Plantary Sciences Department -- Lunar and Planetary Laboratory

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Dr. Charles P. Sonett

With LPL since: 1973

Current Projects:
* Use of natural records on Earth to infer solar behavior
* Simulations of supernova blast-waves
*Lunar EM induction
*Lunar orbital evolution from geological sediments
*Geopysical aspects of Radiocarbon
*The variability of the Beryllium-10 record

Current LPL PhD students:
*Aramais Zakarian

Current LPL postdocs:

Selected Memberships/Committee Positions:
* AGU - fellow
* IAGA
* IUGG
* EGS

Spacecraft involvement:
* Pioneer 1, 2, 5, 9
* Explorer 6, 33, 35
* Apollo 12, 14, 15, 16
* Ulysses

Recent references:
*Is Geminga the source of the Pleistocene Beryllium-10 Spikes? Sonett, C.P., L.R. McHargue, and Damon, P.E. (1997) Proc. 25th Intl. Cosmic ray Conf., Durban.

*Late Proterozoic and Paleozoic tides, retreat of the Moon, and rotation of the Earth. C.P. Sonett, E.P. Kvale, A. Zarkharian, M.A. Chan, and T.M. Demko (1996) Science 273, pp. 100-104.

*Mud cracks and dedolomitization in the Wittenoon dolomite, Hamersley Group, Western Australia. J.S. Kargel, J.F. Schreiber, and C. P. Sonett (1996) Global and Planetary Change 14, pp. 73-96.

*The lunar orbit in the late Precambrian and the Elatina sandstone laminae. Sonett, C.P., S.A. Finney, and C.R. Williams. (1989) Nature, 335, 806-808.

*Interstellar shock waves and Be 10 from ice cores. C.P. Sonett, G.E. Morfill, and J.R. Jokipii (1987) Nature 330, pp. 458-460.

*Laboratory Simulation of Pelagic Asteroidal Impact, Atmospheric Injection, Benthic Topography, and the Surface Wave Radiaton Field. Gault, D.E., and Sonett, C.P. (1982) in Geological Implications of Impacts of Large Asteroids and comets on the Earth, eds. L.T. Silver and P.H. Schultz, Geological Soc. America, pp.69-92, Special Paper no. 190.

*Electromagnetic Induction in the Moon. Sonett, C.P. (1982) Rev. Geophys. and Space Phys., 20, 411.

*Sunspot time series: Spectrum from square law modulation of the Hale cycle. Sonett, C. P. (1982) Geophys. Res. Lett., 9, 1313.

*Limits on the Lunar Temperature Profile. Hood, L.L and C.P. Sonett. (1982) Geophys. Res. Lett., 9, 37.

*Evidence for a primordial magnetic field during the meteorite parent body era. Sonett, C. P. (1978) Geophys. Res. Lett., 5, 151.

*A new source of lunar electromagnetic induction: Forcing by the diamagnetic cavity. Sonett, C.P. and Wiskerchen, M.J. (1977) Geophys. Res. Lett. 4, 307.

*Lunar temperature and global heat flux from laboratory electrical conductivity and lunar magnetometer data. Sonett, C.P. and Duba, A. (1975) Nature 258, 118.


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