The effects of atmospheric entry heating on organic matter in interplanetary dust particlesOPEN ACCESS
E.I. Riebe, Dionysis I. Foustoukos, Conel M.O’D. Alexander, Andrew Steele, George D. Cody, Bjorn Mysen, Larry R. Nittler Submitted to Earth and Planetary Science Letters (EPSL) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Interplanetary dust particles (IDPs) were likely…
Primordial organic matter in the xenolithic clast in the Zag H chondrite: Possible relation to D/P asteroids
Yoko Kebukawa, Michael E. Zolensky, Motoo Ito, Nanako O. Ogawa, Yoshinori Takano, Naohiko Ohkouchi, Aiko Nakato, Hiroki Suga, Yasuo Takeichi, Yoshio Takahashi, Kensei Kobayashi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Available online 19 December 2019 LINK “Some…
Organics preserved in anhydrous interplanetary dust particles: Pristine or not?OPEN ACCESS
Queenie H. S. Chan, Ian A. Franchi, Xuchao Zhao, Alice Stephant, Ian P. Wright, Conel M. O’D. Alexander Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 19 November 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The chondritic‐porous…
Isotopic compositions, nitrogen functional chemistry, and low‐loss electron spectroscopy of complex organic aggregates at the nanometer scale in the carbonaceous chondrite RenazzoOPEN ACCESS
Christian Vollmer, Jan Leitner, Demie Kepaptsoglou, Quentin M. Ramasse, Henner Busemann, Peter Hoppe Meteoritics & Planetary Science First published: 10 October 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Organic matter (OM) was widespread in the…
Chemiosmotic energy for primitive cellular life: Proton gradients are generated across lipid membranes by redox reactions coupled to meteoritic quinonesOPEN ACCESS
Daniel Milshteyn, George Cooper & David Deamer Scientific Reports, volume 9, Article number: 12447 (2019) LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Transmembrane proton gradients coupled to, and maintained by, electron transport are ubiquitous sources of…
Origin of alkylphosphonic acids in the interstellar mediumOPEN ACCESS
Andrew M. Turner, Matthew J. Abplanalp, Alexandre Bergantini, Robert Frigge, Cheng Zhu, Bing-Jian Sun, Chun-Ta Hsiao, Agnes H. H. Chang Cornelia Meinert, and Ralf I. Kaiser Science Advances 07 Aug 2019: Vol. 5, no. 8,…
Molecular and isotopic behavior of Insoluble Organic Matter of the Orgueil meteorite upon heating
Laurent Remusat, Jean-Yves Bonnet, Sylvain Bernard, Arnaud Buch, Eric Quirico Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 16 July 2019 LINK “Organic matter contained in carbonaceous chondrites may have evolved due to…
Formation and delivery of complex organic molecules to the Solar System and early EarthOPEN ACCESS
Sun Kwok to be published as Chapter 4.2 in Handbook of Astrobiology, Vera Kolb (ed.), CRC Press, p. 165 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The late stages of stellar evolution from asymptotic giant branch stars to planetary…
Atmospheric entry heating of micrometeorites at Earth and Mars: Implications for the survival of organics
Aaron P. Wilson, Matthew J. Genge, Agata M. Krzesińska, Andrew G. Tomkins Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 15 July 2019 LINK “The atmospheric entry heating of micrometeorites (MMs) can significantly alter their pre‐existing mineralogy,…
The evolution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons under simulated inner asteroid conditionsOPEN ACCESS
Claudia‐Corina Giese, Inge Loes, Ten Kate, Oliver Plümper, Helen E. King, Christoph Lenting, Yang Liu, Alexander G. G. M. Tielens Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 14 July 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Organometallic compounds as carriers of extraterrestrial cyanide in primitive meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Karen E. Smith, Christopher H. House, Ricardo D. Arevalo Jr., Jason P. Dworkin & Michael P. Callahan Nature Communications 10, 1–7 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Extraterrestrial delivery of cyanide may have been crucial…
Prebiotic Sugar Formation Under Nonaqueous Conditions and Mechanochemical AccelerationOPEN ACCESS
Saskia Lamour, Sebastian Pallmann, Maren Haas and Oliver Trapp Life 2019, 9(2), 52; https://doi.org/10.3390/life9020052 Published: 20 June 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (download) “Monosaccharides represent one of the major building blocks of life. One of…
Methodologies for Analyzing Soluble Organic Compounds in Extraterrestrial Samples: Amino Acids, Amines, Monocarboxylic Acids, Aldehydes, and KetonesOPEN ACCESS
Danielle N. Simkus, José C. Aponte, Jamie E. Elsila, Eric T. Parker, Daniel P. Glavin and Jason P. Dworkin Life 2019, 9 (2), 47 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (DOWNLOAD) “Soluble organic compositions of extraterrestrial samples…
Data-Driven UPLC-Orbitrap MS Analysis in AstrochemistryOPEN ACCESS
Alexander Ruf, Pauline Poinot, Claude Geffroy, Louis Le Sergeant d’Hendecourt and Gregoire Danger Life 2019, 9 (2), 35 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (DOWNLOAD) “Meteorites have been found to be rich and highly diverse in organic…
Profiling Murchison Soluble Organic Matter for New Organic Compounds with APPI- and ESI-FT-ICR MSOPEN ACCESS
Jasmine Hertzog, Hiroshi Naraoka and Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin Life 2019, 9 (2), 48 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (DOWNLOAD) “The investigation of the abundant organic matter in primitive meteorite such as carbonaceous chondrites is of major interest…
