Origin of the Earth and Moon.
Canup, R. M., K. Righter, N. Dauphas, K. Pahlevan, M. Ćuk, S. J. Lock, S. T. Stewart, J. Salmon, R. Rufu, M. Nakajima, and T. Magna. New views of the Moon II. Accepted. ArXiv preprint
Tidal evolution of the Earth-Moon system with a high initial obliquity
Ćuk, M., S. J. Lock, S. T. Stewart and D. Hamilton. The Planetary Science Journal 2, 147, doi: 10.3847/PSJ/ac12d1, 2021. ArXiv preprint
The shock physics of giant impacts: Key requirements for the equations of state.
Stewart, S. T., E. J. Davies, M. S. Duncan, S. J. Lock, S. Root, J. P. Townsend, R. G. Kraus, R. Caracas and S. B. Jacobsen. AIP Conference Proceedings 2272, 080003, doi: 10.1063/12.0000946, 2020. ArXiv preprint
Clustering-informed cinematic astrophysical data visualization with application to the Moon-forming terrestrial synestia.
Aleo, P. D., S. J. Lock, D. J. Cox, S. A. Levy, J. P. Naiman, A. J. Christensen, K. Borkiewicz, and R. Patterson. Astronomy and Computing 33, 100424, doi: 10.1016/j.ascom.2020.100424, 2020. ArXiv preprint
Geochemical constraints on the origin of the Moon and preservation of ancient terrestrial heterogeneities
Lock, S. J., K. R. Bermingham, R. Parai, and M. Boyet. Space Science Reviews 216, 109, doi: 10.1007/s11214-020-00729-z, 2020. Preprint
The energy budgets of giant impacts.
Carter, P. J., S. J. Lock and S. T. Stewart. JGR: Planets 125, e2019JE006042, doi: 10.1029/2019JE006042, 2020. ArXiv preprint
The energy budget and figure of Earth during recovery from the Moon-forming giant impact.
Lock, S. J., S. T. Stewart and M. Ćuk. EPSL 530, pp 115885, doi: 10.1016/J.EPSL.2019.115885, 2020. ArXiv preprint
Giant impacts stochastically change the internal pressures of terrestrial planets.
Lock, S. J. and S. T. Stewart. Science Advances 5, eaav3746, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aav3746, 2019. ArXiv preprint
The origin of the Moon within a terrestrial synestia
Lock, S. J., S. T. Stewart, M. I. Petaev, Z. M. Leinhardt, M. T. Mace, S. B. Jacobsen and M. Ćuk. JGR: Planets 123, pp 910-951, doi:10.1002/2017JE005333, 2018. ArXiv preprint
The structure of terrestrial bodies: Impact heating, corotation limits and synestias
Lock, S. J. and S. T. Stewart. JGR: Planets 122, pp 950-982, doi:10.1002/2016JE005239, 2017. ArXiv preprint
Tidal evolution of the Moon from a high-obliquity, high-angular-momentum Earth
Ćuk, M., D. Hamilton, Lock, S. J. and S. T. Stewart. Nature 539, pp402-406, doi:10.1038/nature19846, 2016.
The lithophile element budget of Earth's core.
Chidester, B. A., S. J. Lock, Z. Rahman, K. Righter and A. J. Campbell. In review.
Long-term Earth-Moon evolution with high-level orbit and ocean tide models
Daher H., B. K. Arbic, J. G. Williams, J. K. Ansong, D. H. Boggs, M. Müller, M. Schindelegger, J. Austermann, B. D. Cornuelle, E. B. Crawford, O. B.
Fringer, H. C. P. Lau, S. J. Lock, A. C. Maloof, D.
Menemenlis, J. X. Mitrovica, J. A. M. Green and M. Huber. In revision.
HERCULESv1_user: HERCULES planetary structure code (Version v1.0.0).
Lock, S. J. Zenodo, http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3509365, 2019.
Equation of State Model Forsterite-ANEOS-SLVTv1.0G1: Documentation and Comparisons (Version v1.0.0).
Stewart, S. T., E. J. Davies, M. S. Duncan, Megan, S. J. Lock, S. Root, J. P. Townsend, and S. B. Jacobsen. Zenodo, http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3478631, 2019.
Origin Story.
Lock, S. J., and S. T. Stewart. Scientific American, CCCXX, 7, 2019.
Making the Moon: The legacy of Apollo.
Lock, S. J. The Geographer, Summer, 2019.
A new theory of how the Moon formed.
Lock, S. J. Scientific American, 2017.
Student advisees underlined.
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