Physical Characterization of ~2-meter Diameter Near-Earth Asteroid 2015 TC25: A possible boulder from E-type Asteroid (44) NysaOPEN ACCESS
Vishnu Reddy, Juan A. Sanchez, William F. Bottke, Audrey Thirouin, Edgard G. Rivera-Valentin, Michael S. Kelley, William Ryan, Edward A. Cloutis, Stephen C. Tegler, Eileen V. Ryan, Patrick A. Taylor, James E. Richardson, Nicholas Moskovitz,…
Atmospheric trajectory and heliocentric orbit of the Ejby meteorite fall in Denmark on February 6, 2016
P. Spurný, J. Borovička, G. Baumgarten, H. Haack, D. Heinlein, A.N. Sørensen Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 1 December 2016 LINK “A very bright bolide illuminated the sky over Denmark…
Distribution of p-process 174Hf in early solar system materials and the origin of nucleosynthetic Hf and W isotope anomalies in Ca–Al rich inclusions
Stefan T.M. Peters, Carsten Münker, Markus Pfeifer, Bo-Magnus Elfers, Peter Sprung Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 29 November 2016 LINK “Highlights • Chondrites, eucrites and Earth carry uniform p-process…
Chemical layering in the upper mantle of Mars: Evidence from olivine-hosted melt inclusions in Tissint.
Basu Sarbadhikari, A., Babu, E. V. S. S. K. and Vijaya Kumar, T. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12790 LINK “Melting of Martian mantle, formation, and evolution of primary magma from the depleted mantle were…
The variability of ruthenium in chromite from chassignite and olivine-phyric shergottite meteorites: New insights into the behavior of PGE and sulfur in Martian magmatic systems.
Baumgartner, R. J., Fiorentini, M. L., Baratoux, D., Ferrière, L., Locmelis, M., Tomkins, A. and Sener, K. A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12795 LINK “The Martian meteorites comprise mantle-derived mafic to ultramafic rocks that…
All meteorites of the ALETAI strewn field officially registered as Iron, IIIE-an / ‘Armanty’ and ‘Xinjiang (b)’ abolished
The names ‘Armanty’ and ‘Xinjiang (b)’ have been abolished. LINK Writeup from MB 105: “Nomenclature of the Aletai (IIIE-an) iron meteorites from Xinjiang, China Chemical and petrographic analyses of multiple iron meteorite masses in the…
Steingarden Nunataks 07009 (ex Queenmet icefields 07009) as ungrouped iron in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
Steingarden Nunataks 07009, formerly known as ‘Queenmet Icefields 07009 (QMI 07009)’, has been classified as ungrouped iron and is now registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database. [wc_row][wc_column size=”one-half” position=”first”] [/wc_column][wc_column size=”one-half” position=”last”] [/wc_column][/wc_row] Writeup from…
Chelyabinsk – a rock with many different (stony) faces: An infrared study
Andreas Morlok, Addi Bischoff, Markus Patzek, Martin Sohn, Harald Hiesinger Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 25 November 2016 LINK “Highlights • We studied 3 lithologies of the Chelyabinsk meteorite in the mid-infrared. •…
Water in type I chondrules of Paris CM chondrite
A. Stephant, L. Remusat, F. Robert Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 25 November 2016 LINK “Hydrogen isotopic ratio and water concentration have been measured with the NanoSIMS in olivine, pyroxene…
AIQUILE – meteorite fall (H5, S3, W0) in Tabla Mayu (Chago K’asa), Panamá, Ch’awar Mayu, Barbechos and Cruz Loma, near AIQUILE, Cochabamba, Bolivia on 20 November 2016, ~9:45-57 p.m. UTC (~5.45-57 p.m. BOT) (UPDT: 21 Apr 2017)
Last update: 21 April 2017 In the evening of November 20, 2016, at ~5.45-57 p.m. local time, three to four detonation sounds were heard by the Quechua villagers in the area around Aiquile in Bolivia’s…
A carbon-rich region in Miller Range 091004 and implications for ureilite petrogenesis
James M.D. Day, Christopher A. Corder, Pierre Cartigny, Andrew M. Steele, Nelly Assayag, Douglas Rumble III, Lawrence A. Taylor Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 22 November 2016 LINK “Ureilite meteorites…
Mn-Cr ages and formation conditions of fayalite in CV3 carbonaceous chondrites: Constraints on the accretion ages of chondritic asteroids
Kaori Jogo, Tomoki Nakamura, Motoo Ito, Shigeru Wakita, Mikhail Yu. Zolotov, Scott R. Messenger Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 21 November 2016 LINK “Chondritic planetesimals are among the first planetary…
Asteroid Fragmentation Approaches for Modeling Atmospheric Energy Deposition
Paul J. Register, Donovan L. Mathias, Lorien F. Wheeler Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 18 November 2016 LINK “Highlights • Fragmentation modeling approaches are compared using Chelyabinsk meteor data. • A new model…
DINGLE DELL (L/LL5, S2, W0) – 1.15-kg meteorite fall near Morawa, Western Australia on October 31, 2016 at 8.03.46 pm AWST (12.03.46 pm UTC)
Last update: 9 June 2017 On 31 October 2016 at 8.03.46 pm AWST (12.03.46 pm UTC) a bolide was seen above Western Australia, coming in from a north-northeastern direction. It was recorded entering the atmosphere…
Chronologic Implications for Slow Cooling of Troctolite 76535 and Temporal Relationships between the Mg-suite and the Ferroan Anorthosite Suite
Lars E. Borg, James N. Connelly, William Cassata, Amy M. Gaffney, Martin Bizzarro Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 18 November 2016 LINK “Ages have been obtained using the 87Rb-87Sr, 147Sm-143Nd,…
Planetesimal collisions as a chondrule forming eventOPEN ACCESS
Shigeru Wakita, Yuji Matsumoto, Shoichi Oshino, Yasuhiro Hasegawa accepted for publication in ApJ PDF (OPEN ACCESS) abstract Update (9 January 2017): LINK “Chondritic meteorites contain unique spherical materials named chondrules: sub-mm sized silicate grains once…
