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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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