A Mineralogical Context for the Organic Matter in the Paris Meteorite Determined by A Multi-Technique AnalysisOPEN ACCESS
Manale Noun, Donia Baklouti,, Rosario Brunetto , Ferenc Borondics, Thomas Calligaro, Zélia Dionnet, Louis Le Sergeant d’Hendecourt, Bilal Nsouli, Isabelle Ribaud, Mohamad Roumie and Serge Della-Negra Life 2019, 9 (2), 44 Published: 30 May 2019…
Comparison of FT‐IR spectra of bulk and acid insoluble organic matter in chondritic meteorites: An implication for missing carbon during demineralization
Yoko Kebukawa, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, George D. Cody Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 8 May 2019 LINK “Past studies of the various separable carbonaceous fractions have been unable to account for all of…
Indigenous Organic‐Oxidized Fluid Interactions in the Tissint Mars MeteoriteOPEN ACCESS
Elizabeth A. Jaramillo, Samuel H. Royle, Mark W. Claire, Samuel P. Kounaves, Mark A. Sephton Geographical Research Letters, 46 First published: 07 March 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The observed fall and rapid…
A novel organic-rich meteoritic clast from the outer solar systemOPEN ACCESS
Yoko Kebukawa, Motoo Ito, Michael E. Zolensky, Richard C. Greenwood, Zia Rahman, Hiroki Suga, Aiko Nakato, Queenie H. S. Chan, Marc Fries, Yasuo Takeichi, Yoshio Takahashi, Kazuhiko Mase & Kensei Kobayashi Scientific Reports 9, 1–8…
Interstellar ices: a possible scenario for symmetry breaking of extraterrestrial chiral organic molecules of prebiotic interestOPEN ACCESS
Louis D’hendecourt, Paola Modica (LPC2E), Cornelia Meinert (ICN), Laurent Nahon (SSOLEIL), Uwe Meierhenrich (LCMBA) Journal of Interdisciplinary Methodologies and Issues in Science, 2019 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “In the laboratory, the photo-and thermochemical evolution of ices,…
Nanoscale infrared imaging analysis of carbonaceous chondrites to understand organic-mineral interactions during aqueous alteration
Yoko Kebukawa, Hanae Kobayashi, Norio Urayama, Naoki Baden, Masashi Kondo, Michael E. Zolensky, and Kensei Kobayashi PNAS January 15, 2019 116 (3) 753-758 published ahead of print January 2, 2019 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1816265116 LINK “Spatial relationships between…
Deoxyribose and deoxysugar derivatives from photoprocessed astrophysical ice analogues and comparison to meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Michel Nuevo, George Cooper & Scott A. Sandford Nature Communications 9, 1–10 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Sugars and their derivatives are essential to all terrestrial life. Their presence in meteorites, together with amino…
High‐mass resolution molecular imaging of organic compounds on the surface of Murchison meteorite
Minako Hashiguchi, Hiroshi Naraoka Meteorit Planet Sci. . doi:10.1111/maps.13211 LINK “High‐resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) imaging by desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) coupled with Orbitrap MS using methanol (MeOH) spray was performed on a fragment of the…
Probing molecular and isotopic features of meteoritic insoluble organic matter by solid‐state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy with sub‐milligram sample
M. K. Pandey, Y. Nishiyama, P. Tekely Meteorit Planet Sci. . doi:10.1111/maps.13209 LINK “We recorded one‐ and two‐dimensional solid‐state nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of meteoric insoluble organic matter with unprecedented sensitivity and resolution permitting us…
Hydrogen isotopic composition of water in CV-type carbonaceous chondritesOPEN ACCESS
Laurette Piani, Yves Marrocchi Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 504, 15 December 2018, Pages 64-71 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF “Highlights • In situ measurements by ion probe reveals the D/H ratio of water in…
Meteoritic Abundances of Fatty Acids and Potential Reaction Pathways in PlanetesimalsOPEN ACCESS
James C.-Y. Lai, Ben K. D. Pearce, Ralph E. Pudritz, Drake Lee accepted for publication in Icarus PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The origin of fatty acids on the prebiotic Earth is important as they likely formed…
The Amino Acid Distribution in Laboratory Analogs of Extraterrestrial Organic Matter: A Comparison to CM Chondrites
P. Modica, Z. Martins, C. Meinert, B. Zanda, and L. L. S. d’Hendecourt The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 865, Number 1 LINK “Laboratory experiments that simulate the photo- and thermo-chemistry of extraterrestrial ices always lead to…
Temperature constraints by Raman spectroscopy of organic matter in volatile-rich clasts and carbonaceous chondrites
Robbin Visser, Timm John, Martina Menneken, Markus Patzek, Addi Bischoff Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 1 September 2018 LINK “An important question regarding the formation of the solar system is…
Insights into the origin of carbonaceous chondrite organics from their triple oxygen isotope composition
Romain Tartèse, Marc Chaussidon, Andrey Gurenko, Frédéric Delarue, and François Robert PNAS August 6, 2018. 201808101; published ahead of print August 6, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1808101115 LINK Significance “Refractory organic matter found in volatile-rich asteroidal materials essentially…
Organic and mineralogic heterogeneity of the Paris meteorite followed by FTIR hyperspectral imaging
