![[Žd’ár nad Sázavou] A second meteorite (39.3 grams) of the Czech bolide on 9 December 2014 was found near Vatín on January 12 by Czech astronomers, first meteorite classified as type L3.9](http://karmaka.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/meteority-zdar-660x330.jpg)
![[Žd’ár nad Sázavou] First meteorite found near Nová Ves, close to Nového Města na Moravě on 20 December, ~3 p.m. CET/ Meteorite fall near Rudolec, Jihlava district, Czech Republic, 9 December, 16:16:45-54 UT UTC](http://karmaka.de/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/attachment-660x330.jpg)
Multistage formation processes in the acapulcoite-lodranite parent body: Mineralogical study of anomalous lodranite, Yamato 983119
Masahiro Yasutake, Akira Yamaguchi Polar Science Available online 23 September 2017 In Press, Accepted Manuscript LINK “Y 983119 is a coarse-grained rock consisting mainly of orthopyroxene (44–71 vol%, Wo3En94Fs4), olivine (4–30 vol%, Fo97), Fe, Ni…
Correlated silicon and titanium isotopic compositions of presolar sic grains from the Murchison CM2 chondrite
Frank Gyngard, Sachiko Amari, Ernst Zinner, Kuljeet Kaur Marhas Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 23 September 2017 LINK “We report correlated Si, and Ti isotopic compositions and elemental concentrations of…
A history of violence: insights into post-accretionary heating in carbonaceous chondrites from volatile element abundances, Zn isotopes, and water contents
Brandon Mahan, Frédéric Moynier, Pierre Beck, Emily A. Pringle, Julien Siebert Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 20 September 2017 LINK “Carbonaceous chondrites (CCs) may have been the carriers of water,…
Carbon isotopic variation in ureilites: Evidence for an early, volatile-rich Inner Solar System
Jean-Alix Barrat, Pierre Sansjofre, Akira Yamaguchi, Richard C. Greenwood, Philippe Gillet Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 478, 15 November 2017, Pages 143–149 Available online 19 September 2017 LINK “Highlights • δ13C in ureilites correlate…
Basalt–trachybasalt samples in Gale Crater, MarsOPEN ACCESS
Edwards, P. H., Bridges, J. C., Wiens, R., Anderson, R., Dyar, D., Fisk, M., Thompson, L., Gasda, P., Filiberto, J., Schwenzer, S. P., Blaney, D. and Hutchinson, I. Meteorit Planet Sci. doi:10.1111/maps.12953 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)…
Effects of Pressure on Model Compounds of Meteorite Organic Matter
Christian Potiszil, Wren Montgomery, and Mark A. Sephton ACS Earth and Space Chemistry Publication Date: August 28, 2017 DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.7b00053 LINK “Extraterrestrial organic matter has been widely studied; however, its response to pressure has not….
Physical properties of the stone meteorites: Implications for the properties of their parent bodiesOPEN ACCESS
George J. Flynn, Guy J. Consolmagno, Peter Brown, Robert J. Macke Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 13 September 2017 Review Article LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The physical…
The empty primordial asteroid beltOPEN ACCESS
Sean N. Raymond, Andre Izidoro Science Advances 13 Sep 2017: Vol. 3, no. 9, e1701138 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1701138 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) (authors’ version) Blog post by S.N. Raymond “The asteroid…
The ungrouped chondrite El Médano 301 and its comparison with other reduced ordinary chondrites
Hamed Pourkhorsandi, Jérôme Gattacceca, Bertrand Devouard, Massimo D’Orazio, Pierre Rochette, Pierre Beck, Corinne Sonzogni, Millarca Valenzuela Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 12 September 2017 LINK “El Médano 301 (EM 301)…
The mineralogy and petrology of I-type cosmic spherules: Implications for their sources, origins and identification in sedimentary rocks
Matthew J. Genge, Bridie Davies, Martin D. Suttle, Matthias van Ginneken, Andrew G. Tomkins Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 9 September 2017 LINK “I-type cosmic spherules are micrometeorites that formed…
Differentiation and magmatic activity in Vesta evidenced by 26Al-26Mg dating in eucrites and diogenites
G. Hublet, V. Debaille, J. Wimpenny, Q-Z. Yin Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 8 September 2017 LINK “The 26Al-26Mg short-lived chronometer has been widely used for dating ancient objects in…
‘Lieksa’ (prov.) meteorite (IAB) ?