The Braunschweig meteorite − a recent L6 chondrite fall in Germany
Rainer Bartoschewitz, Peter Appel, Jean-Alix Barrat, Addi Bischoff, Marc W. Caffee, Ian A. Franchi, Zelimir Gabelica, Richard C. Greenwood, Mourad Harir, Dennis Harries, Rupert Hochleitner, Jens Hopp, Matthias Laubenstein, Barbara Mader, Rosa Marques, Andreas Morlok,…
Mössbauer spectroscopy of NWA 6286 and NWA 7857 ordinary chondrites
A.A. Maksimova, M.I. Oshtrakh, I. Felner, A.V. Chukin, M.S. Karabanalov, V.A. Semionkin Journal of Molecular Structure, Volume 1140, 15 July 2017, Pages 122-126 LINK “Highlights • Mössbauer spectroscopy of NWA 6286 and NWA 7857 LL6…
Oxygen isotope constraints on the alteration temperatures of CM chondrites
Maximilien J. Verdier-Paoletti, Yves Marrocchi, Guillaume Avice, Mathieu Roskosz, Andrey Gurenko, Matthieu Gounelle Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 15 November 2016 LINK “Highlights • Carbonate O-isotope compositions of 9…
Melting and differentiation of early-formed asteroids: The perspective from high precision oxygen isotope studiesOPEN ACCESS
Richard C. Greenwood, Thomas H. Burbine, Martin F. Miller, Ian. A. Franchi Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry Review article In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 14 November 2016 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “A number of distinct…
Northwest Africa 5790: A previously unsampled portion of the upper part of the nakhlite pile.
Brian Balta, J., Sanborn, M. E., Mayne, R. G., Wadhwa, M., McSween, H. Y. and Crossley, S. D. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12744 First published: 14 November 2016 LINK “We present a geochemical study…
Thermal and chemical evolution in the early Solar System as recorded by FUN CAIs: Part I – Petrology, mineral chemistry, and isotopic composition of Allende FUN CAI CMS-1
C.D. Williams, T. Ushikubo, E.S. Bullock, P.E. Janney, R.R. Hines, N.T. Kita, R.L. Hervig, G.J. MacPherson, R.A. Mendybaev, F.M. Richter, M. Wadhwa Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 14 November 2016…
Extreme early solar system chemical fractionation recorded by alkali-rich clasts contained in ordinary chondrite breccias
Tatsunori Yokoyama, Keiji Misawa, Osamu Okano, Chi-Yu Shih, Laurence E. Nyquist, Justin I. Simon, Michael J. Tappa, Shigekazu Yoneda Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 11 November 2016 LINK “Highlights…
Olivine dissolution in molten silicates: An experimental study with application to chondrule formation.
Soulié, C., Libourel, G. and Tissandier, L. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12792 First published: 11 November 2016 LINK “Mg-rich olivine is a ubiquitous phase in type I porphyritic chondrules in various classes of chondritic…
Amazonian chemical weathering rate derived from stony meteorite finds at Meridiani Planum on MarsOPEN ACCESS
Christian Schröder, Phil A. Bland, Matthew P. Golombek, James W. Ashley, Nicholas H. Warner & John A. Grant Nature Communications 7 Article number: 13459 (2016) doi:10.1038/ncomms13459 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Little is known…
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…
Relict olivines in micrometeorites: precursors and interactions in the earth’s atmosphere
N. G. Rudraswami, M. Shyam Prasad, S. Dey, D. Fernandes, J. M. C. Plane, W. Feng, S. Taylor, and J. D. Carrillo-Sánchez The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 831, Number 2 Published 2016 November 9 LINK “Antarctica…
Modeling orbital gamma-ray spectroscopy experiments at carbonaceous asteroids
Lucy F. Lim, Richard D. Starr, Larry G. Evans, Ann M. Parsons, Michael E. Zolensky and William V. Boynton Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12786 Version of Record online: 6 NOV 2016 LINK “To evaluate…
Thermophysical properties of Almahata Sitta meteorites (asteroid 2008 TC3) for high-fidelity entry modeling
Stefan Loehle, Peter Jenniskens, Hannah Böhrk, Thomas Bauer, Henning Elsäβer, Derek W. Sears, Michael E. Zolensky and Muawia H. Shaddad Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12788 Version of Record online: 6 NOV 2016 LINK “Asteroid…
Hungaria Asteroid Region Telescopic Spectral Survey (HARTSS) I: Stony Asteroids Abundant in the Hungaria Background Population
Michael P. Lucas, Joshua P. Emery, Noemi Pinilla-Alonso, Sean S. Lindsay, Vania Lorenzi Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 5 November 2016 LINK “Highlights • HARTSS describes taxonomy, mineralogy, and meteorite analogs of Hungaria…
FC Colour Images of Dwarf Planet Ceres Reveal a Complicated Geological History
A. Nathues, M. Hoffmann, T. Platz, G.S. Thangjam, E.A. Cloutis, V. Reddy, L. Le Corre, J.-Y. Li, K. Mengel, A. Rivkin, D.M. Applin, M. Schaefer, U. Christensen, H. Sierks, J. Ripken, B.E. Schmidt, H. Hiesinger,…
Matrix effects on the relative sensitivity factors for manganese and chromium during ion microprobe analysis of carbonate: implications for early Solar System chronology
Robert C.J. Steele, Veronika S. Heber, Kevin D. McKeegan Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 5 November 2016 LINK “The short-lived radionuclide 53Mn decays to 53Cr providing a relative chronometer for…
Pb-Pb Chronometry and the Early Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS
J.N. Connelly, J. Bollard, M. Bizzarro Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 4 November 2016 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Of the long-lived chronometric systems, only the dual decay of 238U and 235U…
A geochemical study of the winonaites: Evidence for limited partial melting and constraints on the precursor composition
