Cecile; Jolliff, Bradley; Nemchin, Alexander et al.

Part of Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2025

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Fractionation of radiogenic Pb isotopes in meteorites and their components induced by acid leaching

Amelin, Yuri; Yin, Qing-Zhu; Koefoed, Piers; Merle, Renaud et al.

Part of Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, p. 52-69, 2025

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Two episodes of lunar basaltic volcanism in Mare Fecunditatis as revealed by Luna-16 soil samples

Demidova, Svetlana; Nemchin, Alexander; Merle, Renaud; Guan, Yue et al.

Part of Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, p. 319-336, 2025

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Moon's volcanic history revealed in glassy spherules from Apollo 17 soil 76501

Nemchin, Alexander A.; Norman, Marc D.; Whitehouse, Martin J.; Salin, Evgenia et al.

Part of Meteoritics and Planetary Science, p. 389-404, 2026

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An impact-related origin for lunar magmatic rocks?

Merle, Renaud

Part of Nature Astronomy, p. 1604-1606, 2025

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Magnesian-suite volcanism and ancient crust building on the Moon 4.25 billion years ago

Yen, Christopher; Deligny, Cecile; Jolliff, Bradley; Nemchin, Alexander et al.

Part of Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2025

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Fractionation of radiogenic Pb isotopes in meteorites and their components induced by acid leaching

Amelin, Yuri; Yin, Qing-Zhu; Koefoed, Piers; Merle, Renaud et al.

Part of Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, p. 52-69, 2025

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Two episodes of lunar basaltic volcanism in Mare Fecunditatis as revealed by Luna-16 soil samples

Demidova, Svetlana; Nemchin, Alexander; Merle, Renaud; Guan, Yue et al.

Part of Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, p. 319-336, 2025

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Petrology and chronology of mare components in lunar basaltic breccia meteorite Northwest Africa 12384

Yen, Christopher J. -K.; Carpenter, Paul K.; Deligny, Cecile; Nemchin, Alexander et al.

Part of Meteoritics and Planetary Science, p. 2998-3020, 2024

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Earth's longest preserved linear volcanic ridge generated by a moving Kerguelen hotspot

Jiang, Qiang; Olierook, Hugo K. H.; Jourdan, Fred; Carmona Hoyos, Diana et al.

Part of Nature Communications, 2024

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Dynamic Evolution of the Transcrustal Plumbing System in Large Igneous Provinces: Geochemical and Microstructural Insights from Glomerocrysts and Melt Inclusions

Capriolo, Manfredo; Callegaro, Sara; Deegan, Frances; Merle, Renaud E. et al.

Part of Journal of Petrology, 2024

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Pb Isotope Signature of a Low-ÎŒ (²³⁸U/²⁰⁴Pb) Lunar Mantle Component

Merle, Renaud E.; Nemchin, Alexander A.; Whitehouse, Martin J.; Kenny, Gavin G. et al.

Part of Journal of Petrology, 2024

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Extra-terrestrial resources: A potential solution for securing the supply of rare metals for the coming decades?

Merle, Renaud E.; Troll, Valentin R.; Höök, Mikael; Kuchler, Magdalena et al.

Part of Geology Today, p. 225-230, 2023

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The origin of platinum group minerals in oceanic crust

Evans, Katy; Reddy, Steven M.; Merle, Renaud; Fougerouse, Denis et al.

Part of Geology, p. 554-558, 2023

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An appraisal of the ages of Phanerozoic large igneous provinces

Jiang, Qiang; Jourdan, Fred; Olierook, Hugo K. H.; Merle, Renaud E.

Part of Earth-Science Reviews, 2023

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The age and origin of the Balleny and Scott volcanic provinces, Ross Sea, Antarctica

Merle, Renaud E.; Jiang, Qiang; Jourdan, Fred; Olierook, Hugo

Part of Chemie der Erde, 2022

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Calibrating volatile loss from the Moon using the U-Pb system

Connelly, J. N.; Nemchin, A. A.; Merle, Renaud E.; Snape, J. F. et al.

Part of Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, p. 1-16, 2022

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U-Pb isotope systematics and impact ages recorded by a chemically diverse population of glasses from an Apollo 14 lunar soil

Nemchin, A. A.; Norman, M. D.; Grange, M. L.; Zeigler, R. A. et al.

Part of Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, p. 206-243, 2022

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Volume and rate of volcanic CO₂ emissions governed the severity of past environmental crises

Jiang, Qiang; Jourdan, Fred; Olierook, Hugo K. H.; Merle, Renaud E. et al.

Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2022

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Activity standardization of two enriched ⁴⁰K solutions for the determination of decay scheme parameters and the half-life

Kossert, Karsten; Amelin, Yuri; Arnold, Dirk; Merle, Renaud E. et al.

Part of Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 2022

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A micrometeorite from a stony asteroid identified in Luna 16 soil

Demidova, S. ; Whitehouse, M. J.; Merle, Renaud E.; Nemchin, A. A. et al.

Part of Nature Astronomy, p. 560-567, 2022

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Origin of geochemically heterogeneous mid-ocean ridge basalts from the Macquarie Ridge Complex, SW Pacific

Jiang, Qiang; Merle, Renaud E.; Jourdan, Fred; Olierook, Hugo K. H. et al.

Part of Lithos, 2021

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Ar-40/Ar-39 dating of basaltic rocks and the pitfalls of plagioclase alteration

Jiang, Qiang; Jourdan, Fred; Olierook, Hugo K. H.; Merle, Renaud E. et al.

Part of Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, p. 334-357, 2021

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Isotopic analysis of potassium by total evaporation and incipient emission thermal ionisation mass spectrometry

Amelin, Yuri; Merle, Renaud

Part of Chemical Geology, 2021

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Timing of Seafloor Spreading Cessation at the Macquarie Ridge Complex (SW Pacific) and Implications for Upper Mantle Heterogeneity

Jiang, Qiang; Merle, Renaud E.; Jourdan, Fred; Olierook, Hugo K. H. et al.

Part of Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 2021

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Longest continuously erupting large igneous province driven by plume-ridge interaction

Jiang, Qiang; Jourdan, Fred; Olierook, Hugo K. H.; Merle, Renaud E. et al.

Part of Geology, p. 206-210, 2021

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Evidence of multi-phase Cretaceous to Quaternary alkaline magmatism on Tore–Madeira Rise and neighbouring seamounts from 40Ar/39Ar ages

Merle, Renaud; Jourdan, Fred; Marzoli, Andrea; Renne, Paul R. et al.

Part of Journal of the Geological Society, p. 879-894, 2009

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Cretaceous seamounts along the continent–ocean transition of the Iberian margin: U–Pb ages and Pb–Sr–Hf isotopes

Merle, Renaud; Schärer, Urs; Girardeau, Jacques; Cornen, Guy

Part of Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, p. 4950-4976, 2006

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Segregation vesicles, cylinders, and sheets in vapor-differentiated pillow lavas: examples from Tore-Madeira Rise and Chile Triple Junction

Merle, Renaud E.; Caroff, Martial; Girardeau, Jacques; Cotten, Joseph et al.

Part of Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 2005

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