Finnish Geologian tutkimuskeskus (GTK) announced the finding of a 238.3-gram iron meteorite (IAB, 66 mm) by Pekka Vallimies on 30 May 2017 while looking for mushrooms (Gyromitra esculenta) in Löpönvaara, ~10 km NNE of Lieksa,…
Thermal evolution of trans-Neptunian objects, icy satellites, and minor icy planets in the early solar system
Bhatia, G. K. and Sahijpal, S. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12952 First published: 8 September 2017 LINK “Numerical simulations are performed to understand the early thermal evolution and planetary scale differentiation of icy bodies…
Bonanza: An extremely large dust grain from a supernova
Frank Gyngard, Manavi Jadhav, Larry R. Nittler, Rhonda M. Stroud, Ernst Zinner Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 7 September 2017 LINK “We report the morphology, microstructure, and isotopic composition of…
Identification of a primordial asteroid family constrains the original planetesimal population
Marco Delbo, Kevin Walsh, Bryce Bolin, Chrysa Avdellidou, Alessandro Morbidelli Science 08 Sep 2017: Vol. 357, Issue 6355, pp. 1026-1029 DOI: 10.1126/science.aam6036 LINK “A quarter of known asteroids is associated with more than 100 distinct…
Meteorite flux to Earth in the Early Cretaceous as reconstructed from sediment-dispersed extraterrestrial spinelsOPEN ACCESS
Birger Schmitz; Philipp R. Heck; Walter Alvarez; Noriko T. Kita; Surya S. Rout; Anders Cronholm; Céline Defouilloy; Ellinor Martin; Jan Smit; Fredrik Terfelt Geology July 2017, Vol.45, 807-810. doi:10.1130/G39297.1 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Thermal shock fragmentation of Mg silicates within scoriaceous micrometeorites reveal hydrated asteroidal sourcesOPEN ACCESS
Matthew J. Genge, Martin Suttle, Matthias Van Ginneken Geology (2017) DOI:https://doi.org/10.1130/G39426.1 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Gold Open Access: This paper is published under the terms of the CC-BY license Scoriaceous micrometeorites are highly vesicular extraterrestrial dust…
Pd-Ag chronometry of IVA iron meteorites and the crystallization and cooling of a protoplanetary core
M. Matthes, M. Fischer-Gödde, T.S. Kruijer, T. Kleine Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 7 September 2017 LINK “To constrain the timescales and processes involved in the crystallization and cooling of…
Impact characteristics of different rocks in a pulsed-laser irradiation experiment: Simulation of micrometeorite bombardment on the Moon
Wu, Yanxue; Li, Xiongyao; Yao, Wenqing; Wang, Shijie Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 122. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JE005220 LINK “Without the protection of the atmosphere, the soils on lunar surfaces undergo a series of optical, physical, and chemical…
Trace element inventory of meteoritic Ca-phosphates
Dustin Ward, Addi Bischoff, Julia Roszjar, Jasper Berndt, Martin J. Whitehouse American Mineralogist 10.2138/am-2017-6056 First Published on September 05, 2017 LINK “Most extraterrestrial samples feature the two accessory Ca-phosphates (apatite-group minerals and merrillite), which are…
Hydrocode modeling of the spallation process during hypervelocity impacts: Implications for the ejection of Martian meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Kosuke Kurosawa, Takaya Okamoto, Hidenori Genda accepted for publication in Icarus PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Hypervelocity ejection of material by impact spallation is considered a plausible mechanism for material exchange between two planetary bodies. We have…
An evaluation method of reflectance spectra to be obtained by Hayabusa2 Near-Infrared Spectrometer (NIRS3) based on laboratory measurements of carbonaceous chondritesOPEN ACCESS
Moe Matsuoka, Tomoki Nakamura, Takahito Osawa, Takahiro Iwata, Kohei Kitazato, Masanao Abe, Yusuke Nakauchi, Takehiko Arai, Mutsumi Komatsu, Takahiro Hiroi, Naoya Imae, Akira Yamaguchi, Hideyasu Kojima Earth, Planets and Space December 2017, 69:120 First Online:04…
Serra Pelada (Eucrite) registered in Meteoritical Bulletin database
Meteoritical Bulletin Entry updated MetBull entry (12 Sept 2017): “Serra Pelada 5°57.135’S, 49°39.238’W Para, Brazil Confirmed fall: 2017 June 29 Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite) History: (A. L. R. Moutinho, D. Rios, M. Cardoso Rocha, W….
Cosmic-ray exposure ages of six chondritic Almahata Sitta fragments
Riebe, M. E. I., Welten, K. C., Meier, M. M. M., Wieler, R., Barth, M. I. F., Ward, D., Laubenstein, M., Bischoff, A., Caffee, M. W., Nishiizumi, K. and Busemann, H. Meteoritics & Planetary Science….
The Northwest Africa 8159 Martian Meteorite: Expanding the Martian Sample Suite to the Early Amazonian
Christopher D.K. Herd, Erin L. Walton, Carl B. Agee, Nele Muttik, Karen Ziegler, Charles K. Shearer, Aaron S. Bell, Alison R. Santos, Paul V. Burger, Justin I. Simon, Michael J. Tappa, Francis M. McCubbin, Jérôme…
The noble gas concentrations of the Martian meteorites GRV 99027 and paired NWA 7906/NWA 7907.
Stephenson, P. C., Lin, Y. and Leya, I. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12950 LINK “Here we present the isotopic concentrations of He, Ne, Ar, Kr, and Xe for the three Martian meteorites, namely Grove…
Intermineral oxygen three-isotope systematics of silicate minerals in equilibrated ordinary chondrites.
McDougal, D., Nakashima, D., Tenner, T. J., Kita, N. T., Valley, J. W. and Noguchi, T. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12932 LINK “High-precision oxygen three-isotope ratios were measured for four mineral phases (olivine, low-Ca…
Young asteroid mixing revealed in ordinary chondrites: The case of NWA 5764, a polymict LL breccia with L clasts.
Gattacceca, J., Krzesińska, A. M., Marrocchi, Y., Meier, M. M. M., Bourot-Denise, M. and Lenssen, R. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12942 LINK “Polymict chondritic breccias—rocks composed of fragments originating from different chondritic parent bodies—are…
Hydrothermally enhanced magnetization at the center of the Haughton impact structure?
Zylberman, W., Quesnel, Y., Rochette, P., Osinski, G. R., Marion, C. and Gattacceca, J. (2017), Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12917 LINK “Haughton is a ~24 Myr old midsize (apparent diameter 23 km) complex impact…
Proto-type installation of a double-station system for the optical-video-detection and orbital characterisation of a meteor/fireball in South KoreaOPEN ACCESS
Tobias Cornelius Hinse, Woo-Kyum Kim, Sang-Hyeon Ahn, Jae-Keun Lee, Jun-Hyeong Park, Young-Woo Lee, Woo-Jung Jeong, Sang-Min Woo Journal of the Korean Astronomical Society PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We give a detailed description of the installation and…
Search for evidence of source event grouping among ureilites.
Beard, S. P. and Swindle, T. D. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12939 LINK “We use cosmic-ray exposure (CRE) ages of ureilites, combined with magnesium numbers of olivine, and oxygen isotopes, to search for evidence…
Carbonaceous chondrites as analogs for the composition and alteration of Ceres.
