Francis Nimmo - Publications

The following is a list of my publications to date. Click where indicated to view an abstract.

2023
  • Non-synchronous rotation on Europa driven by ocean currents, Y. Ashkenazy, E. Tziperman, F. Nimmo, AGU Advances 4, e2022AV000849, 2023.
  • Variations in lunar elastic thickness from admittance spectral analysis, R.E. Maxwell, F. Nimmo, Icarus, in press.
  • An inner solar system origin of volatile elements in Mars T. Kleine, T. Steller, C. Burkhardt, F. Nimmo, Icarus397, 115519, 2023.
  • Constraining characteristic morphological wavelengths for Venus using Baltis Vallis, J.W. Conrad, F. Nimmo, Geophys. Res. Lett., e2022GL101268, 2023.
  • Tidal heating in Io I.N. Matsuyama, T. Steinke, F. Nimmo, Elements Magazine in press.
  • Estimates for Tethys' moment of inertia, heat flux distribution and interior structure from its long-wavelength topography, , S. Gyalay, F. Nimmo J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 128, e2022JE007550, 2023.
  • Viscous relaxation as a probe of heat flux and crustal plateau composition on Venus, F. Nimmo, S.J. Mackwell, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 120 e2216311120, 2023. Reprint
  • The thermal-orbital evolution of the Earth-Moon system with a subsurface magma ocean and fossil figure, B.G. Downey, F. Nimmo, I. Matsuyama, Icarus, 389, 115257, 2023.

    2022

  • Loss of a satellite could explain Saturn's obliquity and young rings , J. Wisdom, R. Dbouk, B. Militzer, W.B. Hubbard, F. Nimmo, B.G. Downey, R.G. French, Science, 377, 1285-1289, 2022.
  • Tidal constraints on the Martia interior , L. Pou, F. Nimmo, A. Rivoldini, A. Khan, A. Bagheri, T. Gray, H. Samuel, P. Lognonne, A.-C. Plesa, T. Gudkova, D. Giardini, J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 127 e2022JE007921, 2022.
  • Assessing the detectability of Europa's seafloor topography from Europa Clipper's gravity data, Z.-W. Koh, F. Nimmo, J.I. Lunine, E. Mazarico, A.J. Dombard, Planetary Science Journal 3, 197, 2022. Preprint
  • Early Cambrian renewal of the geodynamo and the origin of inner core structure, T. Zhou, J.A. Tarduno, F. Nimmo, R.D. Cottrell, R.K. Bono, M. Ibanez-Mejia, W. Huang, M. Hamilton, K. Kodama, A.V. Smirnov, B. Crummins, F. Padgett, Nature Communications, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31677-7, 2022 Reprint
  • InSight constraints on the global character of the Martian crust, M.A. Wieczorek, A. Broquet, S.M. McLennan, A. Rivoldini, M. Golombek, D.Antonangeli, C. Beghein, D. Giardini, T. Gudkova, S. Gyalay, C.L. Johnson, R.Joshi, D. Kim, S. D. King, B. Knapmeyer-Endrun, P. Lognonne, C. Michaut, A. Mittelholz, F. Nimmo, L. Ojha, M. Panning, A.-C. Plesa, M.A. Siegler, S.E. Smrekar, T. Spohn, W.B. Banerdt, J. Geophys. Res., in press, Reprint
  • The tides of Enceladus' porous core, M. Rovira-Navarro, R.F. Katz, Y. Liao, W. van der Wal, F. Nimmo, J. Geophys. Res., in press, Reprint
  • 25 years of planetary surprises , F. Nimmo, Astron. Geophys. , 63, 2, 2022. Reprint
  • Formation, composition and evolution of the Earth's core , F. Nimmo, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Planetary Science,https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190647926.013.204, 2022, Preprint
  • An investigation of libration heating and the thermal state of Enceladus's ice shell , W. Shao and F. Nimmo, Icarus 373 , 114769, 2022.

    2021

  • A note on the possibility of subsurface oceans on the Uranian satellites , C.J. Bierson, F. Nimmo, Icarus 373 Preprint
  • Geodynamics of Pluto , F. Nimmo, W.B. McKinnon, in The Pluto system after New Horizons, S.A. Stern et al., eds, Univ. Ariz. Press., pp.89-103, 2021 Reprint
  • The Geology and geophysics of Charon, J. Spencer, R.A. Beyer, S.J. Robbins, K.N. Singer, F. Nimmo, in The Pluto System after New Horizons, S.A. Stern et al., eds, Univ. Ariz. Press, pp. 395-412, 2021.
  • Nucleosynthetic Pt isotope anomalies and the Hf-W chronology of core formation in inner and outer solar system planetesimals, F. Spitzer, C. Burkhardt, F. Nimmo, T. Kleine, Earth. Planet. Sci. Lett. 576 117211, 2020.
  • The origin of the Moon's Earth-like tungsten isotopic composition from dynamical and geochemical modeling, R.A. Fischer, N.G. Zube, F. Nimmo, Nature Comm. 12, 2021. Reprint
  • Timing of Martian core formation from models of Hf-W evolution coupled with N-body simulations, M.C. Brennan, R.A. Fischer, F. Nimmo, D.P. O'Brien, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 316, 295-308, 2021 Preprint.
  • Improved determination of Europa's long-wavelength topography using stellar occultations, J.N.H. Abrahams, F. Nimmo, T.M. Becker, G.R. Gladstone, K.D. Retherford, G. Steinbruegge, E. Mazarico, Earth and Space Science, 8, e2020EA001586, 2021.
  • Forward modeling of the Phobos tides and applications to the first Martian year of the InSight mission, L. Pou, F. Nimmo, P. Lognonne, D. Mimoun, R.F. Garcia, B. Pinot, A. Rivoldini, D. Banfield, W.B. Banerdt, Earth and Space Science, 8, e2021EA001669, 2021.
  • Oxygen false positives on habitable zone planets around Sun-like stars , J. Krissansen-Totton, J.J. Fortney, F. Nimmo, N. Wogan, AGU Advances, 2, e2020AV000294, 2021.
  • Updated Europa gravity field and interior structure from a reanalysis of Galileo tracking data, L.G. Casajus, M. Zannoni, D. Modenini, P. Tortora, F. Nimmo, T. Van Hoolst, D. Buccino, K. Oudrhiri, Icarus 358, 114187, 2021. Preprint
  • Heat flux constraints from variance spectra of Pluto and Charon using limb profile topography, J.W. Conrad, F. Nimmo, R.A. Beyer, C.J. Bierson, P.M. Schenk, J. Geophys. Res. 126, e2020JE006641, 2021. Preprint