Alison C. Hunt, Gretchen K. Benedix, Samantha J. Hammond, Philip A. Bland, Mark Rehkämper, Katharina Kreissig, Stanislav Strekopytov Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 2 November 2016 LINK “The winonaites are…
Immiscible silicate liquids and phosphoran olivine in Netschaëvo IIE silicate: analogue for planetesimal core–mantle boundaries
Nadia Van Roosbroek, Christopher Hamann, Seann McKibbin, Ansgar Greshake, Richard Wirth, Lidia Pittarello, Lutz Hecht, Philippe Claeys, Vinciane Debaille Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 2 November 2016 LINK “We have…
26Al-26Mg systematics in chondrules from Kaba and Yamato 980145 CV3 carbonaceous chondrites
Kazuhide Nagashima, Alexander N. Krot, Mutsumi Komatsu Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 2 November 2016 LINK “We report the mineralogy, petrography, and in situ measured 26Al-26Mg systematics in chondrules from…
Phosphate minerals in the H group of ordinary chondrites, and fluid activity recorded by apatite heterogeneity in the Zag H3-6 regolith breccia
Rhian H. Jones, Francis M. Mccubbin, Yunbin Guan American Mineralogist, v. 101, i. 11, p. 2452-2467 Published on November 2016, First Published on November 01, 2016, doi:10.2138/am-2016-5728 LINK “Phosphate minerals in ordinary chondrites provide a…
Formation of non-magmatic iron-meteorite group IIE
John T. Wasson Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 29 October 2016 LINK “Instrumental neutron-activation (INAA) data for metal in 22 nonmagmatic IIE meteorites show narrow ranges in Ir and other…
The initial 41Ca/40Ca ratios in two Type A Ca-Al-rich Inclusions: Implications for the origin of short-lived 41Ca
Ming-Chang Liu Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 26 October 2016 LINK “This paper reports new 41Ca-41K isotopic data for two Type A CAIs, NWA 3118 #1Nb (Compact Type A) and…
Regolith breccia Northwest Africa 7533: Mineralogy and petrology with implications for early Mars.
Hewins, R. H., Zanda, B., Humayun, M., Nemchin, A., Lorand, J.-P., Pont, S., Deldicque, D., Bellucci, J. J., Beck, P., Leroux, H., Marinova, M., Remusat, L., Göpel, C., Lewin, E., Grange, M., Kennedy, A. and…
Thermal and chemical evolution in the early Solar System as recorded by FUN CAIs: Part II – Laboratory evaporation of potential CMS-1 precursor material
Ruslan A. Mendybaev, Curtis D. Williams, Michael J. Spicuzza, Frank M. Richter, John W. Valley, Alexei V. Fedkin, Meenakshi Wadhwa Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript Available online 21 October 2016 LINK “We…
Numerical determination of visible/NIR optical constants from laboratory spectra of HED meteorites
Jorge A.G. Davalos, Jorge Márcio Carvano, Julio Blanco Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 21 October 2016 LINK “Highlights • Optical constants from reflectance spectra of meteorite samples are retrieved. • The method uses…
Microstructures and Formation History of Melilite-Rich Calcium-Aluminum-Rich Inclusions from the ALHA77307 CO3.0 Chondrite
Jangmi Han, Adrian J. Brearley Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 21 October 2016 LINK “We have studied four melilite-rich calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions (CAIs) from the Allan Hills A77307 CO3.0 chondrite using…
Olivine settling in cosmic spherules during atmospheric deceleration: An indicator of the orbital eccentricity of interplanetary dustOPEN ACCESS
Matthew J. Genge, Martin Suttl Geophysical Research Letters 43 DOI: 10.1002/2016GL070874 First published: 19 October 2016 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Key Points * Antarctic cosmic spherules with cumulate textures are reported * Numerical…
Geochemistry and petrology of howardite Miller Range 11100: A lithologically diverse piece of the Vestan regolith
Gregory, T., Joy, K. H., Strekopytov, S. and Curran, N. M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12782 LINK “The howardite-eucrite-diogenite (HED) clan of meteorites, which most likely originate from the asteroid Vesta, provide an opportunity…
A unique corundum and refractory metal-nugget bearing micrometeorite P117
Rudraswami, N. G., Reshma, K. and Shyam Prasad, M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12783 LINK “Micrometeorites provide a large range of samples sourced from a wide variety of planetary materials, thereby providing a scope…
Effects of sonochemical treatment on meteoritic nanodiamonds
Fisenko, A. V., Verchovsky, S. B., Shiryaev, A. A. and Semjonova, L. F. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12743 LINK “A nanodiamond-rich fraction (NDF) separated from the Orgueil meteorite was subjected to a high-intensity ultrasonic…
BANMA (L5, S2) officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
On 15 October 2016 the meteorite which fell in Banma County, Golog Tibetan Autonomous prefecture, Qinghai province in China on 24 August 2016 at about 21:00 local time was officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin…
Experimental petrology of the Tissint meteorite: Redox estimates, crystallization curves, and evaluation of petrogenetic models
Castle, N. and Herd, C. D. K. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12739 LINK “Tissint is an olivine-phyric shergottite from an incompatible element depleted Martian mantle source. Oxythermobarometry applied to Tissint mineral phases demonstrates that…
The ‘Aletai meteorite rain’ ( 阿勒泰隕石雨) – Longer Armanty strewnfield (Xinjiang, China)OPEN ACCESS
LINK (13 October, 2016) (The cover picture of this post shows the 18-ton meteorite 安拉之泪 found in 2011 which is not mentioned in “Aletai: The longest meteorite strewn field on Earth”.) View also: Aletai: The…
The petrology, geochemistry, and age of lunar regolith breccias Miller Range 090036 and 090070: Insights into the crustal history of the Moon.