McSween, H. Y., Emery, J. P., Rivkin, A. S., Toplis, M. J., C. Castillo-Rogez, J., Prettyman, T. H., De Sanctis, M. C., Pieters, C. M., Raymond, C. A. and Russell, C. T. Meteoritics & Planetary…
Reclassification of Hart and Northwest Africa 6047: Criteria for distinguishing between CV and CK3 chondrites.
Dunn, T. L. and Gross, J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12946 LINK “The single parent body model for the CV and CK chondrites (Greenwood et al. ) was challenged by Dunn et al. (),…
Effects of Chemistry on Vertical Dust Motion in Early Protoplanetary DisksOPEN ACCESS
Yoshinori Miyazaki, Jun Korenaga Submitted for Publication in The Astrophysical Journal PDF (OPEN ACCESS)
A Lower Limit of Atmospheric Pressure on Early Mars Inferred from Nitrogen and Argon Isotopic Compositions
Hiroyuki Kurokawa, Kosuke Kurosawa, Tomohiro Usui Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 24 August 2017 LINK “Highlights • Isotopic composition of early atmosphere recorded in ALH 84001 has been reported • Taking escape/replenishment processes…
Processes of noble gas elemental and isotopic fractionations in plasma-produced organic solids: cosmochemical implications
Maïa Kuga, Guy Cernogora, Yves Marrocchi, Laurent Tissandier, Bernard Marty Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 24 August 2017 LINK “The main carrier of primordial heavy noble gases in chondrites is…
A low-background image-coincidence spectrometer for radioisotope studies
Andrew Tillett, John Dermigny, Mark Emamian, Yuri Tonin, Igal Bucay, Rachel L. Smith, Michael Darken, Corey Dearing, Mikaela Orbon, Christian Iliadis Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated…
Castelvecchio and Castiglione del Lago: Two new Italian iron meteorites
V. Moggi Cecchi, G. Pratesi, S. Caporali, C. D. K. Herd, G. Chen The European Physical Journal Plus August 2017, 132:359 LINK “Until 2016 only 38 Italian meteorites have been classified and published on the…
Olivinites in the angrite D’Orbigny: vestiges of pristine reducing conditions during angrite formation
M.E. Varela, S-L. Hwang, P. Shen, H-T. Chu, T-F. Yui, Y. Iizuka, F. Brandstätter, Y.A. Abdu Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 20 August 2017 LINK “Olivinites, together with olivine megacrysts,…
Thermal equilibration of iron meteorite and pallasite parent bodies recorded at the mineral scale by Fe and Ni isotope systematics
Stepan M. Chernonozhkin, Mona Weyrauch, Steven Goderis, Martin Oeser, Seann J. McKibbin, Ingo Horn, Lutz Hecht, Stefan Weyer, Philippe Claeys, Frank Vanhaecke Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 19 August 2017…
Pb-Pb ages of feldspathic clasts in two Apollo 14 breccia samples
A.A. Nemchin, H. Jeon, J.J. Bellucci, N.E. Timms, J.F. Snape, M.R. Kilburn, M.J. Whitehouse Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 19 August 2017 LINK “Pb-Pb isochron ages of ca. 3.92 Ga…
Morphology of the Morasko crater field (western Poland): Influences of pre-impact topography, meteoroid impact processes, and post-impact alterations
Wojciech Włodarski, Joanna Papis, Witold Szczuciński Geomorphology, Volume 295, 15 October 2017, Pages 586-597 Available online 13 August 2017 LINK “Highlights • New detailed topography of small impact craters in unconsolidated sediments • The craters…
Reduced and unstratified crust in CV chondrite parent bodyOPEN ACCESS
Clément Ganino & Guy Libourel Nature Communications 8, Article number: 261 (2017) doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00293-1 Published online: 15 August 2017 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Early Solar System planetesimal thermal models predict the heating of the…
The stardust abundance in the local interstellar cloud at the birth of the Solar System
Peter Hoppe, Jan Leitner & János Kodolányi Nature Astronomy (2017) doi:10.1038/s41550-017-0215-0 Published online: 14 August 2017 LINK “Primitive Solar System materials, such as certain types of meteorites, interplanetary dust particles and cometary matter, contain small…
Contribution of early impact events to metal-silicate separation, thermal annealing, and volatile redistribution: Evidence in the Pułtusk H chondrite
Agata M. Krzesińska Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12933 First published: 14 August 2017 LINK “Three-dimensional X-ray tomographic reconstructions and petrologic studies reveal voluminous accumulations of metal in Pułtusk H chondrite. At the contact of…
Protracted storage of CR chondrules in a region of the disk transparent to galactic cosmic rays.