Z. Dionnet, A. Aleon‐Toppani, D. Baklouti, F. Borondics, F. Brisset, Z. Djouadi, C. Sandt, R. Brunetto LINK Meteorit Planet Sci. . doi:10.1111/maps.13178 “Significant compositional and structural heterogeneity at nm to mm scales is an important…
The soluble organic compounds of the Mukundpura meteorite: A new CM chondrite fall
Sandra Pizzarello, Christopher T. Yarnes Planetary and Space Science Available online 2 July 2018 LINK “Highlights • The first analyses of water-soluble organic content of the MK meteorite are presented and MK composition appears to…
Chiral molecules in space and their possible passage to planetary bodies recorded by meteorites
Sandra Pizzarello, Christopher T. Yarnes Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 496, 15 August 2018, Pages 198–205 LINK “Highlights • Murchison extracts were found to contain two close derivatives of Propylene Oxide. • Both are…
Amino Acid Chiral Selection Via Weak Interactions in Stellar Environments: Implications for the Origin of LifeOPEN ACCESS
Michael A. Famiano, Richard N. Boyd, Toshitaka Kajino, Takashi Onaka & Yirong Mo Scientific Reportsvolume 8, Article number: 8833 (2018) LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Magnetochiral phenomena may be responsible for the selection of…
Thermal Stress-Marker in Meteorites; A Molecular Approach with (Ultra)High Resolution Organic Spectroscopy
Schmitt-Kopplin Ph., Ruf A., Hertkorn N., Hariri M., Kanawati B., Lucio M., Quirico E., Gabelica Z. 81st Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society 2018 [#6281] abstract “We observed a complex organic chemistry in the CHNOSMg-space…
High-temperature Ionization-induced Synthesis of Biologically Relevant Molecules in the Protosolar NebulaOPEN ACCESS
David V. Bekaert, Sylvie Derenne, Laurent Tissandier, Yves Marrocchi, Sebastien Charnoz, Christelle Anquetil, and Bernard Marty The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 859, Number 2 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Biologically relevant molecules (hereafter biomolecules) have…
Indigenous Amino Acids in Iron Meteorites
J. E. Elsila, J. P. Dworkin, D. P. Glavin, N. M. Johnson 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2018), Abstract #1520 abstract
Hydrothermal evolution of the morphology, molecular composition, and distribution of organic matter in CR (Renazzo-type) chondrites
Changela, H. G., Le Guillou, C., Bernard, S. and Brearley, A. J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.13045 LINK “The morphology, molecular composition, and distribution of organic matter (OM) were investigated in a suite of…
Organic matter in extraterrestrial water-bearing salt crystalsOPEN ACCESS
Queenie H. S. Chan, Michael E. Zolensky, Yoko Kebukawa, Marc Fries, Motoo Ito, Andrew Steele, Zia Rahman, Aiko Nakato, A. L. David Kilcoyne, Hiroki Suga, Yoshio Takahashi, Yasuo Takeichi and Kazuhiko Mase Science Advances 10…
Evolution of interstellar organic compounds under asteroidal hydrothermal conditions
V. Vinogradoff, S. Bernard, C. Le Guillou, L. Remusat Icarus Available online 12 December 2017 LINK “Carbonaceous chondrites (CC) contain a diversity of organic compounds. No definitive evidence for a genetic relationship between these complex…
Theoretical analysis of the atmospheric entry of sub-mm meteoroids of MgxCa1−xCO3 composition
G. Micca Longo, S. Longo Icarus Available online 9 December 2017 LINK “Highlights • This paper is the first study of the atmospheric entry of grains made of mixed carbonatic composition. • Such compositions have…
Dome C UltraCarbonaceous Antarctic MicroMeteorites Infrared and Raman fingerprintsOPEN ACCESS
E. Dartois, C. Engrand, J. Duprat, M. Godard, E. Charon, L. Delauche, C. Sandt, F. Borondics PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “UltraCarbonaceous Antarctic MicroMeteorites (UCAMMs) represent a small fraction of interplanetary dust particles reaching the Earth’s surface…
Distribution of aliphatic amines in CO, CV, and CK carbonaceous chondrites and relation to mineralogy and processing history
Aponte, J. C., Abreu, N. M., Glavin, D. P., Dworkin, J. P. and Elsila, J. E. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12959 LINK “The analysis of water-soluble organic compounds in meteorites provides valuable insights into…
Molecular Evolution of N-Containing Cyclic Compounds in the Parent Body of the Murchison Meteorite
Hiroshi Naraoka, Yohei Yamashita, Mihoko Yamaguchi, François-Régis Orthous-Daunay ACS Earth Space Chem., Article ASAP DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.7b00058 Publication Date (Web): August 14, 2017 LINK “Primitive meteorites contain various classes of organic compounds. Because the molecular distribution…
Origin of the RNA world: The fate of nucleobases in warm little ponds
Ben K. D. Pearce, Ralph E. Pudritz, Dmitry A. Semenov, and Thomas K. Henning 10.1073/pnas.1710339114 PNAS October 2, 2017 LINK “Before the origin of simple cellular life, the building blocks of RNA (nucleotides) had to…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
Nanoscale Imaging Analysis of Organic-Mineral Association in the Murchison Meteorite by NanoIR
Kebukawa Y. * Kobayashi H. Baden N. Urayama N. Kobayashi K. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6093] abstract (PDF) “We demonstrate infrared imaging analysis of a carbonaceous chondrite with less than 100…
Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopy of Deuterium-Rich Organic Matter in the CM Chondrite Queen Alexandra Range 97990