    2020

  • Radiogenic heating and its influence on rocky planet dynamos and habitability, F. Nimmo, J. Primack, S.M. Faber, E. Ramirez-Ruiz, M. Safarzadeh, Astrophys. J. Lett., 903, L37, 2020. Reprint
  • Inclination damping on Callisto, B.G. Downey, F. Nimmo, I. Matsuyama, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 499, 40-51, 2020 Reprint
  • Explaining the Galilean satellites' density gradient by hydrodynamic escape, C.J. Bierson, F. Nimmo, Astrophys. J. Lett., 897, L43, 2020. Reprint
  • Astronomical context of Solar System formation from molybdenum isotopes in meteorite inclusions , G.A. Brennecka, C. Burkhardt, G. Budde, T.S. Kruijer, F. Nimmo, T. Kleine, Science, 370, 837-839, 2020.
  • Detection, analysis and removal of glitches from InSight's seismic data from Mars, , J.-R. Scholz, R. Widmer-Schnidrig, P. Davis, P. Lognonne, B. Pinot, R.F. Garcia, K. Hurst, L. Pou, F. Nimmo, S. Barkaoui et al. Earth Space Sci. 7, e2020EA001317, 2020.
  • A very young age for true polar wander on Europa from related fractures, P.M. Schenk, I. Matsuyama, F. Nimmo, Geophys. Res. Lett. doi:10.1029/2020GL088364, 2020. Reprint
  • Heat production and tidally-driven fluid flow in the permeable core of Enceladus, Y. Liao, F. Nimmo, J.A. Neufeld, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2019JE006209, 2020. Reprint
  • Constraints on thermal history of Mars from depth of pore closure below InSight, S. Gyalay, F. Nimmo, A.-C. Plesa, M. Wieczorek, Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1029/2020GL088653, 2020. Reprint
  • The librations, tides and interior structure of Io, , T. Van Hoolst, R.-M. Baland, A. Trinh, M. Yseboodt, F. Nimmo, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2020JE006473, 2020. Reprint
  • Evidence for a hot start and early ocean formation on Pluto, C.J. Bierson, F. Nimmo, S.A. Stern, Nature Geosci., 13, 468-472, 2020 Reprint.
  • Solving the puzzle of Enceladus's active south pole , F. Nimmo, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2011055117, 2020. Preprint (commentary)
  • The Non-Carbonaceous--Carbonaceous meteorite dichotomy, T. Kleine, G. Budde, C. Burkhardt, T.S. Kruijer, E.A. Worsham, A. Morbidelli, F. Nimmo, Space Sci. Rev. 216, 55, 2020. Reprint
  • The seismicity of Mars, D. Giardini, P. Lognonne, W.B. Banerdt et al., Nature Geosci., 13, 205-209, 2020.
  • Initial results from the InSight mission on Mars , W.B. Banerdt, S.E. Smrekar, D. Banfield et al. Nature Geosci., 13, 183-186, 2020.
  • Constraints on the shallow elastic and anelastic structure of Mars from InSight seismic data, , P. Lognonne, W.B. Banerdt, W.T. Pike et al., Na ture Geosci. 13, 213-216, 2020.
  • Paleomagnetism indicates that primary magnetite in zircon records a strong Hadean geodynamo, J.A. Tarduno, R.D. Cottrell, R.K. Bonon, H. Oda, W.J. Davis, M. Fayek, O. van't Erve, F. Nimmo, W. Huang, E.R. Thern, S. Fearn, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 117 2309-2318, 2020.
  • The Pluto system after New Horizons, J.R. Spencer, W.M. Grundy, F. Nimmo, L.A. Young, in The Trans-Neptunian Solar System , Prialnik, Barucci, Young eds., Elsevier, pp. 271-288, 2020. Preprint
  • Implications of second-order resonance for the thermal and orbital evolution of Mimas, Z. Tian, F. Nimmo, Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc. 492, 369-376, 2020 Reprint

    2019

  • Life's prospects on Pluto , F. Nimmo, Astronomy , Sept 2019, pp. 62-67 Reprint (not peer-reviewed)
  • Constraints on terrestrial planet formation timescales and equilibration processes in the Grand Tack scenario from Hf-W isotopic evolution, N.G. Zube, F. Nimmo, R.A. Fischer, S.A. Jacobson, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 522 210-218, 2019. Reprint
  • Ferrovolcanism: Iron volcanism on metallic asteroids, J.N.H. Abrahams, F. Nimmo, Geophys. Res. Lett. , 46, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL082542, 2019. Preprint Editors' highlight Cover image.
  • Variability in Io's volcanism on timescales of periodic orbital changes, K. de Kleer, F. Nimmo, E. Kite, Geophys. Res. Lett. , 46, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL082691, 2019.Reprint SOM.
  • Pluto's ocean is capped and insulated by gas hydrates, S. Kamata, F. Nimmo, Y. Sekine, K. Kuramoto, N.Noguchi, J. Kimura, A. Tani Nature Geosci. , https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0369-8, 2019. Reprint
  • Constraints on asteroid magnetic field evolution and the radii of meteorite parent bodies from thermal modelling, J.F.J. Bryson, J.A. Neufeld, F. Nimmo, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 521, 68-78, 2019.
  • The top-down solidification of iron asteroids driving dynamo evolution, J.A. Neufeld, J.F.J. Bryson, F. Nimmo J. Geophys. Res. , 124 https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JE005900, 2019. Reprint
  • An upper bound on Pluto's heat flux from a lack of flexural response of its normal faults, J.W. Conrad, F. Nimmo, P.M. Schenk, W.B. McKinnon et al. Icarus 328 , 210-217, 2019. Reprint
  • Using the density of Kuiper Belt Objects to constrain their composition and formation history, C.J. Bierson, F. Nimmo, Icarus , 326, 10-17, 2019 Reprint
  • The nature and origin of Charon's smooth plains, R.A. Beyer, J.R. Spencer, W.B. McKinnon, F. Nimmo et al. Icarus 323 , 16-32, 2019. Reprint
  • Young inner core inferred from Ediacaran ultra-low geomagnetic field intensity, R.K. Bono, J.A. Tarduno, F. Nimmo, R.D. Cottrell, Nature Geosci. 12 143-147, 2019 Preprint
  • Origin of the non-carbonaceous-carbonaceous meteorite dichotomy, J.A.M. Nanne, F. Nimmo, J.N. Cuzzi, T. Kleine, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 511 , 44-54, 2019. Reprint
  • Near-equilibrium isotope fractionation during planetesimal evaporation, E.D. Young, A. Shahar, F. Nimmo, H.E. Schlichting, E.A. Schauble, H. Tang, J. Labidi, Icarus 323 1-15, 2019. Reprint
  • Tidal dissipation in rubble-pile asteroids F. Nimmo, I. Matsuyama, Icarus , 321, 715-721, 2019. Preprint.