Roth, A. S. G., Metzler, K., Baumgartner, L. P., Hofmann, B. A. and Leya, I. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12923 First published: 11 August 2017 LINK “Renazzo-type carbonaceous (CR) chondrites are accretionary breccias that…
Long-lived magnetism on chondrite parent bodiesOPEN ACCESS
Jay Shah, Helena C. Bates, Adrian R. Muxworthy, Dominik C. Hezel, Sara S. Russell, Matthew J. Genge Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 475, 1 October 2017, Pages 106–118 10. August 2017 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)…
Zhamanshin astrobleme provides evidence for carbonaceous chondrite and post-impact exchange between ejecta and Earth’s atmosphereOPEN ACCESS
Tomáš Magna, Karel Žák, Andreas Pack, Frédéric Moynier, Bérengère Mougel, Stefan Peters, Roman Skála, Šárka Jonášová, Jiří Mizera & Zdeněk Řanda Nature Communications 8, Article number: 227 (2017) doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00192-5 Published online: 09 August 2017 LINK…
A two-billion-year history for the lunar dynamoOPEN ACCESS
Sonia M. Tikoo, Benjamin P. Weiss, David L. Shuster, Clément Suavet, Huapei Wang and Timothy L. Grove Science Advances 09 Aug 2017: Vol. 3, no. 8, e1700207 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1700207 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Early formation of planetary building blocks inferred from Pb isotopic ages of chondrulesOPEN ACCESS
By Jean Bollard, James N. Connelly, Martin J. Whitehouse, Emily A. Pringle, Lydie Bonal, Jes K. Jørgensen, Åke Nordlund, Frédéric Moynier, Martin Bizzarro Science Advances 09 Aug 2017: Vol. 3, no. 8, e1700407 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1700407…
On the Nature of the Ni-rich Component in Splash-form Australasian Tektites
Steven Goderis, Roald Tagle, Jörg Fritz, Rainer Bartoschewitz, Natalia Artemieva Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 9 August 2017 LINK “The Australasian tektite strewn field is exceptional, not only as the…
Ejection of Chondrules from Fluffy MatricesOPEN ACCESS
Sota Arakawa Accepted for publication in ApJ Draft version PDF (OPEN ACCESS) update (8 September 2017): LINK The Astrophysical Journal Volume 846, Number 2 “Chondritic meteorites primarily contain millimeter-sized spherical objects, the so-called chondrules; however,…
Cloppenburg meteorite (H4-5, S3, W3) registered in Meteoritical Bulletin database
Update (19 August 2017): Press coverage: Photo of the uncut ‘Cloppenburg’ meteorite (8 x 5 cm) found by Hartmut Osterburg (Photo: D. Heinlein / Münsterländische Tageszeitung, 19 August 2017) Rarität aus dem All am Feldrand…
On a Novel Geometric Analysis of the Bacubirito Meteorite
E. Terán-Bobadilla, J. H. Abundis-Patiño, C. Añorve, C. R. Moraila, F. Ortega-Gutiérrez, M. A. Aragón-Calvo Earth, Moon, and Planets pp 1–11 First Online: 31 July 2017 LINK “Tridimensional model with large level of detail and…
Tungsten isotopes and the origin of the Moon
Thomas S. Kruijer, Thorsten Kleine Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 475, 1 October 2017, Pages 15–24 LINK “Highlights • There are no resolvable radiogenic 182W variations within the Moon. • implying that lunar differentiation…
Mn-Fe systematics in major planetary body reservoirs in the solar system and the positioning of the Angrite Parent Body: A crystal-chemical perspective
James J. Papike, Paul V. Burger, Aaron S. Bell, Charles K. Shearer American Mineralogist DOI: 10.2138/am-2017-6112 First Published on August 01, 2017 LINK “A revised diagram plotting the Fe/Mn ratio of pyroxene and olivine verses…
Similarities in Element Content between Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko Coma Dust and Selected Meteorite Samples
Oliver J. Stenzel, Martin Hilchenbach, Sihane Merouane, John Paquette, Kurt Varmuza, Cécile Engrand, Franz Brandstätter, Christian Koeberl, Ludovic Ferrière, Peter Filzmoser Mon Not R Astron Soc doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stx1908 LINK “We have analyzed the element composition and…
Meteorite falls in Africa
Fouad Khiri, Abderrahmane Ibhi, Thierry Saint-Gerant, Mohand Medjkane, Lahcen Ouknine Journal of African Earth Sciences Available online 22 July 2017 LINK “Highlights • The more favorable factors to observe and to recover meteorite falls in…
Implications for behavior of volatile elements during impacts—Zinc and copper systematics in sediments from the Ries impact structure and central European tektites.
Rodovská, Z., Magna, T., Žák, K., Kato, C., Savage, P. S., Moynier, F., Skála, R. and Ježek, J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12922 LINK “Moldavites are tektites genetically related to the Ries impact structure,…
CM and CO chondrites: A common parent body or asteroidal neighbors? Insights from chondrule silicatesOPEN ACCESS until 29 Sept 2017
Devin L. Schrader, Jemma Davidson Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 29 July 2017 LINK (Open Access until 29 Sept 2017) “By investigating the petrology and chemical composition of type II…
Titanium isotopes and rare earth patterns in CAIs: evidence for thermal processing and gas-dust decoupling in the protoplanetary disk
Andrew M. Davis, Junjun Zhang, Nicolas D. Greber, Jingya Hu, François L.H. Tissot, Nicolas Dauphas Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 27 July 2017 LINK “Titanium isotopic compositions (mass-dependent fractionation and…
Magnesium isotope systematics in Martian meteorites
Tomáš Magna, Yan Hu, Fang-Zhen Teng, Klaus Mezger Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 26 July 2017 LINK “Highlights • The Martian mantle has an estimated δ26Mg of −0.27 ±…
Compositions and microstructures of CB sulfides: Implications for the thermal history of the CB chondrite parent body
Srinivasan, P., Jones, R. H. and Brearley, A. J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12921 LINK “We studied textures and compositions of sulfide inclusions in unzoned Fe,Ni metal particles within CBa Gujba, CBa Weatherford, CBb…
The cosmic-ray exposure history of the Twannberg iron meteorite (IIG)
Smith, T., Hofmann, B. A., Leya, I., Merchel, S., Pavetich, S., Rugel, G. and Scharf, A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12928 LINK “The Twannberg iron meteorite is one out of only six members of…