Haenecour P. * Zega T. J. Bose M. Howe J. Y. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6138] abstract (PDF) “We report electron energy-loss spectroscopy measurements of a D-rich hotspot identified in the…
Correlated Deuterium and Nitrogen Isotopic Enrichments in Meteoritic Organic Matter
Bose M. * Zega T. J. Haenecour P. Domanik K. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6033] abstract (PDF) “Two hotspots with correlated N and H isotopic anomalies, as well as two C-rich…
Comparative Microanalytical Study of Solid Organic Material in the CR2 Grove Mountain 021710 and the Ungrouped Carbonaceous Chondrite Ningqiang
Changela H. G. * Zhao X. Miao B. Xia Z. Lin Y. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6212] abstract (PDF) “Organic material has been characterized in situ using traditional polished thin sections…
A Hypothesis to Explain the Presence of Amino Acids in the Tagish Lake Meteorite
Bassez M. P. * 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6035] abstract (PDF) “The Tagish Lake meteorite contains organic matter abiotically synthesized. An explanation is proposed on the basis of thermodynamic calculations and…
Microanalytical Investigation of Fine-Grained Matrix Material in Elephant Moraine 92042: Effects of Parent Body Processing on Primitive Components
Koch I. Floss C. * 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6013] abstract (PDF) “Aqueous alteration has affected presolar silicate abundances in the CR chondrite EET 92042 and has resulted in elemental changes…
A new family of extraterrestrial amino acids in the Murchison meteoriteOPEN ACCESS
Toshiki Koga & Hiroshi Naraoka Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 636 (2017) doi:10.1038/s41598-017-00693-9 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “The occurrence of extraterrestrial organic compounds is a key for understanding prebiotic organic synthesis in the universe. In particular,…
One-pot synthesis of amino acid precursors with insoluble organic matter in planetesimals with aqueous activityOPEN ACCESS
By Yoko Kebukawa, Queenie H. S. Chan, Shogo Tachibana, Kensei Kobayashi, Michael E. Zolensky Science Advances 17 Mar 2017: Vol. 3, no. 3, e1602093 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1602093 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The exogenous delivery…
Evolution of Morphological and Physical Properties of Laboratory Interstellar Organic Residues with Ultraviolet IrradiationOPEN ACCESS
L. Piani, S. Tachibana, T. Hama, H. Tanaka, Y. Endo, I. Sugawara, L. Dessimoulie, Y. Kimura, A. Miyake, J. Matsuno, A. Tsuchiyama, K. Fujita, S. Nakatsubo, H. Fukushi, S. Mori, T. Chigai, H. Yurimoto, and…
Localized aliphatic organic material on the surface of Ceres
By M. C. De Sanctis, E. Ammannito, H. Y. McSween, A. Raponi, S. Marchi, F. Capaccioni, M. T. Capria, F. G. Carrozzo, M. Ciarniello, S. Fonte, M. Formisano, A. Frigeri, M. Giardino, A. Longobardo, G….
A divergent heritage for complex organics in Isheyevo lithic clastsOPEN ACCESS
Elishevah M.M.E. van Kooten, Kazuhide Nagashima, Takeshi Kasama, Susanne Wampfler, Jon P. Ramsey, Søren Frimann, Zoltan I. Balogh, Martin Schiller, Daniel P. Wielandt, Ian A. Franchi, Jes K. Jørgensen, Alexander N. Krot, Martin Bizzarro Geochimica…
The nature, origin and modification of insoluble organic matter in chondrites, the major source of Earth’s C and N
C.M.O’D. Alexander, G.D. Cody, B.T. De Gregorio, L.R. Nittler, R.M. Stroud Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry review article In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 26 January 2017 LINK “All chondrites accreted ∼3.5 wt.% C in…
The key role of meteorites in the formation of relevant prebiotic molecules in a formamide/water environmentOPEN ACCESS
Luca Rotelli, Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez, Carles E. Moyano-Cambero, Eleonora Carota, Lorenzo Botta, Ernesto Di Mauro & Raffaele Saladino Scientific Reports 6, Article number: 38888 (2016) doi:10.1038/srep38888 Published online: 13 December 2016 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF…
Meteorites and the RNA World: A Thermodynamic Model of Nucleobase Synthesis within PlanetesimalsOPEN ACCESS
Pearce Ben K. D. and Pudritz Ralph E. Astrobiology November 2016, 16(11): 853-872. doi:10.1089/ast.2015.1451. Online Ahead of Print: November 9, 2016 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “The possible meteorite parent body origin of Earth’s pregenetic nucleobases…
Photo and thermochemical evolution of astrophysical ice analogs as a source for soluble and insoluble organic materials in Solar System minor bodies
Pierre de Marcellus, Aurelien Fresneau, Rosario Brunetto, Gregoire Danger, Fabrice Duvernay, Cornelia Meinert, Uwe J. Meierhenrich, Ferenc Borondics, Thierry Chiavassa, and Louis Le Sergeant d’Hendecourt MNRAS doi:10.1093/mnras/stw2292 First published online September 12, 2016 LINK “Soluble…
High-molecular-weight organic matter in the particles of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
Nicolas Fray, Anaïs Bardyn, Hervé Cottin, Kathrin Altwegg, Donia Baklouti, Christelle Briois, Luigi Colangeli, Cécile Engrand, Henning Fischer, Albrecht Glasmachers, Eberhard Grün, Gerhard Haerendel, Hartmut Henkel, Herwig Höfner, Klaus Hornung, Elmar K. Jessberger, Andreas Koch,…
Magnetite plaquettes are naturally asymmetric materials in meteorites
Queenie H.S.Chan, Michael E.Zolensky, James E.Martinez, AkiraTsuchiyama, AkiraMiyake American Mineralogist, v. 101, i. 9, p. 2041-2050, First Published on September 01, 2016, doi:10.2138/am-2016-5604 LINK “Life on Earth shows preference toward the set of organics with…