    2018

  • The thermal and orbital evolution of Enceladus: observational constraints and models F. Nimmo, A.C. Barr, M. Behounkova, W.B. McKinnon, in Enceladus and the icy moons of Saturn, P.M. Schenk, R.N. Clark, C.J.A. Howett, A.J. Verbiscer, J.H. Waite, eds., Univ. Ariz. Press, pp.79-94, 2018 Reprint
  • Plume origins and plumbing: from ocean to surface J.R. Spencer, F. Nimmo, A.P. Ingersoll, T.A. Hurford, E.S. Kite, A.R. Rhoden, J. Schmidt, C.J.A. Howett, in Enceladus and the icy moons of Saturn P.M. Schenk, R.N. Clark, C.J.A. Howett, A.J. Verbiscer, J.H. Waite, eds., Univ. Ariz. Press, pp. 163-174, 2018. Reprint
  • Breaking up is hard to do: Global cartography and topography of Pluto's mid-sized icy moon Charon from New Horizons, P.M. Schenk, R.A. Beyer, W.B. McKinnon et al. Icarus , 315, 124-145, 2018.
  • Basins, fractures and volcanoes: Global cartography and topography of Pluto from New Horizons, P.M. Schenk, R.A. Beyer, W.B. McKinnon et al. Icarus , 314, 400-433, 2018.
  • Transforming dust to planets F. Nimmo, K. Kretke, S. Ida, S. Matsumura, T. Kleine in Space Sci. Rev. 214, 2018. Reprint.
  • Effects of core formation on the Hf-W isotopic composition of the Earth and dating of the Moon-forming impact,, R.A. Fischer, F. Nimmo, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. , 499, 257-265, 2018 Reprint.
  • Lunar impact history constrained by GRAIL-derived basin relaxation measurements J.W. Conrad, F. Nimmo, C.I. Fassett, S. Kamata, Icarus , 314 , 50-63, 2018 Reprint.
  • Dunes on Pluto M.W. Telfer, E.J.R. Parteli, J. Radebaugh, R.A. Beyer, T. Bertrand, F. Forget, F. Nimmo et al. Science , 360, 992-997, 2018.
  • Ocean heating in icy satellites with solid shells I. Matsuyama, M. Beuthe, H.C.F. Hay, F. Nimmo, S. Kamata Icarus , 312, 208-230, 2018 Reprint.
  • Implications of the observed Pluto-Charon density contrast C.J. Bierson, F. Nimmo, W.B. McKinnon Icarus , 309, 207-219, 2018 Reprint.
  • A geophysical perspective on the bulk composition of Mars A. Khan, C. Liebske, A. Rozel, A. Rivoldini, F. Nimmo, J.A.D. Connolly, A.-C. Plesa, D. Giardini, J. Geophys. Res. Planets , 123, 575-611, 2018.
  • Radial mixing and Ru-Mo isotope systematics under different accretion scenarios R.A. Fischer, F. Nimmo, D.P. O'Brien Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. , 482 105-114, 2018 Reprint
  • Investigation of Charon's craters with abrupt terminus ejecta, comparisons with other icy bodies, and formation implications S.J. Robbins et al. J. Geophys. Res. Planets , 123 , 20-36, 2018.
  • Constraints on lunar crustal porosity from the gravitational signature of impact craters M. Ding, J.M. Soderblom, C.J. Bierson et al. J. Geophys. Res. Planets , 123 , 2281-2294, 2018.
  • Bladed terrain on Pluto: Possible origins and evolution, J.M. Moore et al. Icarus , 300 129-144, 2018 Reprint

    2017

  • News and Views: Keeping the ocean warm, F. Nimmo Nature Astron. , 1 821-822, 2017.
  • Magnesium isotope evidence that accretional vapour loss shapes planetary compositions, R.C. Hin, C.D. Coath, P.J. Carter, F. Nimmo, Y-J. Lai, P.A.E. Pogge von Strandmann, M. Willbold, Z. Leinhardt, M.J. Walter, T. Elliott, Nature , 549 511-515, 2017.
  • Global drainage patterns and the origins of topographic relief on Earth, Mars and Titan, B.A. Black, J.T. Perron, D. Hemingway, E. Bailey, F. Nimmo, H. Zebker Science , 356 727-731, 2017.
  • Interior thermal state of Enceladus inferred from the viscoelastic state of the ice shell, S. Kamata, F. Nimmo Icarus , 284 387-393, 2017 Reprint
  • Mean radius and shape of Pluto and Charon from New Horizons images, F. Nimmo, O. Umurhan, C.M. Lisse, C.J. Bierson et al. Icarus , 287 12-29, 2017 Reprint
  • Charon tectonics, R.A. Beyer, F. Nimmo, W.B. McKinnon, J.M. Moore et al. Icarus , 287 161-174, 2017 Reprint
  • Origin of the Pluto-Charon system: Constraints from the New Horizons flyby, W.B. McKinnon, S.A. Stern, H.A. Weaver, F. Nimmo et al. Icarus , 287 2-11, 2017 Reprint
  • Geological mapping of Sputnik Planitia on Pluto, O.L. White, J.M. Moore, W.B. McKinnon, J.R. Spencer et al. Icarus , 287 261-286, 2017 Reprint
  • Modeling glacial flow on and onto Pluto's Sputnik Planitia, O.M. Umurhan, A.D. Howard, J.M. Moore, A.M. Earle et al. Icarus , 287 301-319, 2017 Reprint
  • Sublimation as a landform-shaping process on Pluto, J.M. Moore, A.D. Howard, O.M. Umurhan, O.L. White et al. Icarus , 287 320-333, 2017 Reprint

    2016

  • Reorientation of Sputnik Planitia implies a subsurface ocean on Pluto, F. Nimmo, D.P. Hamilton, W.B. McKinnon, P.M. Schenk, R.P. Binzel, C.J. Bierson, R.A. Beyer, J.M. Moore, S.A. Stern, H.A. Weaver, C.B. Olkin, L.A. Young, K.E. Smith, Nature , 540 94-96, 2016 Email me if you want a reprint.
  • An early geodynamo driven by exsolution of mantle components from Earth's core, J. Badro, J. Siebert, F. Nimmo, Nature , 536 326-328, 2016 Email me if you want a reprint.
  • A test for Io's magma ocean: modeling tidal dissipation with a partially-molten mantle, C.J. Bierson, F. Nimmo J. Geophys. Res. , 121 2211-2224, 2016 Reprint
  • Formation of the Orientale lunar multiring basin, B.C. Johnson, D.M. Blair, G.S. Collins, H.J. Melosh, A.M. Freed, G.J. Taylor, J.W. Head, M.A. Wieczorek, J.C. Andrews-Hanna, F. Nimmo, J.T. Keane, K. Miljkovic, J.M. Soderblom, M.T. Zuber Science , 354 441-444, 2016 Email me if you want a reprint.
  • Gravity field of the Orientale basin from the Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory mission, M.T. Zuber, D.E. Smith, G.A. Neumann, S. Goossens, J.C. Andrews-Hanna, J.W. Head, W.S. Kiefer, S.W. Asmar, A.S. Konopliv, F.G. Lemoine, I. Matsuyama, H.J. Melosh, P.J. McGovern, F. Nimmo, R.J. Phillips, S.C. Solomon, G.J. Taylor, M.M. Watkins, M.A. Wieczorek, J.G. Williams, J.C. Jansen, B.C. Johnson, J.T. Keane, E. Mazarico, K. Miljkovic, R.S. Park, J.M. Soderblom, D.N. Yuan, Science , 354 438-441, 2016 Email me if you want a reprint.
  • Ocean worlds in the outer solar system, F. Nimmo, R.T. Pappalardo J. Geophys. Res. , 121 1378-1399, 2016 Reprint .
  • Interactions between complex craters and the lunar crust: Analysis using GRAIL data C.J. Bierson, R.J. Phillips, F. Nimmo, J. Besserer, C. Milbury, J.T. Keane, J.M. Soderblom, M.T. Zuber J. Geophys. Res., 121 1488-1497, 2016 Reprint
  • GRAIL, LLR and LOLA constraints on the interior structure of the Moon I. Matsuyama, F. Nimmo, J.T. Keane, N.H. Chan, G.J. Taylor, M.A. Wieczorek, W.S. Kiefer, J.G. Williams Geophys. Res. Lett. 43 8365-8375, 2016 Reprint
  • Tidal deformation of Ganymede: Sensitivity of Love numbers on the interior structure S. Kamata, J. Kimura, K. Matsumoto, F. Nimmo, K. Kuramoto, N. Namiki J. Geophys. Res., 121 1362-1375, 2016 Reprint
  • Thicknesses of mare basalts on the Moon from gravity and topography S. Gong, M.A. Wieczorek, F. Nimmo, W.S. Kiefer, J.W. Head, C. Huang, D.E. Smith, M.T. Zuber J. Geophys. Res., 121 854-870, 2016 Reprint
  • New Horizons at Pluto P.M. Schenk, F. Nimmo Nature Geosci., 9, 411-412, 2016 Reprint
  • Convection in a volatile nitrogen-ice-rich layer drives Pluto's geological vigour W.B. McKinnon, F. Nimmo, T. Wong, P.M. Schenk, O.L. White, J.H. Roberts, J.M. Moore, J.R. Spencer, A.D. Howard, O.M. Umurhan, S.A. Stern, H.A. Weaver, C.B. Olkin, L.A. Young, K.E. Smith Nature 534, 82-85, 2016 Email me if you want a reprint.
  • Tidal dissipation in the lunar magma ocean and its effect on the early evolution of the Earth-Moon system E.M.A. Chen, F. Nimmo Icarus, 275 132-142, 2016 Reprint
  • Impact disruption of gravity-dominated bodies: new simulation data and scaling N. Movshovitz, F. Nimmo, D.G. Korycansky, E. Asphaug, J.M. Owen Icarus, 275, 85-96, 2016 Reprint
  • The geology of Pluto and Charon through the eyes of New Horizons Moore, J.M. et al., Science, 351, 1284-1293, 2016 Email me if you want a reprint.
  • The small satellites of Pluto as observed by New Horizons Weaver, H.A. et al., Science, 351, 1281, 2016 Email me if you want a reprint.
  • Effects of mass transfer between Martian satellites on surface geology M. Nayak, F. Nimmo, B. Udrea, Icarus 267 220-231, 2016 Reprint
  • Pallasite paleomagnetism: Quiescence of a core dynamo Nichols, C.I.O., J.F. Bryson, J. Herrero-Albillos, F. Kronast, F. Nimmo, R.J. Harrison, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 441 103-112, 2016 Reprint