The spatial distribution of carbon dust in the early solar nebula and the carbon content of planetesimalsOPEN ACCESS
Hans-Peter Gail, Mario Trieloff accepted by Astronomy & Astrophysics PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “A high fraction of carbon bound in solid carbonaceous material is observed to exist in bodies formed in the cold outskirts of the…
Shock fabrics in fine-grained micrometeorites.OPEN ACCESS
Suttle, M. D., Genge, M. J. and Russell, S. S. Meteorit Planet Sci. doi:10.1111/maps.12927 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The orientations of dehydration cracks and fracture networks in fine-grained, unmelted micrometeorites were analyzed using…
Evidence for an impact-induced magnetic fabric in Allende, and exogenous alternatives to the core dynamo theory for Allende magnetization.OPEN ACCESS
Muxworthy, A. R., Bland, P. A., Davison, T. M., Moore, J., Collins, G. S. and Ciesla, F. J. Meteorit Planet Sci. doi:10.1111/maps.12918 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We conducted a paleomagnetic study of the…
Remote sensing analysis of unknown origin of a crater in western Yemen
Mohammad Reza Mansouri Daneshvar, Hamid Nejadsoleymani Spatial Information Research pp 1–9 First Online:21 July 2017 LINK “The present study aims to detect unknown origin of a terrestrial structure in western Yemen based on the remote…
On the Impact Origin of Phobos and Deimos I: Thermodynamic and Physical AspectsOPEN ACCESS
Ryuki Hyodo, Hidenori Genda, Sébastien Charnoz, Pascal Rosenblatt Accepted for publication in ApJ, Available online 21 July 2017 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Phobos and Deimos are the two small moons of Mars. Recent works have shown…
Evaluation of meteorites as habitats for terrestrial microorganisms: Results from the Nullarbor Plain, Australia, a Mars analogue site
Alastair W. Tait, Siobhan A. Wilson, Andrew G. Tomkins, Emma J. Gagen, Stewart J. Fallon, Gordon Southam Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 21 July 2017 LINK “Unambiguous identification of biosignatures…
The early differentiation of Mars inferred from Hf–W chronometry
Thomas S. Kruijer, Thorsten Kleine, Lars E. Borg, Gregory A. Brennecka, Anthony J. Irving, Addi Bischoff, Carl B. Agee Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 20 July 2017 LINK “Highlights…
Microbial Populations of Stony Meteorites: Substrate Controls on First ColonizersOPEN ACCESS
Alastair W. Tait, Emma J. Gagen, Siobhan A. Wilson, Andrew G. Tomkins and Gordon Southam Frontiers in Microbiology (2017). DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01227 30 June 2017 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Finding fresh, sterilized rocks provides ecologists with a…
Evidence for a chondritic impactor, evaporation-condensation effects and melting of the Precambrian basement beneath the ‘target’ Deccan basalts at Lonar crater, India
Rahul Das Gupta, Anupam Banerjee, Steven Goderis, Philippe Claeys, Frank Vanhaecke, Ramananda Chakrabarti Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 19 July 2017 LINK “The ∼1.88 km diameter Lonar impact crater formed…
Pb isotopes in the impact melt breccia 66095: Association with the Imbrium basin and the isotopic composition of lithologies at the Apollo 16 landing site
Joshua F. Snape, Alexander A. Nemchin, Jeremy J. Bellucci, Martin J. Whitehouse Chemical Geology In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 19 July 2017 LINK “Recent in situ Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) Pb isotope analyses…
Assessing the shock state of the lunar highlands: Implications for the petrogenesis and chronology of crustal anorthositesOPEN ACCESS
J. F. Pernet-Fisher, K. H. Joy, D. J. P. Martin & K. L. Donaldson Hanna Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 5888 (2017) doi:10.1038/s41598-017-06134- LINK “Our understanding of the formation and evolution of the primary lunar…
A Martian origin for the Mars Trojan asteroids
D. Polishook, S. A. Jacobson, A. Morbidelli & O. Aharonson Nature Astronomy 1, Article number: 0179 (2017) doi:10.1038/s41550-017-0179 LINK “Seven of the nine known Mars Trojan asteroids belong to an orbital cluster1,2 named after its…
Neodymium isotope heterogeneity of ordinary and carbonaceous chondrites and the origin of non-chondritic 142Nd compositions in the Earth
Ryota Fukai, Tetsuya Yokoyama Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 474, 15 September 2017, Pages 206–214 LINK “Highlights • Ordinary and carbonaceous chondrites possess non-radiogenic Nd isotope anomalies. • Nd isotope variability was caused by…
Acapulcoite-lodranite meteorites: Ultramafic asteroidal partial melt residues
Klaus Keil, Timothy J. McCoy Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry Review article Available online 14 July 2017 LINK “Acapulcoites (most ancient Hf-W ages are 4,563.1 ± 0.8 Ma), lodranites (most ancient Hf-W ages are 4,562.6…
Giant convecting mud balls of the early solar systemOPEN ACCESS
Philip A. Bland, Bryan J. Travis Science Advances 14 Jul 2017: Vol. 3, no. 7, e1602514 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1602514 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Carbonaceous asteroids may have been the precursors to the terrestrial planets,…
Origin of Na in glass inclusions hosted in olivine from Allende CV3 and Jbilet Winselwan CM2: Implications for chondrule formation
L. Florentin, F. Faure, E. Deloule, L. Tissandier, A. Gurenko, D. Lequin Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 474, 15 September 2017, Pages 160–171 LINK “Highlights • Glass inclusions hosted in olivines from Allende experimentally…
Redox States of Initial Atmospheres Outgassed on Rocky Planets and Planetesimals
Laura Schaefer, Bruce Fegley Jr. The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 843, Number 2 Published 2017, July 12 LINK “The Earth and other rocky planets and planetesimals in the solar system formed through the mixing of materials…
Petrographic and C & O isotopic characteristics of the earliest stages of aqueous alteration of CM chondrites