Irradiation of nitrogen-rich ices by swift heavy ions – Clues for the formation of ultracarbonaceous micrometeorites
B. Augé, E. Dartois, C. Engrand, J. Duprat, M. Godard, L. Delauche, N. Bardin, C. Mejía, R. Martinez, G. Muniz. A. Domaracka, P. Boduch and H. Rothard A&A Volume 592, August 2016 , A99 Published…
Excess of L-alanine in amino acids synthesized in a plasma torch generated by a hypervelocity meteorite impact reproduced in the laboratory
George G. Managadze, Michael H. Engel, Stephanie Getty, Peter Wurz, William B. Brinckerhoff, Anatoly G. Shokolov, Gennady V. Sholin, Sergey A. Terent’ev, Alexander E. Chumikov, Alexander S. Skalkin, Vladimir D. Blank, Vyacheslav M. Prokhorov, Nina…
Aliphatic Amines in Antarctic CR2, CM2, and CM1/2 Carbonaceous Chondrites
José C. Aponte, Hannah L. McLain, Jason P. Dworkin, Jamie E. Elsila Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 18 June 2016 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2016.06.018 LINK “Meteoritic water-soluble organic compounds provide a unique record…
Extended In-Situ Search of Amino Acids in the Murchison Meteorite
Henkel T. * Lyon I. C. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6437 LINK
Ultrahigh-Resolving Analytics in Meteoritic Soluble Organic Matter
Ruf A. R. Hertkorn N. H. Harir M. H. Kanawati B. K. Lucio M. L. Quirico E. Q. Gabelica Z. G. Gougeon R. G. Schmitt-Kopplin P. S.-K. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016)…
Effects of Short-Term Thermal Alteration on Organic Matter in Experimentally-Heated Tagish Lake Observed by Raman Spectroscopy
Chan Q. H. S. * Nakato A. Zolensky M. E. Nakamura T. Kebukawa Y. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6188 LINK
Enantiomer excesses of rare and common sugar derivatives in carbonaceous meteorites
George Cooper and Andro C. Rios PNAS2016 ; published ahead of print May 31, 2016, doi:10.1073/pnas.1603030113 LINK “Significance The majority of biological sugars and their derivatives contain higher abundances of the “d” mirror-image forms relative…
Prebiotic chemicals—amino acid and phosphorus—in the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Kathrin Altwegg, Hans Balsiger, Akiva Bar-Nun, Jean-Jacques Berthelier, Andre Bieler, Peter Bochsler, Christelle Briois, Ursina Calmonte, Michael R. Combi, Hervé Cottin, Johan De Keyser, Frederik Dhooghe, Bjorn Fiethe, Stephen A. Fuselier, Sébastien Gasc, Tamas I….
Influence of mineralogy on the preservation of amino acids under simulated Mars conditionsOPEN ACCESS
Renato dos Santos, Manish Patel, Javier Cuadros, Zita Martins Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 27 May 2016 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “The detection of organic molecules associated with life on Mars is one of…
Molecular Asymmetry in Prebiotic Chemistry: An Account from MeteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Sandra Pizzarello Life2016, 6(2), 18; doi:10.3390/life6020018 Published: 13 April 2016 (This article belongs to the Special Issue The Emergence of Life: From Chemical Origins to Synthetic Biology) PDF (open access) abstract “Carbonaceous Chondrite (CC) meteorites…
Peculiarities in the formation of complex organic compounds in a nitrogen–methane atmosphere during hypervelocity impacts
M. A. Zaitsev , M. V. Gerasimov, E. N. Safonova, A. S. Vasiljeva Solar System Research March 2016, Volume 50, Issue 2, pp 113-129 First online: 12 April 2016 LINK “Results of the experiments on…
Formation and Recondensation of Complex Organic Molecules during Protostellar Luminosity Outbursts
Vianney Taquet, Eva S. Wirström, and Steven B. Charnley The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 821, Number 1 LINK “During the formation of stars, the accretion of surrounding material toward the central object is thought to undergo…
Ribose and related sugars from ultraviolet irradiation of interstellar ice analogs
Cornelia Meinert, Iuliia Myrgorodska, Pierre de Marcellus, Thomas Buhse, Laurent Nahon, Søren V. Hoffmann, Louis Le Sergeant d’Hendecourt, Uwe J. Meierhenrich Science 08 Apr 2016: Vol. 352, Issue 6282, pp. 208-212 DOI: 10.1126/science.aad8137 LINK “Ribose…
Identification and Discrimination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Using Raman Spectroscopy
Edward Cloutis, Paul Szymanski, Daniel Applin, Douglas Goltz Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 4 April 2016 LINK “Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are widely present throughout the solar system and beyond. They have been…
The Role of Ultrahigh Resolution Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry (FT-MS) in Astrobiology-Related Research: Analysis of Meteorites and TholinsOPEN ACCESS
Árpád Somogyi, Roland Thissen, Francois-Régis Orthous-Daunay, Véronique Vuitton Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2016, 17(4), 439; doi:10.3390/ijms17040439 PDF (open access) abstract “It is an important but also a challenging analytical problem to understand the chemical composition…
Cold curation of pristine astromaterials: Insights from the Tagish Lake meteorite
Christopher D. K. Herd, Robert W. Hilts, Aaron W. Skelhorne and Danielle N. Simkus Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12603 Article first published online: 7 MAR 2016 LINK “The curation and handling of volatile-bearing astromaterials…
Associations of organic matter with minerals in Tagish Lake meteorite via high spatial resolution synchrotron-based FTIR microspectroscopy.