    2015

  • The Pluto system: Initial results from its exploration by New Horizons S.A. Stern et al., Science 350 292-297, 2015 Email me if you want a reprint.
  • Preimpact porosity controls the gravity signature of lunar craters C. Milbury, B.C. Johnson, H.J. Melosh, G.S. Collins, D.M. Blair, J.M. Soderblom, F. Nimmo, C.J. Bierson, R.J. Phillips, M.T. Zuber, Geophys. Res. Lett. 42, 9711-9716, 2015 Preprint.
  • Rhea gravity field and interior modeling from Cassini data analysis P. Tortora, M. Zannoni, D. Hemingway, F. Nimmo, R.A. Jacobson, L. Iess, M. Parisi Icarus 264 264-273, 2015 Reprint
  • Early differentiation and core formation: Processes and timescales F. Nimmo, T. Kleine AGU Geophysical Monograph v. 212, The Early Earth: Accretion and Differentiation , pp. 83-102, 2015 Preprint.
  • Lunar impact basins revealed by Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory measurements G.A. Neumann, M.T. Zuber, M.A. Wieczorek, J.W. Head, D.M.H. Baker, S.C. Solomon, D.E. Smith, F.G. Lemoine, E. Mazarico, T.J. Sabaka, S.J. Goossens, H.J. Melosh, R.J. Phillips, S.W. Asmar, A.S. Konopliv, J.G. Williams, M.M. Sori, J.M. Soderblom, K. Miljkovic, J.C. Andrews-Hanna, F. Nimmo, W.S. Kiefer, Science Advances , 1 e1500852, 2015 Reprint SOM.
  • Tidal resonance in icy satellites with subsurface oceans S. Kamata, I. Matsuyama, F. Nimmo J. Geophys. Res. 120 doi:10.1002/2015JE004821, 2015 Reprint
  • The fractured Moon: Production and saturation of porosity in the lunar highlands from impact cratering J.M. Soderblom, A.J. Evans, B.C. Johnson, H.J. Melosh, K. Miljkovik, R.J. Phillips, J.C. Andrews-Hanna, C.J. Bierson, J.W. Head, C. Milbury, G.A. Neumann, F. Nimmo, D.E. Smith, S.C. Solomon, M.M. Sori, M.A. Wieczorek, M.T. Zuber Geophys. Res. Lett. 42 6939-6944, 2015 Reprint
  • Magnetic meteorites and the early solar system J.F.J. Bryson, F. Nimmo, R.J. Harrison Astron. Geophys. 56 36-42, 2015 Reprint
  • A Hadean to Paleoarchean geodynamo recorded by single zircon crystals J.A. Tarduno, R.D. Cottrell, W.J. Davis, F. Nimmo, R.K. Bono, Science 349 521-524, 2015. Email me if you want a reprint.
  • Timing of water plume eruptions on Enceladus explained by interior viscosity structure M. Behounkova, G. Tobie, O. Cadek, G. Choblet, C. Porco, F. Nimmo, Nature Geoscience 8 601-604, 2015. Email me if you want a reprint.
  • Disruption and re-accretion of mid-sized moons during an outer Solar System Late Heavy Bombardment N. Movshovitz, F. Nimmo, D. Korycansky, E. Asphaug, J. Owen, Geophys. Res. Lett. 42 doi:10.1002/2014GL062133, 2015 Reprint SOM
  • Thermal and compositional evolution of the core, F. Nimmo Treatise on Geophysics, Vol. 9, pp. 201-219, 2015 Preprint.
  • Energetics of the core, F. Nimmo Treatise on Geophysics, Vol. 8, pp. 27-55, 2015 Preprint.
  • Formation of the Earth's core, D. C. Rubie, F. Nimmo, H.J. Melosh Treatise on Geophysics, Vol. 9, pp. 43-79, 2015 Preprint.
  • Channel slope reversal near the Martian dichotomy boundary: Testing tectonic hypotheses A. Lefort, D.M. Burr, F. Nimmo, R.E. Jacobsen Geomorphology 240121-136, 2015 Reprint
  • Seismological implications of a lithospheric low seismic velocity zone in Mars Y. Zheng, F. Nimmo, T. Lay, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 240 132-141, 2015 Reprint.
  • Elastic thickness and heat flux estimates for the Uranian satellite Ariel G. Peterson, F. Nimmo, P. Schenk, Icarus 250 116-122, 2015 Reprint.
  • Fast grain growth of olivine in liquid Fe-S and the formation of pallasites with rounded olivine grains G.F.D. Solferino, G.J. Golabek, F. Nimmo, M.W. Schmidt, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 162 259-275, 2015 Reprint.
  • Long-lived magnetism from solidification-driven convection on the pallasite parent body J.F.J. Bryson, C.I.O. Nichols, J. Herrera-Albillos, F. Kronast, T. Kasama, H. Alimadadi, G. van der Laan, F. Nimmo, R.J. Harrison, Nature 517 472-475, 2015. Email me if you want a reprint.
  • The relative timing of Lunar Magma Ocean solidification and the Late Heavy Bombardment inferred from highly degraded impact basin structures, S. Kamata, S. Sugita, Y. Abe, Y. Ishihara, Y. Harada, T. Morota, N. Namiki, T. Iwata, H. Hanada, H. Araki, K. Matsumoto, E. Tajika, K. Kuramoto, F. Nimmo, Icarus 250 492-503, 2015 Reprint.
  • Powering Triton's recent geological activity by obliquity tides: Implications for Pluto geology, F. Nimmo, J. R. Spencer, Icarus 246 2-10, 2015 Reprint.
  • Accretion and differentiation of the terrestrial planets with implications for the compositions of early-formed Solar System bodies and accretion of water D.C. Rubie, S.A. Jacobson, A. Morbidelli, D.P. O'Brien, E.D. Young, J. de Vries, F. Nimmo, H. Palme, D.J. Frost Icarus 248 89-108, 2015 Reprint
  • Bulk chemical and Hf-W isotopic consequences of incomplete accretion during planet formation, C.A. Dwyer, F. Nimmo, J.E. Chambers, Icarus 245, 145-152, 2015 Reprint