Lionel G. Vacher, Yves Marrocchi, Johan Villeneuve, Maximilien J. Verdier-Paoletti, Matthieu Gounelle Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 12 July 2017 LINK “CM chondrites form the largest group of hydrated meteorites…
Formation of an Ultracarbonaceous Antarctic Micrometeorite through Minimal Aqueous Alteration in a Small Porous Icy Body
Hikaru Yabuta, Takaaki Noguchi, Shoichi Itoh, Tomoki Nakamura, Akira Miyake, Shinichi Tsujimoto, Noriaki Ohashi, Naoya Sakamoto, Minako Hashiguchi, Ken-ichi Abe, Aya Okubo, A.L. David Kilcoyne, Shogo Tachibana, Ryuji Okazaki, Kentaro Terada, Mitsuru Ebihara, Hiroko Nagahara…
What we know about elemental bulk chondrule and matrix compositions: Presenting the ChondriteDB Database
Dominik C. Hezel, Markus Harak, Guy Libourel Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 11 July 2017 Review Article LINK “Chondrules and matrix are the major components of chondritic meteorites and…
Partial Melting of Oxidized Planetesimals: An Experimental Study to Test the Formation of Oligoclase-rich Achondrites Graves Nunataks 06128 and 06129
Nicole G. Lunning, Kathryn G. Gardner-Vandy, Emma S. Sosa, Timothy J. Mccoy, Emma S. Bullock, Catherine M. Corrigan Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 11 July 2017 LINK “The meteorites Graves…
Petrography, classification, oxygen isotopes, noble gases, and cosmogenic records of Kamargaon (L6) meteorite: The latest fall in India.OPEN ACCESS
Ray, D., Mahajan, R. R., Shukla, A. D., Goswami, T. K. and Chakraborty, S. Meteorit Planet Sci. doi:10.1111/maps.12875 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “A single piece of meteorite fell on Kamargaon village in the…
Distinct 238U/235U ratios and REE patterns in plutonic and volcanic angrites: Geochronologic implications and evidence for U isotope fractionation during magmatic processes
François L.H. Tissot, Nicolas Dauphas, Timothy L. Grove Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 8 July 2017 LINK “Angrites are differentiated meteorites that formed between 4 and 11 Myr after Solar…
Mapping the composition of chondritic meteorite Northwest Africa 3118 with micro-Raman spectroscopy
Analía G. Dall’Asén, Sophia I. Dimas, Sarah Tyler, Jessica F. Johnston, Timothy R. Anderton, Inese I. Ivans, Jordan M. Gerton, Benjamin C. Bromley & Scott J. Kenyon Spectroscopy Letters Published online: 05 Jul 2017 LINK…
Mineralogy and petrogenesis of lunar magnesian granulitic meteorite Northwest Africa 5744OPEN ACCESS
Kent, J. J., Brandon, A. D., Joy, K. H., Peslier, A. H., Lapen, T. J., Irving, A. J. and Coleff, D. M. Meteorit Planet Sci. doi:10.1111/maps.12898 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Lunar meteorite Northwest…
J-type carbon stars: A dominant source of 14N-rich presolar SiC grains of type ABOPEN ACCESS
Nan Liu, Thomas Stephan, Patrick Boehnke, Larry R. Nittler, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Jianhua Wang, Andrew M. Davis, Reto Trappitsch, Michael J. Pellin The Astrophysical Journal Letters PDF (OPEN ACCESS) updated: 22 July 2017 LINK…
The production rate of cosmogenic deuterium at the Moon’s surface
Evelyn Füri, Etienne Deloule, Reto Trappitsch Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 474, 15 September 2017, Pages 76–82 LINK “Highlights • The deuterium content of olivines from eight mare basalts is determined by SIMS. •…
Petrogenesis of Miller Range 07273, a new type of anomalous melt breccia: Implications for impact effects on the H chondrite asteroid.
Ruzicka, A. M., Hutson, M., Friedrich, J. M., Rivers, M. L., Weisberg, M. K., Ebel, D. S., Ziegler, K., Rumble, D. and Dolan, A. A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12901 LINK “Miller Range 07273…
Magnetite in Comet Wild 2: Evidence for parent body aqueous alterationOPEN ACCESS
Hicks, L. J., Macarthur, J. L., Bridges, J. C., Price, M. C., Wickham-Eade, J. E., Burchell, M. J., Hansford, G. M., Butterworth, A. L., Gurman, S. J., Baker, S. H. Meteorit Planet Sci. doi:10.1111/maps.12909 LINK…
Addibischoffite, Ca2Al6Al6O20, a new calcium aluminate mineral from the Acfer 214 CH carbonaceous chondrite: A new refractory phase from the solar nebula
Chi Ma, Alexander N.Krot, Kazuhide Nagashima American Mineralogist, v. 102, i. 7, p. 1556-1560, First Published on July 03, 2017, doi:10.2138/am-2017-6032 LINK “Addibischoffite (IMA 2015-006), Ca2Al6Al6O20, is a new calcium aluminate mineral that occurs with…
The preservation of the Agoudal impact crater, Morocco, under a landslide: Indication of a genetic link between shatter cones and meteorite fragments
Hassane Nachit, El Hassan Abia, Costanza Bonadiman, Mario Di Martino, Carmela Vaccaro Geomorphology, Volume 295, 15 October 2017, Pages 76-83 Review Article LINK “Geological studies and tomographic profiles of a locality nearby the Agoudal village…
Determination of the equilibrium fO2 in bulk samples of H, L, and LL ordinary chondrites by solid-state electrochemistry
Osadchii, V. O., Fedkin, M. V. and Osadchii, E. G. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12919 LINK “High-temperature solid-state electrochemistry techniques (EMF method) were used to measure the oxygen fugacity (fO2) of the ordinary chondrites…
Valence of Ti, V, and Cr in Apollo 14 aluminous basalts 14053 and 14072
Simon, S. B. and Sutton, S. R. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12908 LINK “The valences of Ti, V, and Cr in olivine and pyroxene, important indicators of the fO2 of the source region of…
Origin of water in the inner Solar System: planetesimals scattered inward during Jupiter and Saturn’s rapid gas accretionOPEN ACCESS
Sean N. Raymond, Andre Izidoro Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 30 June 2017 (updated 6 July 2017) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “Highlights • The water-rich bodies interior to Jupiter’s orbit – both the…
Complex origins of silicate veinlets in HED meteorites: A case study of Northwest Africa 1109
Pang, R.-L., Zhang, A.-C. and Wang, R.-C. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12920 LINK “We report on the petrography and mineralogy of three types of silicate veinlets in the brecciated eucrite Northwest Africa (NWA) 1109….