Yesiltas, M. and Kebukawa, Y. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12609 LINK “We have investigated spatial and spectral associations between mineral species and organic matter in the Tagish Lake meteorite. Synchrotron-based infrared microspectroscopy allowed us…
Exploring the Origins of Deuterium Enrichments in Solar Nebular Organics
L. Ilsedore Cleeves, Edwin A. Bergin, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Fujun Du, Dawn Graninger, Karin I. Öberg, and Tim J. Harries Astrophysical Journal, Volume 819, Number 1 Published 2016 February 23 LINK “Deuterium-to-hydrogen (D/H) enrichments…
Hydrogen Isotopic Evolution of Water and Organic Compounds on Chondritic Asteroids
L. Piani, L. Remusat, F. Robert, H. Yurimoto 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1707 PDF
Possible Relationship Between Organic Abundance and Aqueous Alteration of CM2 Carbonaceous Chondrites
M. P. Callahan 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1691 PDF
Effect of a synchrotron X-ray microtomography imaging experiment on the amino acid content of a CM chondrite.
Friedrich, J. M., Glavin, D. P., Rivers, M. L. and Dworkin, J. P. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12595 Article first published online: 8 JAN 2016 LINK
Thermal recalcitrance of the organic D-rich component of ordinary chondrites
L. Remusat, L. Piani, S. Bernard Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 435 Available online 29 December 2015 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.12.009 LINK “Carbonaceous and ordinary chondrites (CCs and OCs) contain insoluble organic matter (IOM) with large D-excess…
Low Temperature Formation of Nitrogen-substituted Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PANHs)- Barrierless Routes to Dihydro(iso)quinolines
Dorian S. N. Parker, Tao Yang, Beni B. Dangi, Ralf. I. Kaiser, Partha P. Bera, and Timothy J. Lee The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 815, Number 2 Published 2015 December 16 LINK “Meteorites contain bio-relevant molecules…
The UV signature of carbon in the solar system.
Hendrix, A. R., Vilas, F. and Li, J.-Y. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12575 LINK “Carbon compounds are ubiquitous in the solar system but are challenging to study using remote sensing due to the mostly…
Simulating the formation of carbon-rich molecules on an idealized graphitic surface
David W. Marshall and H. R. Sadeghpour MNRAS (January 21, 2016) 455 (3): 2889-2900. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stv2524 First published online November 25, 2015 LINK “There is accumulating evidence for the presence of complex molecules, including carbon-bearing…
Simulating the Formation of Carbon-rich Molecules on an idealised Graphitic Surface
David W. Marshall, H. R. Sadeghpour the manuscript has been submitted to MNRAS for publication PDF (full text) abstract “There is accumulating evidence for the presence of complex molecules, including carbon-bearing and organic molecules, in…
The deuterium/hydrogen distribution in chondritic organic matter attests to early ionizing irradiation
Boris Laurent, Mathieu Roskosz, Laurent Remusat, François Robert, Hugues Leroux, Hervé Vezin, Christophe Depecker, Nicolas Nuns, Jean-Marc Lefebvre Nature Communications 6, Article number: 8567 doi:10.1038/ncomms9567 LINK (full text) “Primitive carbonaceous chondrites contain a large array…
Volatile snowlines in embedded disks around low-mass protostars
D. Harsono, S. Bruderer and E. F. van Dishoeck A&A, Volume 582, October 2015 Published online: 02 October 2015 LINK
Multiple Cosmic Sources for Meteorite Macromolecules?
Sephton MA, Watson JS, Meredith W, Love GD, Gilmour I, Snape CE. Astrobiology. 2015 Oct;15(10):779-86. doi: 10.1089/ast.2015.1331. Epub 2015 Sep 29. PDF (full text) “The major organic component in carbonaceous meteorites is an organic macromolecular…
Understanding the organo-carbonate associations in carbonaceous chondrites with the use of micro-Raman analysis
Q. H. S. Chan and M. E. Zolensky EPSC Abstracts Vol. 10, EPSC2015-257, 2015 European Planetary Science Congress 2015 PDF “Carbonates can potentially provide sites for organic materials to accrue and develop into complex macromolecules….
Organic and inorganic correlations for Northwest Africa 852 by synchrotron-based Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy
Yesiltas, M., Peale, R. E., Unger, M., Sedlmair, J. and Hirschmugl, C. J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12498 Article first published online: 21 SEP 2015 LINK “Relationships between organic molecules and inorganic minerals are…
Indigenous aliphatic amines in the aqueously altered Orgueil meteorite.
Aponte, J. C., Dworkin, J. P. and Elsila, J. E. (2015), Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12507 Article first published online: 8 SEP 2015 LINK “The CI1 Orgueil meteorite is a highly aqueously altered carbonaceous…
Toward an experimental synthesis of the chondritic insoluble organic matter
Biron, K., Derenne, S., Robert, F. and Rouzaud, J.-N. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12477 LINK
Hydrogen and carbon isotopic ratios of polycyclic aromatic compounds in two CM2 carbonaceous chondrites and implications for prebiotic organic synthesis
Yongsong Huang, José C. Aponte, Jiaju Zhao, Rafael Tarozo, Christian Hallmann Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 426, 15 September 2015, Pages 101–108 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.06.027 LINK
Nature’s Starships II: Simulating the Synthesis of Amino Acids in Meteorite Parent Bodies
Alyssa K. Cobb, Ralph E. Pudritz, Ben K. D. Pearce Accepted for publication in ApJ arXiv:1506.06740 PDF LINK abstract Carbonaceous chondrite meteorites are known for having high water and organic material contents, including amino acids….