Calzada-Diaz, A., Joy, K. H., Crawford, I. A. and Strekopytov, S. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12737 LINK “Meteorites ejected from the surface of the Moon as a result of impact events are an important…
Reported sulfate mineral in lunar meteorite PCA 02007 is impact glass.
Gross, J., Treiman, A. H. and Harlow, G. E. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12741 LINK “A grain of light-blue sulfate material was reported in the lunar highlands regolith meteorite PCA 02007 (Satterwhite and Righter…
A renewed search for short-lived 126Sn in the early Solar System: Hydride generation MC-ICPMS for high sensitivity Te isotopic analysis
Gregory A. Brennecka, Lars E. Borg, Stephen J. Romaniello, Amanda K. Souders, Quinn R. Shollenberger, Naomi E. Marks, Meenakshi Wadhwa Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 12 October 2016 LINK “Although…
The global elemental composition of 433 Eros: First results from the NEAR Gamma-Ray Spectrometer orbital dataset
Patrick N. Peplowski Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2016.10.006 LINK “Highlights • First results from the NEAR GRS orbital investigation • Eros’ surface composition is consistent with ordinary chondrites, enstatite chondrites, and…
Calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions with fractionation and unidentified nuclear effects (FUN CAIs): II. Heterogeneities of magnesium isotopes and 26Al in the early Solar System inferred from in situ high-precision magnesium-isotope measurements
Changkun Park, Kazuhide Nagashima, Alexander N. Krot, Gary R. Huss, Andrew M. Davis, Martin Bizzarro Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 8 October 2016 LINK “Calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions with isotopic mass fractionation…
New constraints on the magnetic history of the CV parent body and the solar nebula from the Kaba meteorite
Jérôme Gattacceca, Benjamin P. Weiss, Matthieu Gounelle Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 6 October 2016 LINK “Highlights • Kaba meteorite is a high-fidelity recorder of the CV parent body…
Mineral chemistry of the Tissint meteorite: Indications of two-stage crystallization in a closed system.
Liu, Y., Baziotis, I. P., Asimow, P. D., Bodnar, R. J. and Taylor, L. A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12726 Version of Record online: 5 OCT 2016 DOI: 10.1111/maps.12726 LINK “The Tissint meteorite is…
Calcium Isotopic Compositions of Chondrites
Shichun Huang, Stein B. Jacobsen Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 4 October 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2016.09.039 LINK “We report mass-dependent and mass-independent Ca isotopic variations in nine chondrites from three groups: carbonaceous,…
Morphological changes of olivine grains reacted with amino acid solutions by impact process
Yuhei Umeda, Atsushi Takase, Nao Fukunaga, Toshimori Sekine, Takamichi Kobayashi, Yoshihiro Furukawa, Takeshi Kakegawa Physics and Chemistry of Minerals First Online:04 October 2016 DOI: 10.1007/s00269-016-0849-y LINK “Early oceans on Earth might have contained certain amounts…
Molybdenum isotopic evidence for the origin of chondrules and a distinct genetic heritage of carbonaceous and non-carbonaceous meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Gerrit Budde, Christoph Burkhardt, Gregory A. Brennecka, Mario Fischer-Gödde, Thomas S. Kruijer, Thorsten Kleine Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 3 October 2016 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Nucleosynthetic…
53Mn-53Cr Chronology of Ca-Fe Silicates in CV3 Chondrites
Glenn J. MacPherson, Kazuhide Nagashima, Alexander N. Krot, Patricia M. Doyle, Marina A. Ivanova Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 1 October 2016 LINK This study is dedicated to our late…
High-temperature Rims around Calcium-aluminum-rich Inclusions from the CR, CB and CH Carbonaceous Chondrites
Alexander N. Krot, Kazuhide Nagashima, Elishevah M.M. van Kooten, Martin Bizzarro Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 1 October 2016 LINK “We describe the mineralogy, petrology and oxygen isotopic compositions of…
Mass independent sulfur isotope signatures in CMs: implications for sulfur chemistry in the early solar system
J. Labidi, J. Farquhar, C.M.O’D. Alexander, D.L. Eldridge, H. Oduro Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 1 October 2016 LINK “We have investigated the quadruple sulfur isotopic composition of inorganic sulfur-bearing…
Evidence for impact induced pressure gradients on the Allende CV3 parent body: Consequences for fluid and volatile transportOPEN ACCESS
Alastair W. Tait, Kent R. Fisher, Poorna Srinivasan, Justin I. Simon Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 30 September 2016 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Carbonaceous chondrites, such as…
Chondrules: The Canonical and Non-canonical View
Connolly, H. C., Jr., and R. H. Jones Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets Review article Accepted manuscript online: 30 September 2016 DOI: 10.1002/2016JE005113 First published: 25 October 2016 LINK “Millimeter-scale rock particles called chondrules are…
Modeling Orbital Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy Experiments at Carbonaceous AsteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Lucy F. Lim, Richard D. Starr, Larry G. Evans, Ann M. Parsons, Michael E. Zolensky, William V. Boynton Accepted to Meteoritics and Planetary Science, September 2016 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) abstract “To evaluate the feasibility of…
Young asteroidal fluid activity revealed by absolute age from apatite in carbonaceous chondriteOPEN ACCESS
Ai-Cheng Zhang, Qiu-Li Li, Hisayoshi Yurimoto, Naoya Sakamoto, Xian-Hua Li, Sen Hu, Yang-Ting Lin, Ru-Cheng Wang Nature Communications 7, Article number:12844 doi:10.1038/ncomms12844 Published 29 September 2016 PDF (open access) LINK (open access) “Chondritic meteorites, consisting…
Calcium-Aluminum-Rich Inclusions Recycled During Formation of Porphyritic Chondrules from CH Carbonaceous Chondrites
Alexander N. Krot, Kazuhide Nagashima, Elishevah M.M. van Kooten, Martin Bizzarro Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 28 September 2016 LINK “We report on the mineralogy, petrography, and O-isotope compositions of…
53Mn-53Cr Radiometric Dating of Secondary Carbonates in CR Chondrites: Timescales for Parent Body Aqueous AlterationOPEN ACCESS
Christine E. Jilly-Rehak, Gary R. Huss, Kazuhide Nagashima Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 28 September 2016 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We present 53Mn-53Cr ages of secondary carbonates in Renazzo-like (CR)…
Hiding in the howardites: Unequilibrated eucrite clasts as a guide to the formation of Vesta’s crust.