Triggering Collapse of the Presolar Dense Cloud Core and Injecting Short-Lived Radioisotopes with a Shock Wave. V. Nonisothermal Collapse RegimeOPEN ACCESS
Alan P. Boss accepted by ApJ PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Recent meteoritical analyses support an initial abundance of the short-lived radioisotope $^{60}$Fe that may be high enough to require nucleosynthesis in a core collapse supernova, followed…
Titanium Stable Isotopic Variations in Chondrites, Achondrites and Lunar Rocks
Nicolas D. Greber, Nicolas Dauphas, Igor S. Puchtel, Beda A. Hofmann, Nicholas T. Arndt Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 30 June 2017 LINK “Titanium isotopes are potential tracers of processes…
Cosmogenic He and Ne in chondrules from clastic matrix and a lithic clast of Murchison: No pre-irradiation by the early sun
My E.I. Riebe, Liliane Huber, Knut Metzler, Henner Busemann, Stefanie M. Luginbuehl, Matthias M.M. Meier, Colin Maden, Rainer Wieler Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 29 June 2017 LINK “Whether or…
Identification of PAH Isomeric Structure in Cosmic Dust Analogs: The AROMA Setup
Hassan Sabbah, Anthony Bonnamy, Dimitris Papanastasiou, Jose Cernicharo, Jose-Angel Martín-Gago, and Christine Joblin The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 843, Number 1 LINK “We developed a new analytical experimental setup called AROMA (Astrochemistry Research of Organics with…
Coordinated mineralogical and isotopic analyses of a cosmic symplectite discovered in a comet 81P/Wild 2 sample.
Nguyen, A. N., Berger, E. L., Nakamura-Messenger, K., Messenger, S. and Keller, L. P. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12905 LINK “We have discovered in a Stardust mission terminal particle a unique mineralogical assemblage of…
Geochemical and oxygen isotope perspective of a new R chondrite Dhofar 1671: Affinity with ordinary chondrites.
Ali, A., Nasir, S. J., Jabeen, I., Al Rawas, A., Banerjee, N. R. and Osinski, G. R. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12903 LINK “Dhofar 1671 is a relatively new meteorite that previous studies suggest…
3.1 Ga crystallization age for magnesian and ferroan gabbro lithologies in the Northwest Africa 773 clan of lunar meteorites
B.J. Shaulis, M. Righter, T.J. Lapen, B.L. Jolliff, A.J. Irving Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 28 June 2017 LINK “The Northwest Africa (NWA) 773 clan of meteorites is a group…
The future of Stardust scienceOPEN ACCESS
Westphal, A. J., Bridges, J. C., Brownlee, D. E., Butterworth, A. L., De Gregorio, B. T., Dominguez, G., Flynn, G. J., Gainsforth, Z., Ishii, H. A., Joswiak, D., Nittler, L. R., Ogliore, R. C., Palma,…
An experimental study of chondrule formation from chondritic precursors via evaporation and condensation in Knudsen cell: Shock heating model of dust aggregates
Naoya Imae, Hiroshi Isobe Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 27 June 2017 LINK “Highlights • Type I chondrules were reproduced via the Fe evaporation and Si condensation in the…
Apparent meteorite fall in the Al-Abbasiya region (منطقة العباسية), south of Kosti (كوستي), White Nile (النيل الأبيض), Sudan on 21 June 2017
The bolide’s detonation booms and flares were seen and heard by many witnesses in Kosti, Rabak, Jabalin and Kenana in the early morning (about 00:05 a.m. EAT (UTC+3) ?) of 21 June 2017. The first…
Meteorite fall in Broek in Waterland, Waterland, Netherlands, at 5.09.39 p.m. (4.09.39 p.m. UTC) on 11 January 2017
Last update: 3 August 2017 According to Naturalis Biodiversity Center’s press release from 26 June 2017 the meteorite (530 g, L6,S3,W0 ~ 9.1 x 8.7 x 5.6 (max.) cm) hit a barn in the residential…
Nucleosynthetic molybdenum isotope anomalies in iron meteorites – new evidence for thermal processing of solar nebula materialOPEN ACCESS
Graeme M. Poole, Mark Rehkämper, Barry J. Coles, Tatiana Goldberg, Caroline L. Smith Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 20 June 2017 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights •…
Improvement of the extraction method of faint signals in γ-activity measurements of meteorites⋆
D. Gardiol, D. Barghini, P. Colombetti, C. Taricco, S. Mancuso, S. Rubinetti, M. Di Martino The European Physical Journal Plus First Online:20 June 2017 DOI: 10.1140/epjp/i2017-11556-yJune 2017, 132:269 LINK “At the underground laboratory of Monte…
The role of phosphates for the Lu–Hf chronology of meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Vinciane Debaille, James Van Orman, Qing-Zhu Yin, Yuri Amelin Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 473, 1 September 2017, Pages 52-61 LINK “Highlights: • Preferential diffusion of Lu over Hf from phosphate can disturb Lu–Hf…
Rubidium isotopic composition of the Earth, meteorites, and the Moon: Evidence for the origin of volatile loss during planetary accretionOPEN ACCESS
Emily A. Pringle, Frédéric Moynier Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 473, 1 September 2017, Pages 62-70 LINK “Highlights • We measured high-precision stable Rb isotope ratios in terrestrial samples, chondrites, HED meteorites, and lunar…
Age of Jupiter inferred from the distinct genetics and formation times of meteorites
Thomas S. Kruijer, Christoph Burkhardt, Gerrit Budde, and Thorsten Kleine PNAS2017 ; published ahead of print June 12, 2017, doi:10.1073/pnas.1704461114 LINK “The age of Jupiter, the largest planet in our Solar System, is still unknown….