    2014

  • Enceladus, F. Nimmo and C. Porco, in Encyc. Solar System, T. Spohn, D. Breuer, T.V. Johnson, eds., pp. 851-860, Elsevier, 2014 Reprint.
  • Impact basin relaxation as a probe for the thermal history of Pluto S. Kamata, F. Nimmo, J. Geophys. Res. 119, doi:10.1002/2014JE004679, 2014 Reprint
  • GRAIL gravity constraints on the vertical and lateral density structure of the lunar crust, J. Besserer, F. Nimmo, M.A. Wieczorek, R.C. Weber, W.S. Kiefer, P.J. McGovern, J.C. Andrews-Hanna, D.E. Smith, M.T. Zuber Geophys. Res. Lett. 41, doi:10.1002/2014GL060240, 2014 Reprint SOM
  • Decline of the lunar core dynamo, S.M. Tikoo, B.P. Weiss, W.S. Cassata, D.L. Shuster, J. Gattacceca, E.A. Lima, C. Suavet, F. Nimmo, M.D. Fuller Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 404, 89-97, 2014.
  • Orbital apocenter is not a sufficient condition for HST/STIS detection of Europa's water vapor aurora, L. Roth, K.D. Retherford, J. Saur, D.F. Strobel, P.D. Feldman, M.A. McGrath, F. Nimmo Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 111, E5123-E5132, 2014. Reprint
  • The tidal-rotational shape of the Moon and evidence for polar wander I. Garrick-Bethell, V. Perera, F. Nimmo, M.T. Zuber, Nature 512 181-184, 2014. Email me if you want a reprint.
  • Tidally-modulated eruptions on Enceladus: Cassini ISS observations and models F. Nimmo, C. Porco, C. Mitchell, Astron. J. 148 46, 2014 Reprint.
  • How the geysers, tidal stresses, and thermal emission across the south polar terrain of Enceladus are related, C. Porco, D. DiNino, F. Nimmo, Astron. J. 148 45, 2014 Reprint.
  • Lunar interior properties from the GRAIL mission, Williams, J. G., A. S. Konopliv, D. H. Boggs, R. S. Park, D.-N. Yuan, F. G. Lemoine, S. J. Goossens, E. Mazarico, F. Nimmo, R. C. Weber, S. W. Asmar, H. J. Melosh, G. A. Neumann, R. J. Phillips, D. E. Smith, S. C. Solomon, M. M. Watkins, M. A. Wieczorek, J. C. Andrews-Hanna, J. W. Head, W. S. Kiefer, I. Matsuyama, P. J. McGovern, G. J. Taylor, and M. T. Zuber, J. Geophys. Res. Planets 119 doi:10.1002/2013JE004559, 2014 Reprint.
  • A new stereo topographic map of Io: Implications for geology from global to local scales O. White, P. Schenk, F. Nimmo, T. Hoogenboom, J. Geophys. Res. 119, doi:10.1002/2013JE004591, 2014 Reprint.
  • Planetary reorientation, I. Matsuyama, F. Nimmo, J.X. Mitrovica Ann. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci. 42, 605-634, 2014. Email me if you want a reprint.
  • The gravity field and interior structure of Enceladus, L. Iess, D.J. Stevenson, M. Parisi, D. Hemingway, R.A. Jacobson, J.I. Lunine, F. Nimmo, J.W. Armstrong, S.W. Asmar, M. Ducci, P. Tortora Science 344, 78-80, 2014. Email me if you want a reprint.
  • Tidal heating in icy satellite oceans, E.M.A. Chen, F. Nimmo, G.A. Glatzmaier, Icarus 229, 11-30, 2014 Reprint.
  • Transient water vapor at Europa's South pole, L. Roth, J. Saur, K.D. Retherford, D.F. Strobel, P.D. Feldman, M.A. McGrath, F. Nimmo Science 343, 171-174, 2014. Email me if you want a reprint.

    2013

  • Dissipation at tidal and seismic frequencies in a melt-free, anhydrous Mars, F. Nimmo, U. H. Faul, J. Geophys. Res. 118, 2558-2569, 2013 Reprint.
  • A rigid and weathered ice shell on Titan, D. Hemingway, F. Nimmo, H. Zebker, L. Iess, Nature 500 550-552, 2013 Reprint Supplementary Information
  • Enceladus: An active ice world in the Saturn System J.R. Spencer, F. Nimmo Ann. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci. 41, 693-717, 2013 Email me if you want a reprint.
  • Convection-driven compaction as a possible origin of Enceladus's long-wavelength topography, J. Besserer, F. Nimmo, J.H. Roberts, R.T. Pappalardo, J. Geophys. Res. 118 , doi:10.1002/jgre.20079, 2013 Preprint
  • The effect of imperfect accretion and radial mixing on ice:rock ratios in the Galilean satellites, C.A. Dwyer, F. Nimmo, M. Ogihara, S. Ida, Icarus 225, 390-402, 2013 Preprint
  • Flexure on Dione: Investigating subsurface structure and thermal history, N.P. Hammond, C. Phillips, F. Nimmo, S. Kattenhorn, Icarus 223 418-422, 2013 Reprint
  • The Crust of the Moon as Seen by GRAIL, M. A. Wieczorek, G. A. Neumann, F. Nimmo, W. S. Kiefer, G. J. Taylor, H. J. Melosh, R. J. Phillips, S. C. Solomon, J. C. Andrews-Hanna, S. W. Asmar, A. S. Konopliv, F. G. Lemoine, D. E. Smith, M. M. Watkins, J. G. Williams, M. T. Zuber Science 339 671-675, 2013 Reprint SOM
  • Ancient Igneous Intrusions and Early Expansion of the Moon Revealed by GRAIL Gravity Gradiometry, J. C. Andrews-Hanna, S. W. Asmar, J. W. Head III, W. S. Kiefer, A. S. Konopliv, F. G. Lemoine, I. Matsuyama, E. Mazarico, P. J. McGovern, H. J. Melosh, G. A. Neumann, F. Nimmo, R. J. Phillips, D. E. Smith, S. C. Solomon, G. J. Taylor, M. A. Wieczorek, J. G. Williams, M. T. Zuber Science 339 675-678, 2013 Reprint

