Accretion of Moon and Earth and the emergence of life.
Arrhenius G1, Lepland A.
Chemical geology.Chem Geol.2000 Aug 15;169(1-2):69-82.
The discrepancy between the impact records on the Earth and Moon in the time period, 4.0-3.5 Ga calls for a re-evaluation of the cause and localization of the late lunar bombardment. As one possible explanation, we propose that the time coverage in the ancient rock record is sufficiently fragmentary