In situ 60Fe-60Ni Systematics of Chondrules from Unequilibrated Ordinary Chondrites
Myriam Telus, Gary R. Huss, Kazuhide Nagashima, Ryan C. Ogliore, Shogo Tachibana Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 12 June 2017 LINK “The initial 60Fe/56Fe ratio of chondrules from unequilibrated ordinary…
Paris vs. Murchison: Impact of hydrothermal alteration on organic matter in CM chondrites
V. Vinogradoff, C. Le Guillou, S. Bernard, L. Binet, P. Cartigny, A.J. Brearley, L. Remusat Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 12 June 2017 LINK “Unravelling the origin of organic compounds…
Refractory materials in comet samples.OPEN ACCESS
Joswiak, D. J., Brownlee, D. E., Nguyen, A. N., Messenger, S. Meteorit Planet Sci. doi:10.1111/maps.12877 LINK “Transmission electron microscope examination of more than 250 fragments, >1 μm from comet Wild 2 and a giant cluster…
Geochemistry of Martian basalts with constraints on magma genesis
Justin Filiberto Chemical Geology Volume 466, 5 September 2017, Pages 1-14 LINK “Highlights • Review of geochemistry of Martian basalts and formation conditions • Martian basalts are more chemically more diverse than represented by meteorites….
Iron Isotope Compositions of Achondritic Meteorites
Ray S. * Rai V. K. Hines R. Romaniello S. Wadhwa M. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6400] abstract (PDF) “Here, we report the iron isotope compositions of three ungrouped achondrites, North…
Northwest Africa 10463: A New Angrite Meteorite
Santos A. R. * Agee C. B. Bell A. S. Shearer C. K. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6313] abstract (PDF) “NWA 10463 is a new angrite meteorite with several interesting textural…
Petrology, Mineralogy and In Situ U-Pb Dating of Northwest Africa 11042
Wu Y. * Hsu W. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6190] abstract (PDF) “NWA 11042 was classified as a unique achondrite. Its mineralogy and petrology resemble those of martian meteorites, but the…
A METEORITE FRAGMENT TRAPPED BETWEEN POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SHATTER CONES IN A LIMESTONE BLOCK STORED AT THE METEORKRATER-MUSEUM STEINHEIM, GERMANY
E. Buchner, M. Hölzel, M. Schmieder, M. Rasser, J. Fietzke, M. Frische, S. Kutterolf 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 abstract “A metallic fragment on a shatter cone surface of a shattered limestone…
Primitive Achondrite Northwest Africa 11042: Melting of the L Chondrite Parent Body
Vaci Z. * Agee C. B. Ziegler K. Polyak V. J. Humayun M. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6161] abstract (PDF) “NWA 11042 is an igneous primitive achondrite whose oxygen isotopes plot…
Insights into CAI Formation from Nickel Isotopic Signatures
Render J. * Brennecka G. A. Wang S. J. Wasylenki L. E. Kleine T. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6327] abstract (PDF) “Refractory inclusions show isotopic variability in nickel, suggestive of a…
Andesitic-Dacitic Achondrite Northwest Africa 11119: Evidence for Extraterrestrial Silica-Rich Magmatism
Srinivasan P. * Agee C. B. McCubbin F. M. Ziegler K. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6129] abstract (PDF) “Petrologic and isotopic results for ungrouped achondrite Northwest Africa 11119 shows a possible…
Calcium and Titanium Isotope Systematics in Refractory Inclusions from CM, CO, and CR Chondrites
Kööp L. * Davis A. M. Krot A. N. Nagashima K. Simon S. B. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6280] abstract (PDF) “We studied a large number of CAIs from three different…
Reactions Along the Boundaries Between Plagioclase and Diopside of Ungrouped Achondrite Northwest Africa 7325
Yang J. * Lin Y. T. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6240] abstract (PDF) “In order to clarify the late-stage processes after the crystallization of NWA 7325, we analysed chemical compositions and…
Correlations Among MicroStructure, Morphology, Chemistry, and Isotopic Systematics of Hibonite in CM Chondrites
Han J. * Liu M.-C. Kööp L. Keller L. P. Davis A. M. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6380] abstract (PDF) ” We present TEM observations of CM hibonites to examine possible…
The Distinct Genetics of Carbonaceous and Non-Carbonaceous Meteorites Inferred from Molybdenum Isotopes
Budde G. * Burkhardt C. Kleine T. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6271] abstract (PDF) “Mo isotope systematics manifest a fundamental dichotomy in the genetic heritage of carbonaceous and non-carbonaceous meteorites. We…
A Case for Nebula Scale Mixing Between Non-Carbonaceous and Carbonaceous Chondrite Reservoirs: Testing the Grand Tack Model with Chromium Isotopic Composition of Almahata Sitta Stone 91A
Sanborn M. E. * Yin Q.-Z. Goodrich C. A. Zolensky M. Fioretti A. M. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6277] abstract (PDF) “We present new Cr isotopic composition results for Almahata Sitta…
A Breccia of Ureilitic and C2 Carbonaceous Chondrite Materials from Almahata Sitta: Implications for the Regolith of Ureilitic Asteroids
Goodrich C. A. * Fioretti A. M. Zolensky M. Fries M. Shaddad M. Kohl I. Young E. Jenniskens P. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6214] abstract (PDF) “We report the first sample…