    • 2012

  • Evidence for a dynamo in the main group pallasite parent body, J.A. Tarduno, R.D. Cottrell, F. Nimmo, J. Hopkins, J. Voronov, A. Erickson, E. Blackman, E.R.D. Scott, R. McKinley, Science 338 93-95, 2012 Reprint Supplementary Information
  • The origin and evolution of Titan, G. Tobie, J. Lunine, J. Monteux, O. Mousis, F. Nimmo, in Titan: Interior, Surface, Atmosphere and Space Environment Muller-Wodarg, Griffith, Lellouch and Cravens, eds., Cambridge Univ Press, pp. 24-50, 2012 Reprint
  • Dissipation at tidal and seismic frequencies in a melt-free Moon, F. Nimmo, U.H. Faul, E.J. Garnero J. Geophys. Res. 117, E09005, 2012 Reprint
  • Impact-driven ice loss in outer solar system satellites: Consequences for the Late Heavy Bombardment, F. Nimmo, D.G. Korycansky Icarus 219, 508-510, 2012 Reprint
  • Late-stage impacts and the orbital and thermal evolution of Tethys, K. Zhang, F. Nimmo, Icarus 218, 348-355, 2012 Reprint

    • 2011

  • A long-lived lunar dynamo driven by continuous mechanical stirring, C.A. Dwyer, D.J. Stevenson, F. Nimmo, Nature 479 212-214, 2011 Reprint Supplementary Information
  • Thermal evolution of Pluto and implications for surface tectonics and a subsurface ocean, G. Robuchon, F. Nimmo, Icarus 216 426-439, 2011 Reprint
  • Geophysical implications of the long-wavelength topography of the Saturnian satellites, Nimmo, F., B.G. Bills, P.C. Thomas J. Geophys. Res. 116 E11001, 2011 Reprint Erratum
  • Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys observations of Europa's atmospheric ultraviolet emission at eastern elongation, J. Saur, P.D. Feldman, L. Roth, F. Nimmo, D. Strobel, K.D. Retherford, M.A. McGrath, N. Schilling, J.-C. Gerard, D. Grodent, Astrophys. J. 738 153, 2011 Reprint
  • Reorientation of Vesta: Gravity and tectonic predictions, I. Matsuyama, F. Nimmo, Geophys. Res. Lett. 38 L14205, 2011 Reprint
  • Obliquity tides do not significantly heat Enceladus, E.M.A. Chen, F. Nimmo, Icarus 214 779-781, 2011 Reprint
  • Rotational dynamics and internal structure of Titan B. G. Bills, F. Nimmo, Icarus 214 351-355, 2011 Reprint
  • Impact basin relaxation at Iapetus G. Robuchon, F. Nimmo, J. Roberts, M. Kirchoff, Icarus 214 82-90, 2011 Reprint
  • Constraints on Martian lobate debris apron evolution and rheology from numerical modeling of ice flow, R.A. Parsons, F. Nimmo, H. Miyamoto Icarus 214 246-257, 2011 Reprint
  • Evidence of a global magma ocean in Io's interior, K.K. Khurana, X. Jia, M.G. Kivelson, F. Nimmo, G. Schubert, C.T. Russell, Science 332 1186-1189, 2011, Reprint Supplementary Info.(PDF)
  • Five new and three improved mutual orbits of Transneptunian binaries W.M. Grundy, K.S. Noll, F. Nimmo, H.G. Roe, M.W. Buie, S.B. Porter, S.D. Benecchi, D.C. Stephens, H.F. Levison, J.A. Stansberry Icarus 213 678-692, 2011 Reprint
  • Forced obliquities and moments of inertia of Ceres and Vesta, B.G. Bills, F. Nimmo Icarus 213 496-509, 2011 Reprint
  • The role of impact excavation in distributing clays over Noachian surfaces, C.J. Barnhart, F. Nimmo J. Geophys. Res. 116 E01009, 2011 Reprint
  • Heterogeneous accretion, composition and core-mantle differentiation of the Earth, D.C. Rubie, D.J. Frost, U. Mann, Y. Asahara, F. Nimmo, K. Tsuno, P. Kegler, A. Holzheid, H. Palme Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 301 31-42, 2011 Reprint

    • 2010

  • Structure and formation of the lunar farside highlands, I. Garrick-Bethell, F. Nimmo, M.A. Wieczorek, Science 330 949-951, 2010, Reprint Supplementary Info.(PDF)
  • Geophysical implications of the long-wavelength topography of Rhea, F. Nimmo, B.G. Bills, P.C. Thomas, S.W. Asmar J. Geophys. Res. 115, E10008, 2010 Reprint
  • Shell thickness variations and the long wavelength topography of Titan F. Nimmo, B.G. Bills Icarus 208, 896-904, 2010 Reprint
  • Martian post-impact hydrothermal systems incorporating freezing C.J. Barnhart, F. Nimmo, B.J. Travis Icarus 208, 101-117, 2010 Reprint
  • Numerical modeling of Martian gully sediment transport: Testing the fluvial hypothesis R.A. Parsons, F. Nimmo J. Geophys. Res. 115, E06001, 2010 Reprint
  • Tungsten isotopic evolution during late-stage accretion: constraints on Earth-Moon equilibration F. Nimmo, D.P. O'Brien, T. Kleine Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 292 363-370, 2010 Reprint
  • The role of episodic overturn in generating the surface geology and heat flow on Enceladus C. O'Neill, F. Nimmo, Nature Geosci. 3, 88-91, 2010 Reprint
  • Tectonism on Mercury T.R. Watters, F. Nimmo Planetary Tectonics (R.A. Schultz and T.R. Watters, eds.), Cambridge Univ. Press, pp. 15-80, 2010 Reprint (PDF)
  • Tectonics of the Outer Planet Satellites G.C. Collins, W.B. McKinnon, J.M. Moore, F. Nimmo, R.T. Pappalardo, L.M. Prockter, P.M. Schenk Planetary Tectonics (R.A. Schultz and T.R. Watters, eds.), Cambridge Univ. Press, pp. 264-350, 2010 Reprint
  • Surface, subsurface and atmosphere exchanges on icy moons G. Tobie, B. Giese, T.A. Hurford, R.M. Lopes, F. Nimmo, F. Postberg, K.D. Retherford, J. Schmidt, J.R. Spencer, T. Tokano, E.P. Turtle, Space Sci. Rev. 153, 375-410, 2010. Reprint

    • 2009

  • Recent orbital evolution and the internal structures of Enceladus and Dione K. Zhang, F. Nimmo, Icarus 204 597-609, 2009 Reprint
  • Energetics of asteroid dynamos and the role of compositional convection F. Nimmo Geophys. Res. Lett. 36 L10201, 2009 Reprint
  • Geodynamics of Europa's ice shell F. Nimmo and M. Manga, Europa after Galileo (Pappalardo, McKinnon, Khurana eds.), pp. 381-404, Univ. Ariz. Press, 2009 Preprint (PDF)
  • Chaotic terrain on Europa G.C. Collins and F. Nimmo, Europa after Galileo (Pappalardo, McKinnon, Khurana eds.), pp. 259-282, Univ. Ariz. Press, 2009 Reprint (PDF)
  • Rotational dynamics of Europa B.G. Bills, F. Nimmo, O. Karatekin, T. Van Hoolst, N. Rambaux, B. Levrard, J. Laskar Europa after Galileo (Pappalardo, McKinnon, Khurana eds.), pp. 119-136, Univ. Ariz. Press, 2009 Reprint (PDF)
  • Enceladus: An active cryovolcanic satellite J.R. Spencer, A.C. Barr, L.W. Esposito, P. Helfenstein, A.P. Ingersoll, R. Jaumann, C.P. McKay, F. Nimmo, C.C. Porco, J.H. Waite, Saturn after Cassini/Huygens, M.K. Dougherty et al., eds, pp. 683-724, Springer 2009 Reprint
  • Icy satellites: Geological evolution and surface processes R. Jaumann, R.N. Clark, F. Nimmo, A.R. Hendrix, B.J. Buratti, T. Denk, J.M. Moore, P.M. Schenk, S.J. Ostro, R. Srama, Saturn after Cassini/Huygens M.K. Dougherty et al., eds, pp. 637-682, Springer 2009 Reprint
  • Hf-W chronometry and the accretion and early evolution of asteroids and terrestrial planets T. Kleine, M. Touboul, B. Bourdon, F. Nimmo, K. Mezger, H. Palme, Q.-Z. Yin, S.B. Jacobsen, A.N. Halliday Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 73 5150-5188, 2009 Reprint (PDF)
  • Gravity and tectonic patterns of Mercury: The effect of tidal deformation, spin-orbit resonance, non-zero eccentricity, despinning and reorientation I. Matsuyama, F. Nimmo J. Geophys. Res. 114 E01010, 2009 Reprint
  • North-south asymmetry in Martian crater slopes R.A. Parsons and F. Nimmo, J. Geophys. Res. 114 E02002, 2009 Reprint (PDF)
  • Planetary science: Mars's rotating shell F. Nimmo, Nature Geosci. 2 7-8, 2009, Reprint (PDF)