The Insoluble Organic Matter of the Paris CM Chondrite
Vinogradoff V., Remusat L., Bernard S., Le Guillou C. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015) Berkeley, USA July 27-31 2015 PDF (abstract)
Synthesis of refractory organic matter in the ionized gas phase of the solar nebula
Maïa Kuga, Bernard Marty, Yves Marrocchi, and Laurent Tissandier PNAS2015 ; published ahead of print May 26, 2015, doi:10.1073/pnas.1502796112 PDF (full text) abstract
Non-Target Analysis of Murchison Soluble Organic Matter by High-Field NMR Spectroscopy and FTICR Mass Spectrometry
Hertkorn N, Harir M & Schmitt-Kopplin P Goldschmidt 2015, Prague, 16-21 August 2015 PDF (abstract)
Organic Matter Evolution on Asteroids: New Clues from Paris
Remusat L, Vinogradoff V, Le Guillou C & Bernard S Goldschmidt 2015, Prague, 16-21 August 2015 PDF (abstract)
Seeding the Pregenetic Earth: Meteoritic Abundances of Nucleobases and Potential Reaction Pathways
Ben K. D. Pearce, Ralph E. Pudritz accepted for publication in ApJ PDF (full text) LINK
Comprehensive study of carbon and oxygen isotopic compositions, trace element abundances, and cathodoluminescence intensities of calcite in the Murchison CM chondrite
Wataru Fujiya, Naoji Sugiura, Yves Marrocchi, Naoto Takahata, Peter Hoppe, Kotaro Shirai, Yuji Sano, Hajime Hiyagon Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.04.010 in Press, available online 13 April 2015 LINK
The comet-like composition of a protoplanetary disk as revealed by complex cyanides
Karin I. Öberg, Viviana V. Guzmán, Kenji Furuya, Chunhua Qi, Yuri Aikawa, Sean M. Andrews, Ryan Loomis & David J. Wilner Nature 520, 198–201 (09 April 2015) | doi:10.1038/nature14276 LINK
Organic molecules in the Sheepbed Mudstone, Gale Crater, Mars
C. Freissinet, D. P. Glavin, P. R. Mahaffy, K. E. Miller, J. L. Eigenbrode, R. E. Summons, A. E. Brunner, A. Buch, C. Szopa, P. D. Archer Jr, H. B. Franz, S. K. Atreya, W….
Morphological Study of Insoluble Organic Matter from Carbonaceous Chondrites: Correlation with Petrologic Grade
Hitesh G. Changela, George D. Cody, Conel M.O’D. Alexander, Z Peeters, Larry R. Nittler, Rhonda M. Stroud Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta available online 16 February 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.02.007
A micro-Raman and infrared study of several Hayabusa category 3 (organic) particles
Fumio Kitajima, Masayuki Uesugi, Yuzuru Karouji, Yukihiro Ishibashi, Toru Yada, Hiroshi Naraoka, Masanao Abe, Akio Fujimura, Motoo Ito, Hikaru Yabuta, Hajime Mita, Yoshinori Takano, Tatsuaki Okada Earth, Planets and Space 2015, 67:20 (11 February 2015)…
The Vital Roles of Water and Organics in the Early Solar System
C. M. O’D. Alexander 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2744 PDF LINK
Complex organic molecules in protostellar environments in the SKA era
C. Codella, L. Podio, F. Fontani, I. Jiménez-Serra, P. Caselli, C. Ceccarelli, M.E. Palumbo, A. López-Sepulcre, M.T. Beltrán, B. Lefloch, J.R. Brucato, S. Viti, L. Testi PDF LINK LINK
Thermally Induced Chemistry of Meteoritic Complex Organic Molecules: A New Heat-Diffusion Model for the Atmospheric Entry of Meteorites
Christopher N. Shingledecker submitted on 16 Dec 2014 arXiv:1412.5134v1 PDF LINK LINK
X-ray absorption near edge structure spectroscopic study of Hayabusa category 3 carbonaceous particles
Hikaru Yabuta, Masayuki Uesugi, Hiroshi Naraoka, Motoo Ito, A L David Kilcoyne, Scott A Sandford, Fumio Kitajima, Hajime Mita, Yoshinori Takano, Toru Yada, Yuzuru Karouji, Yukihiro Ishibashi, Tatsuaki Okada, Masanao Abe Earth, Planets and Space…
Importance of water and organics in the early Solar System: From interstellar inheritance to planet formation
Conel M.O’D. Alexander (DTM, Carnegie Institution of Washington) PDF LINK
Challenging analyses of organic content in Saharan carbonaceous chondrites
Yutaro Osawa (Kyushu University), Sandra Pizzarello (Arizona State University) PDF LINK
Formation of analogs of cometary nitrogen-rich refractory organics from thermal degradation of tholin and hcn polymer
Jean-Yves Bonnet, Eric Quirico, Arnaud Buch, Roland Thissen, Cyril Szopa, Nathalie Carrasco, Guy Cernogora, Nicolas Fray, Hervé Cottin, Lena Le Roy, Gilles Montagnac, Emmanuel Dartois, Rosario Brunetto, Cécile Engrand, Jean Duprat Icarus, available online 27…
NanoSIMS analysis of organic carbon from the Tissint Martian meteorite: Evidence for the past existence of subsurface organic-bearing fluids on Mars
Lin, Y., El Goresy, A., Hu, S., Zhang, J., Gillet, P., Xu, Y., Hao, J., Miyahara, M., Ouyang, Z., Ohtani, E., Xu, L., Yang, W., Feng, L., Zhao, X., Yang, J. and Ozawa, S. (2014)…
The Nitrogen Isotopic Composition of Meteoritic HCN
Sandra Pizzarello The Astrophysical Journal Letters ApJ 796 L25. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/796/2/L25 published 17 November 2014. LINK
A kinetic study of the formation of organic solids from formaldehyde: Implications for the origin of extraterrestrial organic solids in primitive solar system objects
Yoko Kebukawa, George D. Cody Icarus available online 15 November 2014 LINK
Chloromethane release from carbonaceous meteorite affords new insight into Mars lander findings
Frank Keppler, David B. Harper, Markus Greule, Ulrich Ott, Tobias Sattler, Heinz F. Schöler, John T. G. Hamilton Scientific Reports 4, Article number:7010 doi:10.1038/srep07010 published 13 November 2014 LINK (open access) Supplementary information (PDF)