Mayne, R. G., Smith, S. E. and Corrigan, C. M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12730 LINK “204 howardites in the National Meteorite Collection at the Smithsonian were examined for the presence of fine-grained eucrite…
Early 18th century cosmic ray flux inferred from 44Ti in Agen meteorite
Taricco, C., Sinha, N., Bhandari, N. et al. Astrophys Space Sci (2016) 361: 338. doi:10.1007/s10509-016-2909-7 First Online: 26 September 2016 DOI: 10.1007/s10509-016-2909-7 LINK “We report the measurement of radioactivity of cosmogenic 44Ti in Agen meteorite,…
The 57Fe hyperfine interactions in the iron-bearing phases in some LL ordinary chondrites
Oshtrakh, M.I., Maksimova, A.A., Grokhovsky, V.I. et al. Hyperfine Interact (2016) 237: 138. doi:10.1007/s10751-016-1343-0 Proceedings of the International Conference on Hyperfine Interactions and their Applications (HYPERFINE 2016), Leuven, Belgium, 3-8 July 2016 LINK “The study…
Mössbauer spectroscopy of H, L and LL ordinary chondrites
Maksimova, A.A., Oshtrakh, M.I., Petrova, E.V. et al. Hyperfine Interact (2016) 237: 134. doi:10.1007/s10751-016-1344-z This article is part of the Topical Collection on Proceedings of the 2nd Mediterranean Conference on the Applications of the Mössbauer…
Thermal and irradiation history of lunar meteorite Dhofar 280.
Korochantseva, E. V., Buikin, A. I., Hopp, J., Lorenz, C. A., Korochantsev, A. V., Ott, U. and Trieloff, M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12732 First published: 26 September 2016 LINK “Dhofar 280 recorded a…
Spectral characterization of V-type asteroids outside the Vesta family
Alessandra Migliorini, M.C. De Sanctis, D. Lazzaro, and E. Ammannito MNRAS doi:10.1093/mnras/stw2441 first published online September 26, 2016 LINK “We present new NIR reflectance spectra of 10 V-type candidate asteroids obtained at the 3.6 m…
Characterization of Carbonaceous Matter in Xenolithic Clasts from the Sharps (H3.4) Meteorite: Constraints on the Origin and Thermal Processing
Yoko Kebukawa, Michael E. Zolensky, Queenie H.S. Chan, Keisuke Nagao, A.L. David Kilcoyne, Robert J. Bodnar, Charles Farley, Zia Rahman, Loan Le, George D. Cody Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online…
Geologic history of martian regolith breccia Northwest Africa 7034: Evidence for hydrothermal activity and lithologic diversity in the martian crust
McCubbin, Francis M., Boyce, Jeremy W., Novák-Szabó, Tímea, Santos, Alison R., Tartèse, Romain, Muttik, Nele, Domokos, Gabor, Vazquez, Jorge, Keller, Lindsay P., Moser, Desmond E., Jerolmack, Douglas J., Shearer, Charles K., Steele, Andrew, Elardo, Stephen…
Global variations in regolith properties on asteroid Vesta from Dawn’s low-altitude mapping orbit.
Denevi, B. W., Beck, A. W., Coman, E. I., Thomson, B. J., Ammannito, E., Blewett, D. T., Sunshine, J. M., De Sanctis, M. C., Li, J.-Y., Marchi, S., Mittlefehldt, D. W., Petro, N. E., Raymond,…
Magmatic sulfides in the porphyritic chondrules of EH enstatite chondritesOPEN ACCESS
Laurette Piani, Yves Marrocchi, Guy Libourel, Laurent Tissandier PDF (open access) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 22 September 2016 LINK “The nature and distribution of sulfides within 17 porphyritic chondrules…
(U-Th)/He Ages of Phosphates from Zagami and ALHA77005 Martian Meteorites: Implications to Shock Temperatures
Kyoungwon Min, Annette Farah, Seung Ryeol Lee, Jong Ik Lee Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 22 September 2016 LINK “Shock conditions of martian meteorites provide crucial information about ejection dynamics…
Primitive Solar System materials and Earth share a common initial 142Nd abundance
A. Bouvier & M. Boyet Nature 537, 399–402 (15 September 2016) doi:10.1038/nature19351 LINK “The early evolution of planetesimals and planets can be constrained using variations in the abundance of neodymium-142 (142Nd), which arise from the…
A nucleosynthetic origin for the Earth’s anomalous 142Nd composition
C. Burkhardt, L. E. Borg, G. A. Brennecka, Q. R. Shollenberger, N. Dauphas, T. Kleine Nature 537, 394–398 (14 September 2016) | doi:10.1038/nature18956 LINK “A long-standing paradigm assumes that the chemical and isotopic compositions of…
Aletai: The longest meteorite strewn field on EarthOPEN ACCESS
WANG KeChao, HSU WeiBiao Chinese Science Bulletin 61(25), 2834-2842(2016) Volume 61, Issue 25, 2016 10.1360/N972016-00536 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS)
Water in the Martian interior—The geodynamical perspective.
Breuer, D., Plesa, A.-C., Tosi, N. and Grott, M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12727 LINK “Petrological analysis of the Martian meteorites suggests that rheologically significant amounts of water are present in the Martian mantle….
