H. J. Melosh
Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette
Publications
152
Citations
2,864
Est. group size
~1
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
56
Publishing since 1969
This researcher studies impact cratering and related processes on the Moon, Mars, Ceres, and other planetary bodies, including how asteroid and comet impacts shape planetary surfaces and interiors. Work spans topics like lunar lava tubes, crater formation and degradation, impact-generated melt, and the geophysics of large impact events such as the one linked to the Chicxulub crater on Earth. Methods combine numerical modeling of shock physics with analysis of spacecraft and geophysical data.
Publication output was fairly steady at 7-8 papers per year from 2017-2019 but has declined markedly since 2020, averaging under one publication per year over the most recent five years.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026
- Crustal porosity reveals the bombardment history of the Moon
Research Square · 2021
- The Australasian tektite source crater: Found at last?
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2020
- Author response for "A nonlinear and time‐dependent visco‐elasto‐plastic rheology model for studying shock‐physics phenomena"
2020
- Stress-Dependent Tidal Dissipation in Ice and Olivine
Lunar and Planetary Science Conference · 2020
- Deep Structure of the Lunar South Pole‐Aitken Basin
Geophysical Research Letters · 2019
- Explosive interaction of impact melt and seawater following the Chicxulub impact event
Geology · 2019
- Ceres Crater Degradation Inferred From Concentric Fracturing
Journal of Geophysical Research Planets · 2019
- Global Distribution of Possible Lava Tubes from Near-Surface to a Hundred Meter Depth on the Moon
LPI · 2019
- The Effects of Target Heterogeneities on Impact Spallation and Fragmentation
Lunar and Planetary Science Conference · 2018
- HCN Production via Impact Ejecta Reentry During the Late Heavy Bombardment
Journal of Geophysical Research Planets · 2018
- Slow Impacts on Strong Targets Bring on the Heat
Geophysical Research Letters · 2018
- Existence of a Lunar Lava Tube at West of Rima Mairan Suggested by SELENE LRS
LPI · 2018
- Detection of Intact Lava Tubes at Marius Hills on the Moon by SELENE (Kaguya) Lunar Radar Sounder
Geophysical Research Letters · 2017
- Air penetration enhances fragmentation of entering meteoroids
Meteoritics and Planetary Science · 2017
- Impact geologists, beware!
Geophysical Research Letters · 2017
- Lunar and Planetary Science Conference×7
- Geophysical Research Letters×6
- Journal of Geophysical Research Planets×5
- LPI×4
- Icarus×2
- Viranga Perera
Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette
- David A. Minton
Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette
- M. W. Caffee
Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Colin D. Hamill
Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette
- Andrew J Hesselbrock
Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.
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