    • 2008

  • Implications of an impact origin for the Martian hemispheric dichotomy, F. Nimmo, S.D. Hart, D.G. Korycansky, C.B. Agnor Nature 453 1220-1223, 2008, Reprint Supplementary Info.(PDF)
  • The thermal and orbital evolution of Tethys as constrained by surface observations E.M.A. Chen, F. Nimmo Geophys. Res. Lett., 35 , L19203, 2008. Reprint (PDF)
  • The formation of Tharsis on Mars: What the line-of-sight gravity is telling us, J.-P. Williams, F. Nimmo, W.B. Moore, D.A. Paige, J. Geophys. Res. 113 , E10011, 2008. Reprint (PDF)
  • The long-term stability of a possible aqueous ammonium sulfate ocean inside Titan P.M. Grindrod, A.D. Fortes, F. Nimmo, D.L. Feltham, J.P. Brodholt, L. Vocadlo, Icarus 197 , 137-151, 2008 Reprint(PDF)
  • A thermochemical boundary layer at the base of Earth's outer core and independent estimate of core heat flux D. Gubbins, G. Masters and F. Nimmo, Geophys. J. Int. 174 1007-1018, 2008, Reprint(PDF)
  • True polar wander on Europa from global-scale small-circle depressions, P. Schenk, I. Matsuyama and F. Nimmo, Nature 453 368-371, 2008, Reprint Supplementary Info.(PDF)
  • Forced obliquity and moments of inertia of Titan B.G. Bills and F. Nimmo, Icarus 196 , 293-297, 2008 Reprint(PDF)
  • Near-surface heating on Enceladus and the south polar thermal anomaly J.H. Roberts and F. Nimmo, GRL 35 L09201, 2008, Reprint(PDF)
  • Tectonic patterns on reoriented and despun planetary bodies I. Matsuyama and F. Nimmo, Icarus 195 459-473, 2008 Preprint(PDF)
  • An experimental and numerical study of surface tension-driven melt flow R.A. Parsons, F. Nimmo, J.W. Hustoft, B.K. Holtzman, D.L. Kohlstedt, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 267 548-557, 2008, Reprint(PDF)
  • Tidal heating and the long-term stability of a subsurface ocean on Enceladus J.H. Roberts and F. Nimmo, Icarus 194 675-689, 2008, Reprint(PDF)

    • 2007

  • Shear heating as the origin of the plumes and heat flux on Enceladus, F. Nimmo, J.R. Spencer, R.T. Pappalardo and M.E. Mullen, Nature , 447, 289-291, 2007. Reprint (PDF) Supplementary Info (.pdf)
  • Reorientation of icy satellites by impact basins F. Nimmo and I. Matsuyama Geophys. Res. Lett. , 34, L19203, 2007. Preprint (PDF)
  • Powering Mercury's dynamo J.-P. Williams, O. Aharonson, F. Nimmo Geophys. Res. Lett. , 34, L21201, 2007. Preprint (PDF)
  • How rapidly did Mars accrete? Uncertainties in the Hf-W timing of core formation, F. Nimmo and T. Kleine Icarus ,191, , 497-504, 2007. Preprint (PDF)
  • The global shape of Europa: Constraints on lateral shell thickness variations, F. Nimmo, P.C. Thomas, R.T. Pappalardo, W.B. Moore, Icarus , 191, 183-192, 2007. Preprint (PDF)
  • Rotational stability of tidally deformed planetary bodies I. Matsuyama and F. Nimmo J. Geophys. Res. , 112, E11003, 2007. Reprint (PDF)
  • Reorientation of planets with lithospheres: the effect of elastic energy I. Matsuyama, F. Nimmo and J.X. Mitrovica, Icarus 191, 401-412, 2007 Reprint (PDF)
  • Properties and evolution of the Earth's core and geodynamo F. Nimmo and D. Alfe, in Advances in Science: Earth Science (P.R. Sammonds and J.M.T. Thompson, eds.), pp.167-210, Imperial College Press, London, 2007. Preprint (PDF)
  • Energetics of the Core F. Nimmo, Treatise on Geophysics vol. 8, pp. 31-66, (G. Schubert, ed.), 2007. Email me if you want a reprint.
  • Thermal and Compositional Evolution of the Core F. Nimmo, Treatise on Geophysics vol. 9, pp. 217-242, (G. Schubert, ed.), 2007. Email me if you want a reprint, or download the earlier version
  • Formation of the Earth's core D.C. Rubie, F. Nimmo and H.J. Melosh, Treatise on Geophysics vol. 9, pp. 51-90, (G. Schubert, ed.), 2007. Email me if you want a reprint.
  • The Origin of the Core F. Nimmo, Encyclopedia of Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism, D. Gubbins and E. Herrero-Bervera, eds., Springer, pp.89-91, 2007. Preprint (PDF)

    • 2006

  • Diapir-induced reorientation of Saturn's moon Enceladus, F. Nimmo and R.T. Pappalardo, Nature , 441, 614-616, 2006. Reprint (PDF) Supplementary Info (.doc)
  • Isotopic outcomes of N-body accretion simulations: Constraints on equilibration processes during large impacts from Hf/W observations, F. Nimmo and C.B. Agnor, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. , 243, 26-43, 2006. Reprint (PDF)
  • Normal faulting on Europa: Implications for ice shell properties, F. Nimmo and P. Schenk, J. Struct. Geol. (planetary tectonics special issue) , 28, 2194-2203, 2006. Preprint (PDF)

    • 2005

  • Thermal and topographic tests of Europa chaos formation models from Galileo E15 observations, F. Nimmo and B. Giese, Icarus (Europa special issue) , 177, 327-340, 2005. Reprint (PDF)
  • A shear heating origin for ridges on Triton , L.M. Prockter, F. Nimmo and R.T. Pappalardo, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L14202, 2005. Reprint (PDF)
  • Strain at radially fractured centers on Venus , P.M. Grindrod, F. Nimmo, E.R. Stofan, J.E. Guest J. Geophys. Res., 110, E12002, 2005. Reprint (PDF)
  • Extensional troughs in the Caloris Basin of Mercury: Evidence of lateral crustal flow T.R. Watters, F. Nimmo and M.S. Robinson, Geology 33 , 669-672, 2005 Reprint (PDF).
  • Formation of methane on Mars by fluid-rock interaction in the crust , J.R. Lyons, C. Manning and F. Nimmo, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32 , L13201, 2005. Reprint (PDF) Auxiliary Material (PDF)
  • Tectonic consequences of Martian dichotomy modification by lower crustal flow and erosion F. Nimmo, Geology , 33, 533-5361, 2005.Reprint (PDF)
  • Early crustal evolution of Mars F. Nimmo and K. Tanaka, Ann. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci. , 33, 133-161, 2005. Reprint (PDF)
  • Europa's icy shell: Past and present state, and future exploration F. Nimmo, L. Prockter and P. Schenk, Icarus , 177, 293-296, 2005. Reprint (PDF)