Potassium isotopic evidence for a high-energy giant impact origin of the Moon
Kun Wang, Stein B. Jacobsen Nature doi:10.1038/nature19341 Published online 12 September 2016 LINK “The Earth–Moon system has unique chemical and isotopic signatures compared with other planetary bodies1, 2, 3; any successful model for the origin…
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…
The Motion of Chondrules and Other Particles in a Protoplanetary Disk with Temperature FluctuationsOPEN ACCESS
Christoph Loesche, Gerhard Wurm, Thorben Kelling, Jens Teiser, Denton S. Ebel PDF (OPEN ACCESS) abstract “We consider the mechanism of photophoretic transport in protoplanetary disks that are optically thick to radiation. Here, photophoresis is not…
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,…
Hydrogen isotopic composition of the Martian mantle inferred from the newest Martian meteorite fall, Tissint.
Mane, P., Hervig, R., Wadhwa, M., Garvie, L. A. J., Balta, J. B. and McSween, H. Y. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12717 LINK “The hydrogen isotopic composition of planetary reservoirs can provide key constraints…
Heterogeneous histories of Ni-bearing pyrrhotite and pentlandite grains in the CI chondrites Orgueil and Alais.
Berger, E. L., Lauretta, D. S., Zega, T. J. and Keller, L. P. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12721 LINK “Compositional and structural analyses of CI chondrite iron–nickel sulfide grains reveal heterogeneity both across and…
A long duration of the 16O-rich reservoir in the solar nebula, as recorded in fine-grained refractory inclusions from the least metamorphosed carbonaceous chondrites
Takayuki Ushikubo, Travis J. Tenner, Hajime Hiyagon, Noriko T. Kita Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 4 September 2016 LINK “Oxygen isotope ratios and corresponding 26Al-26Mg isotope systematics of refractory inclusions…
Partial melting of a C-rich asteroid: Lithophile trace elements in ureilites
Jean-Alix Barrat, Albert Jambon, Akira Yamaguchi, Addi Bischoff, Marie-Laure Rouget, Céline Liorzou Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 4 September 2016 LINK “Ureilites are among the most common achondrites and are…
Meteorite fall between BANMA (班玛) and Mǎn Zhǎng Xiāng (满掌乡), in Banma County (班玛县), Golog prefecture, Qinghai province, China at ~ 9 pm local time (UTC+8) on August 24, 2016 (UPDT: 10 Nov 2016)
Last update on November 10, 2016 A meteorite (32 x 23 x 18 cm), ordinary chondrite (L5,S2,W0), weighing 10.05 kg fell about 5 km southeast of Mǎn Zhǎng Xiāng (满掌乡) at location 33°15’11″N, 100°27’54″E in…
Multi-scale three-dimensional characterization of iron particles in dusty olivine: Implications for paleomagnetism of chondritic meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Joshua F.Einsle, Richard J. Harrison, Takeshi Kasama, Pádraig Ó Conbhuí, Karl Fabian, Wyn Williams, Leonie Woodland, Roger R. Fu, Benjamin P. Weiss, Paul A. Midgley American Mineralogist, v. 101, i. 9, p. 2070-2084, First Published…
Why is it so difficult to classify Renazzo-type (CR) Carbonaceous Chondrites? – Implications from TEM observations of matrices for the sequences of aqueous alteration
Neyda M. Abreu Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 1 September 2016 LINK “A number of different classification schemes have been proposed for the CR chondrites; this study aims at reconciling…
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…
A model for meteoritic and lunar 40Ar/39Ar age spectra: Addressing the conundrum of multi-activation energies
P. Boehnke, T. Mark Harrison, M.T. Heizler, P.H. Warren Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 30 August 2016 LINK “Highlights • Reconcile 40Ar/39Ar age spectra of extra-terrestrial samples with diffusive…
In situ oxygen isotope compositions in olivines of different types of cosmic spherules: an assessment of relationships to chondritic particles
N.G. Rudraswami, M. Shyam Prasad, R.H. Jones, K. Nagashima Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 28 August 2016 LINK “Cosmic spherules collected from deep sea sediments of the Indian Ocean having…
EJBY (H5/6, S2, W0) registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
On August 27, 2016 EJBY was officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database. “Ejby 55°42.02’N, 12°24.33’E Hovedstaden, Denmark Confirmed fall: 2016 Feb 6 Classification: Ordinary chondrite (H5/6) History: (H. Haack, NHMD): A bright fireball was…
Microstructures, mineral chemistry, noble gases and nitrogen in the recent fall, Bhuka iron (IAB) meteorite
S.V.S. Murty, P.M. Ranjith, Dwijesh Ray, S. Ghosh, Basab Chattopadhyay, K.L. Shrivastava Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 26 August 2016 LINK “Highlights • Bhuka iron meteorite has been classified as…
Diachroneity of the Clearwater West and Clearwater East impact structures indicated by the (U–Th)/He dating method
M.B. Biren, M.C. van Soest, J.-A. Wartho, K.V. Hodges, J.G. Spray Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 453, 1 November 2016, Pages 56–66 LINK “Highlights • We dated the Clearwater Lake impact craters (Canada) via…
Phosphate and feldspar mineralogy of equilibrated L chondrites: The record of metasomatism during metamorphism in ordinary chondrite parent bodies.
Lewis, J. A. and Jones, R. H. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12719 Version of Record online: 22 AUG 2016 LINK “In ordinary chondrites (OCs), phosphates and feldspar are secondary minerals known to be the…
Prolonged magmatism on 4 Vesta inferred from Hf–W analyses of eucrite zircon
J. Roszjar, M.J. Whitehouse, G. Srinivasan, K. Mezger, E.E. Scherer, J.A. Van Orman, A. Bischoff Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 452, 15 October 2016, Pages 216–226 LINK “Highlights • Distinct zircon growth intervals require…
Alteration minerals, fluids, and gases on early Mars: Predictions from 1-D flow geochemical modeling of mineral assemblages in meteorite ALH 84001.OPEN ACCESS
Melwani Daswani, M., Schwenzer, S. P., Reed, M. H., Wright, I. P. and Grady, M. M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12713 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “Clay minerals, although ubiquitous on the ancient terrains of…
Iron isotope systematics in planetary reservoirs
Paolo A. Sossi, Oliver Nebel, John Foden Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 16 August 2016 LINK “Highlights • Constancy of iron isotopes in chondrites implies a homogeneous solar nebula….
