Le Qiao | 乔 乐

Selected Publications

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1. Che, X., Long, T., Nemchin, A., Xie, S., Qiao, L., Li, Z., Ban, Y., Fan, R., Yang, C., Liu, D., 2025. Isotopic and compositional constraints on the source of basalt collected from the lunar farside. Science, 387, 1306-1310. [link].

2. Qiao, L., Xu, L., Head, J. W., Chen, J., Zhang, Y., Li, B., Ling, Z., 2024. Geological evidence for extensive basin ejecta as plains terrains in the Moon’s south polar region. Nature Communications, 15, 5783. [link].

3. Head, J. W., Wilson, L., Hiesinger, H., van der Bogert, C., Chen, Y., Dickson, J. L., Gaddis, L. R., Haruyama, J., Jawin, E. R., Jozwiak, L. M., Li, C., Liu, J., Morota, T., Needham, D. H., Ostrach, L. R., Pieters, C. M., Prissel, T. C., Qian, Y., Qiao, L., Rutherford, M. R., Scott, D. R., Whitten, J. L., Xiao, L., Zhang, F., and Ziyuan, O., 2023. Lunar mare basaltic volcanism: Volcanic features and emplacement processes. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry. 89, 453-507. [link].

4. Qiao, L., Xu, L., Yang, Y., Xie, M., Chen, J., Fang, K., Ling, Z., 2021. Cratering records in the Chang'e-5 mare unit: Filling the "age gap" of the lunar crater chronology and preparation for its re-calibration. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL095132. [link].

5. 乔乐, 陈剑, 凌宗成, 2021. 月球火山作用的地貌学特征. 地质学报, 95(9): 2678-2691. [link].

6. Qiao, L., Chen, J., Xu, L., Wan, S., Cao, H., Li, B., and Ling, Z., 2021. Geology of the Chang'e-5 landing site: Constraints on the sources of samples returned from a young nearside mare. Icarus. 364, 114480. [link].

7. Qiao, L., Head, J. W., Wilson, L., Ling, Z., 2020. Lunar irregular mare patches: Classification, characteristics, geologic settings, updated catalog, origin, and outstanding questions. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 125, e2019JE006362. [link].

8. Qiao, L., Ling, Z., Head, J. W., Ivanov, M., Liu, B., 2019. Analyses of Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter 1,064-nm albedo in permanently shadowed regions of polar crater flat floors: Implications for surface water ice occurrence and future in situ exploration. Earth and Space Science, 6(3), 467-488. [link].

9. Qiao, L., Head, J. W., Wilson, L., Xiao, L., Kreslavsky, M., Dufek, J., 2017. Ina pit crater on the Moon: Extrusion of waning-stage lava lake magmatic foam results in extremely young crater retention ages. Geology, 45(5): 455-458. [link].

10. Xiao, L., Zhu, P., Fang, G., Xiao, Z., Zou, Y., Zhao, J., Zhao, N., Yuan, Y., Qiao, L., Zhang, X., Zhang, H., Wang, J., Huang, J., Huang, Q., He, Q., Zhou, B., Ji, Y., Zhang, Q., Shen, S., Li, Y., and Gao, Y., 2015. A young multilayered terrane of the northern Mare Imbrium revealed by Chang’E-3 mission. Science. 347, 1226-1229. [link].

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