Earth

Planetary Sciences and Meteoritics

The study of the origin and history of the solar system, planets and natural satellites, interplanetary dust and interstellar medium, lunar samples, meteors, and meteorites, asteroids, comets, craters, and tektites.

Recent News

Q&A with Charles Bolden, Former NASA Administrator and Astronaut

Analysis of "Rusty" Lunar Rock Suggest the Moon's Interior Is Dry

First Nuclear Explosion Helps Test Theory of Moon’s Formation

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Academics

STEGMAN, Dave
Associate Professor

LUGMAIR, GUNTER
Emeritus

POMMIER, ANNE
Assistant Professor


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Centers, Labs, and Projects

Scripps Isotope Geochemistry Laboratory (SIGL)
Specializing in high-precision isotopic analyses, elemental abundances, and petrology. Our main areas of research are in the fields of cosmochemistry and mantle and crustal geochemistry.
Planetary Experimental Petrology Laboratory (PEPL)
Studies the interior of planets, specifically terrestrial bodies like Earth, the Moon, Mars, and Mercury.

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Recent Publications

Barnes, J. J.; McCubbin, F. M.; Santos, A. R.; Day, J. M. D.; Boyce, J. W.; Schwenzer, S. P.; Ott, U.; Franchi, I. A.; Messenger, S.; Anand, M.; Agee, C. B.
Barnes, Jessica J.; McCubbin, Francis M.; Santos, Alison R.; Day, James M. D.; Boyce, Jeremy W.; Schwenzer, Susanne P.; Ott, Ulrich; Franchi, Ian A.; Messenger, Scott; Anand, Mahesh; Agee, Carl B.

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