Forming chondrules in impact splashes – II Volatile retentionOPEN ACCESS
Cornelis Petrus Dullemond, Daniel Harsono, Sebastian Markus Stammler, Anders Johansen Accepted for publication in ApJ PDF (OPEN ACCESS) abstract Update (18 Nov. 2016): The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 832, Number 1 LINK “Solving the mystery of…
Predominantly Non-Solar Origin of Nitrogen in Lunar SoilsOPEN ACCESS
J. Mortimer, A.B. Verchovsky, M. Anand Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 11 August 2016 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Simultaneous static-mode mass spectrometric measurements of nitrogen, carbon, helium, neon, and argon, extracted…
Diffusion of Helium in SiC and Implications for Retention of Cosmogenic He
D.J. Cherniak, E.B. Watson, R. Trappisch, J.B. Thomas, D. Chaussende Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 11 August 2016 LINK “Diffusion of helium has been characterized in silicon carbide of cubic…
Crystallization and cooling conditions for the diogenite formation in the turbulent magma ocean of the asteroid 4 VestaOPEN ACCESS
Yusuke Kawabata, Hiroko Nagahara PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The asteroid 4 Vesta has been completely differentiated to core and mantle despite its small size, of which surface materials are howardite-eucrite-diogenite (HED) meteorites that we know the…
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…
The provenance, formation, and implications of reduced carbon phases in Martian meteorites.
Steele, A., McCubbin, F. M. and Fries, M. D. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12670 LINK “This review is intended to summarize the current observations of reduced carbon in Martian meteorites, differentiating between terrestrial contamination…
A partially differentiated interior for (1) Ceres deduced from its gravity field and shape
R. S. Park, A. S. Konopliv, B. G. Bills, N. Rambaux, J. C. Castillo-Rogez, C. A. Raymond, A. T. Vaughan, A. I. Ermakov, M. T. Zuber, R. R. Fu, M. J. Toplis, C. T. Russell,…
Cooling rates of LL, L and H chondrites and constraints on the duration of peak thermal conditions: Diffusion kinetic modeling and implications for fragmentation of Asteroids and impact resetting of petrologic types
Jibamitra Ganguly, Massimiliano Tirone, Kenneth Domanik Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 2 August 2016 LINK “We have carried out detailed thermometric and cooling history studies of several LL-, L- and…
Inward Radial Mixing of Interstellar Water Ices in the Solar Protoplanetary Disk
Lionel G. Vacher, Yves Marrocchi, Maximilien J. Verdier-Paoletti, Johan Villeneuve, and Matthieu Gounelle The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 827, Number 1 Published 2016 August 2 LINK “The very wide diversity of asteroid compositions in the…
Preservation of ancient impact ages on the R chondrite parent body: 40Ar/39Ar age of hornblende-bearing R chondrite LAP 04840.
Righter, K., Cosca, M. A. and Morgan, L. E. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12692 LINK “The hornblende- and biotite-bearing R chondrite LAP 04840 is a rare kind of meteorite possibly containing outer solar system…
An analysis of Apollo lunar soil samples 12070,889, 12030,187, and 12070,891: Basaltic diversity at the Apollo 12 landing site and implications for classification of small-sized lunar samples.
Alexander, L., Snape, J. F., Joy, K. H., Downes, H. and Crawford, I. A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12689 LINK “Lunar mare basalts provide insights into the compositional diversity of the Moon’s interior. Basalt…
Major elements and noble gases of the Jinju (H5) meteorite, an observed fall on March 9, 2014, in South Korea
Keisuke Nagao, Makiko K. Haba, Jong Ik Lee, Taehoon Kim, Mi Jung Lee, Changkun Park, Yong Joo Jwa, Byeon-Gak Choi GEOCHEMICAL JOURNAL Vol. 50 (2016) No. 4 p. 315-325 Released on J-STAGE 20160731 abstract “The…
Lunar basalt chronology, mantle differentiation and implications for determining the age of the Moon
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 451 Joshua F. Snape, Alexander A. Nemchin, Jeremy J. Bellucci, Martin J. Whitehouse, Romain Tartèse, Jessica J. Barnes, Mahesh Anand, Ian A. Crawford, Katherine H. Joy LINK “Highlights •…
Magnetite in the unequilibrated CK chondrites: Implications for metamorphism and new insights into the relationship between the CV and CK chondrites.
Dunn, T. L., Gross, J., Ivanova, M. A., Runyon, S. E. and Bruck, A. M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12691 LINK “Bulk isotopic and elemental compositions of CV and CK chondrites have led to…
Iron and nickel isotope fractionation by diffusion, with applications to iron meteorites
Heather C. Watson, Frank Richter, Ankun Liu, Gary R. Huss Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 451, 1 October 2016, Pages 159-167 LINK “Highlights • New experimental measurement of diffusive isotopic fractionation in Fe–Ni alloys….