    • 2004

  • Stresses generated in cooling viscoelastic ice shells: Application to Europa, F. Nimmo, J. Geophys. Res. , 109, E12001, 2004 Reprint
  • Furrow flexure and ancient heat flux on Ganymede, F. Nimmo and R.T. Pappalardo, Geophys. Res. Lett. , 31, L19701, doi:10.1029/2004GL020763, 2004 Reprint
  • Growth of the hemispheric dichotomy and the cessation of plate tectonics on Mars, A. Lenardic, F. Nimmo and L. Moresi J. Geophys. Res., 109, E02003, 2004 Reprint
  • Depth of faulting on Mecury: Implications for heat flux and crustal and effective elastic thickness, F. Nimmo and T.R. Watters, Geophys. Res. Lett. 31(2), L02701, 2004 Reprint; GRL Cover
  • Thermal evolution of the Martian core: Implications for an early dynamo, J.-P. Williams and F. Nimmo, Geology , 32(2), 97-100, 2004. Reprint , Supp. Info.
  • Non-Newtonian topographic relaxation on Europa, F. Nimmo, Icarus , 168, 205-208, 2004 Reprint
  • The influence of potassium on core and geodynamo evolution, F. Nimmo, G.D. Price, J. Brodholt, D. Gubbins, Geophys. J. Int. , 156, 363-376, 2004 Reprint
  • Dynamics of rifting and modes of extension on icy satellites, F. Nimmo, JGR 109, E01003, 2004 (PDF file available)

    2003

  • On the origins of band topography, Europa, F. Nimmo, R.T. Pappalardo and B. Giese, Icarus 166, 21-32, 2003 (PDF file available).
  • Estimates of Europa's ice shell thickness from elastically-supported topography, F. Nimmo, B. Giese and R.T. Pappalardo, Geophys. Res. Lett. 30(5), 1233, 10.1029/2002GL016660, 2003 (PDF file available)

    • 2002

  • Causes, characteristics and consequences of convective diapirism on Europa, F. Nimmo and M. Manga, Geophys. Res. Lett. 29(23), 2109, 10.1029/2002GL015754, 2002 (PDF file available).
  • Core values, J. Brodholt and F. Nimmo, Nature 418, 489-491, 2002 (PDF file available)
  • Why does Venus lack a magnetic field?, F. Nimmo, Geology 30 , 987-990, 2002 (abstract here email me if you want a reprint)
  • Admittance estimates of mean crustal thickness and density at the Martian hemispheric dichotomy, F. Nimmo, J. Geophys. Res. 107(E11), 5117, 10.1029/2000JE001488, 2002 (PDF file available)
  • Thermal consequences of strike-slip motion on Europa, F. Nimmo and E. Gaidos, J. Geophys. Res. , 107(E4), 5021, 10.1029/2000JE001476, 2002. (PDF file available)
  • Elastic thickness and heat flux estimates on Ganymede, F. Nimmo, R.T. Pappalardo and B. Giese, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(7), 1158, 10.1029/2001GL013976, 2002. (PDF file available)
  • Constraining the crustal thickness on Mercury from viscous topographic relaxation, F. Nimmo, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(5), 1063, 10.1029/2001GL013883, 2002. (PDF file available)
  • Strength of faults on Mars from MOLA topography, D.N. Barnett and F. Nimmo, Icarus, 157, 34-42, 2002. (abstract here PDF file (1100K) available)
  • Surface runoff features on Mars: Testing the carbon dioxide formation hypothesis, S. Stewart and F. Nimmo, J. Geophys. Res. 107(E9), 5069, 10.1029/2000JE001467, 2002. (abstract here PDF file (1890K) available)
  • Flexure of Venusian lithosphere measured from residual topography and gravity, D.N. Barnett, F. Nimmo and D. McKenzie, J. Geophys. Res. 107(E2), 5007, 10.1029/2000JE001398, 2002. (abstract here PDF file (5500K) available) .

    • 2001

  • Constraints on the depth of magnetized crust on Mars from impact craters, F. Nimmo and M.S. Gilmore, J. Geophys. Res. 106, 12315-12323, 2001. (abstract here PDF file (1731K) available)
  • Estimates of Martian crustal thickness from viscous relaxation of topography, F. Nimmo and D. Stevenson, J. Geophys. Res. 106, 5085-5098, 2001. (abstract here PDF file available).

    • 2000

  • Tectonics and water on Europa, E. Gaidos and F. Nimmo, Nature 405, 637, 2000. (abstract here PDF file (124K) available).
  • The influence of plate tectonics on the thermal evolution and magnetic field of Mars, F. Nimmo and D. Stevenson, J. Geophys. Res. 105, 11969-11980, 2000. (abstract here PDF file available).
  • Dike intrusion as a possible cause of linear Martian magnetic anomalies, F. Nimmo, Geology 28, 391-394, 2000. (abstract here; email me if you want a reprint).
  • Elastic thickness estimates for Venus using line of sight accelerations from Magellan cycle 5, D. Barnett, F. Nimmo and D. McKenzie, Icarus 146, 404-419, 2000. (abstract here PDF file (810K) available).
  • Characteristics and consequences of lower crustal flow, D. McKenzie, F. Nimmo, J.A. Jackson, P. Gans and E. Miller, J. Geophys. Res. 105, 11029-11046, 2000. (abstract here PDF file (6.2Gb) available).

    • pre-2000

  • The generation of Martian floods by melting permafrost above dykes, D. McKenzie and F. Nimmo, Nature 397 ,231-233, 1999 (abstract here PDF file (487K) available).
  • Volcanism and tectonics on Venus, F. Nimmo and D. McKenzie, Ann. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci. 26,23-51, 1998 (abstract here PDF file (393K) available).
  • Elastic thickness estimates for Venus from line of sight accelerations, D. McKenzie and F. Nimmo, Icarus 130,198-216, 1997 (abstract here PDF file available).
  • Convective thermal evolution of the upper mantles of Earth and Venus, F. Nimmo and D. McKenzie, Geophys. Res. Lett. 24, 1539-1542, 1997 (abstract here PDF file available).
  • Modelling plume-related melting, uplift and gravity on Venus, F. Nimmo and D. McKenzie, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 145, 109-123, 1996 (abstract here PDF file (999K) available).
  • Comparison between the rift systems of East Africa, Earth and Beta Regio, Venus, A.N. Foster and F. Nimmo, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 143, 183-196, 1996 (abstract here PDF file (1076K) available).
  • A new occurrence of Scottish plesiosaurian remains from the Island of Skye, N.D.L. Clark, F. Nimmo and C.J. Nicholas, Scottish J. Geol. 29, 197-199, 1993 (abstract here).

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