A computational investigation of adsorption of organics on mineral surfaces: Implications for organics delivery in the early solar system
A.M. Asaduzzaman, T.J. Zega, Slimane Laref, K. Runge, P.A. Deymier, Krishna Muralidharan Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 408, 15 December 2014, Pages 355–361 LINK
Fluid-induced organic synthesis in the solar nebula recorded in extraterrestrial dust from meteorites
Vollmer C, Demie Kepaptsoglou D, Leitner J, Busemann H, Spring NH, Ramasse QM, Hoppe P, Nittler LR (2014) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111, 43, 15338–15343 LINK The direct association of both IDP-like…
The Orgueil meteorite: 150 years of history
The Orgueil meteorite: 150 years of history Matthieu Gounelle and Michael E. Zolensky Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 49: 1769–1794. doi: 10.1111/maps.12351 Article first published online: 16 OCT 2014 LINK Abstract The goal of this paper…
Infrared imaging spectroscopy with micron resolution of Sutter’s Mill meteorite grains
Mehmet Yesiltas, Yoko Kebukawa, Robert E. Peale, Eric Mattson, Carol J. Hirschmugl and Peter Jenniskens Meteoritics & Planetary Science Article first published online: 13 OCT 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/maps.12321 LINK Abstract Synchrotron-based Fourier transform infrared…
Diamond xenolith and matrix organic matter in the Sutter’s Mill meteorite measured by C-XANES
Yoko Kebukawa, Michael E. Zolensky, A. L. David Kilcoyne, Zia Rahman, Peter Jenniskens and George D. Cody Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12312 Article first published online: 13 OCT 2014 LINK Abstract The Sutter’s Mill…
Detection of a branched alkyl molecule in the interstellar medium: iso-propyl cyanide
Arnaud Belloche, Robin T. Garrod, Holger S. P. Müller, Karl M. Menten Science 26 September 2014: Vol. 345 no. 6204 pp. 1584-1587 DOI: 10.1126/science.1256678 LINK Abstract The largest noncyclic molecules detected in the interstellar medium…
ALMA Confirms Comets Forge Organic Molecules in Their Dusty Atmospheres
LINK Nature 512, 234–235 (21 August 2014) doi:10.1038/512234d Published online 20 August 2014 Comets contain some of the oldest materials in the Solar System. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, Martin Cordiner…
Reactivity and Survivability of Glycolaldehyde in Simulated Meteorite Impact Experiments
V.P. McCaffrey, N.E.B. Zellner, C.M. Waun, E.R. Bennett, E.K. Earl Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres February 2014, Volume 44, Issue 1, pp 29-42 PDF (full text) abstract
Coordinated NanoSIMS and FIB-TEM Analyses of Organic Matter and Associated Matrix Materials in CR3 Chondrites
Floss C, Le Guillou C and Brearley A. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 139, 15 August 2014, Pages 1–25 LINK
Investigation of Pyridine Carboxylic Acids in CM2 Carbonaceous Chondrites: Potential Precursor Molecules for Ancient Coenzymes
Smith KE, Callahan MP, Gerakines PA, Dworkin JP and House CH Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 136, 1 July 2014, Pages 1–12 LINK
Coordinated Chemical and Isotopic Imaging of Bells (CM2) Meteorite Matrix
S. J. Clemett, S. Messenger, K. Nakamura-Messenger and K. L. Thomas-Keprta Meteoritic organic matter is a complex conglomeration of species formed in distinct environments and processes in circumstellar space, the interstellar medium, the Solar Nebula…
The secondary history of Sutter’s Mill CM carbonaceous chondrite based on water abundance and the structure of its organic matter from two clasts.
Beck, P., Quirico, E., Garenne, A., Yin, Q.-Z., Bonal, L., Schmitt, B., Montes-Hernandez, G., Montagnac, G., Chiriac, R. and Toche, F. Meteoritics & Planetary Science Volume 49, Issue 11, pages 2064–2073, November 2014 LINK
Soluble organic compounds in the Tagish Lake meteorite
Hilts RW, Herd CDK, Simkus DN and Slater GF (in press) Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 49: 526–549. doi: 10.1111/maps.12272 LINK The C2 ungrouped Tagish Lake meteorite preserves a range of lithologies, reflecting variable degrees of…
Evolution of organic matter in Orgueil, Murchison and Renazzo during parent body aqueous alteration: in-situ investigations
Le Guillou C, Bernard S, Brearley AJ and Remusat L Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 131, 15 April 2014, Pages 368–392 DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.11.020 LINK (abstract) In contrast to Renazzo, organic grains in Murchison and Orgueil…
Highly stable meteoritic organic compounds as markers of asteroidal delivery
Cooper G, Horz F, Spees A and Chang S Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 385, 1 January 2014, Pages 206–215 LINK
Relationships between organics, water and early stages of aqueous alteration in the pristine CR3.0 chondrite MET 00426
Le Guillou C and Brearley A Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 131, 15 April 2014, Pages 344–367 LINK
Processing of meteoritic organic materials as a possible analog of early molecular evolution in planetary environments
Sandra Pizzarello, Stephen K. Davidowski, Gregory P. Holland, and Lynda B. Williams Published online before print September 9, 2013, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1309113110 PNAS September 24, 2013 vol. 110 no. 39 15614-15619 PDF-LINK Supporting information Significance The…