Interaction of aluminum projectiles with quartz sand in impact experiments: formation of khatyrkite (CuAl2) and reduction of SiO2 to Si
Christopher Hamann, Dieter Stöffler, Wolf Uwe Reimold Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 27 July 2016 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2016.07.018 LINK “We analyzed the interaction of spherical, 6.36-mm-diameter, Cu-bearing aluminum projectiles with quartz sand…
Capture of Trans-Neptunian Planetesimals in the Main Asteroid Belt
David Vokrouhlický, William F. Bottke, and David Nesvorný The Astronomical Journal, Volume 152, Number 2 Published 2016 July 26 LINK “The orbital evolution of the giant planets after nebular gas was eliminated from the Solar…
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…
The origin of aubrites: Evidence from lithophile trace element abundances and oxygen isotope compositions
J.A. Barrat, R.C. Greenwood, K. Keil, M.L. Rouget, J.S. Boesenberg, B. Zanda, I.A. Franchi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 25 July 2016 LINK “We report the abundances of a selected…
Ancient Impactor Components Preserved and Reworked in Martian Regolith Breccia Northwest Africa 7034
Steven Goderis, Alan D. Brandon, Bernhard Mayer, Munir Humayun Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 25 July 2016 LINK “Northwest Africa (NWA) 7034 and paired stones represent unique samples of martian…
Olivine on Vesta as exogenous contaminants brought by impacts: Constraints from modeling Vesta’s collisional history and from impact simulationsOPEN ACCESS
D. Turrini, V. Svetsov, G. Consolmagno, S. Sirono, S. Pirani PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 25 July 2016 LINK “Highlights • The Dawn mission revealed the presence of olivine on…
The formation environment of potassic-chloro-hastingsite in the nakhlites MIL 03346 and pairs and NWA 5790: Insights from terrestrial chloro-amphibole.
Giesting, P. A. and Filiberto, J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12675 LINK “Potassic-chloro-hastingsite has been found in melt inclusions in MIL 03346, its paired stones, and NWA 5790. It is some of the most…
Rare-earth-element minerals in martian breccia meteorites NWA 7034 and 7533: Implications for fluid–rock interaction in the martian crust
Yang Liu, Chi Ma, John R. Beckett, Yang Chen, Yunbin Guan Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 21 July 2016 LINK “Highlights • Martian meteorite NWA 7034/7533 contains monazite, xenotime,…
Material composition assessment and discovering sublimation activity on asteroids 145 Adeona, 704 Interamnia, 779 Nina, and 1474 Beira
V. V. Busarev , S. I. Barabanov, V. B. Puzin Solar System Research July 2016, Volume 50, Issue 4, pp 281-293 First online: 23 July 2016 LINK “Spectrophotometric observations of 145 Adeona, 704 Interamnia, 779…
Weathering of ordinary chondrites from Oman: Correlation of weathering parameters with 14C terrestrial ages and a refined weathering scale.
Zurfluh, F. J., Hofmann, B. A., Gnos, E., Eggenberger, U. and Jull, A. J. T. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12690 LINK “We have investigated 128 14C-dated ordinary chondrites from Oman for macroscopically visible weathering…
Replacement of glass in the Nakhla meteorite by berthierine: Implications for understanding the origins of aluminum-rich phyllosilicates on Mars.OPEN ACCESS
Lee, M. R. and Chatzitheodoridis, E. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12687 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “A scanning and transmission electron microscope study of aluminosilicate glasses within melt inclusions from the Martian meteorite Nakhla shows…
Fluids during diagenesis and sulfate vein formation in sediments at Gale crater, Mars.OPEN ACCESS
Schwenzer, S. P., Bridges, J. C., Wiens, R. C., Conrad, P. G., Kelley, S. P., Leveille, R., Mangold, N., Martín-Torres, J., McAdam, A., Newsom, H., Zorzano, M. P., Rapin, W., Spray, J., Treiman, A. H.,…
Impact melting of the largest known enstatite meteorite: Al Haggounia 001, a fossil EL chondrite.
Rubin, A. E. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12679 LINK “Al Haggounia 001 and paired specimens (including Northwest Africa [NWA] 2828 and 7401) are part of a vesicular, incompletely melted, EL chondrite impact melt rock…
57Fe Mössbauer study of the Chainpur meteorite
Nancy N. Elewa, R. Cobas, J. M. Cadogan Hyperfine Interactions December 2016, 237:107 First online: 20 July 2016 LINK “The Chainpur meteorite is one of 23 ordinary chondrites classified as LL3-type (low-Fe & low-metal). It…
Martian meteorite Tissint records unique petrogenesis among the depleted shergottites.
Basu Sarbadhikari, A., Babu, E. V. S. S. K., Vijaya Kumar, T. and Chennaoui Aoudjehane, H. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12684 Version of Record online: 19 JUL 2016 LINK “Tissint, a new unaltered piece…
The effect of titanium on the partitioning behavior of high-field strength elements between silicates, oxides and lunar basaltic melts with applications to the origin of mare basalts
Felipe P. Leitzke, Raúl O.C. Fonseca, Lina T. Michely, Peter Sprung, Carsten Münker, Alexander Heuser, Henrik Blanchard Chemical Geology In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 18 July 2016 LINK “Highlights • DHFSEcrystal/melt were calculated from…
Tracking the Distribution of 26Al and 60Fe during the Early Phases of Star and Disk Evolution
Michael Kuffmeier, Troels Frostholm Mogensen, Troels Haugbølle, Martin Bizzarro, and Åke Nordlund The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 826, Number 1 Published 2016 July 18 LINK “The short-lived 26Al and 60Fe radionuclides are synthesized and expelled into…
Magnesium and 54Cr isotope compositions of carbonaceous chondrite chondrules – insights into early disk processesOPEN ACCESS
Mia B. Olsen, Daniel Wielandt, Martin Schiller, Elishevah M.M.E. Van Kooten, Martin Bizzarro Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 16 July 2016 LINK “We report on the petrology, magnesium isotopes and…
The isotope composition of selenium in chondrites constrains the depletion mechanism of volatile elements in solar system materials
Hauke Vollstaedt, Klaus Mezger, Ingo Leya Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 450, 15 September 2016, Pages 372-380 Available online 15 July 2016 LINK “Highlights • The Se isotope composition of CC, OC, and EC…
