A neutron tomography study of the Seymchan pallasite
Kichanov, S. E., Kozlenko, D. P., Lukin, E. V., Rutkauskas, A. V., Krasavin, E. A., Rozanov, A. Y. and Savenko, B. N. Meteorit Planet Sci. . doi:10.1111/maps.13115 LINK “The internal structure of an olivine‐rich fragment…
Jupiter’s influence on the building blocks of Mars and EarthOPEN ACCESS
R. Brasser, N. Dauphas, S. J. Mojzsis Accepted for publication in GRL PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Radiometric dating indicates that Mars accreted in the first ~4 Myr of solar system formation, which coincides with the formation…
Chronology of martian breccia NWA 7034 and the formation of the martian crustal dichotomyOPEN ACCESS
William S. Cassata, Benjamin E. Cohen, Darren F. Mark, Reto Trappitsch, Carolyn A. Crow, Joshua Wimpenny, Martin R. Lee, Caroline L. Smith Science Advances 23 May 2018: Vol. 4, no. 5, eaap8306 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aap8306 LINK…
Experimental insights into Stannern‐trend eucrite petrogenesis
Crossley, S. D., Lunning, N. G., Mayne, R. G., McCoy, T. J., Yang, S. , Humayun, M. , Ash, R. D., Sunshine, J. M., Greenwood, R. C. and Franchi, I. A. Meteorit Planet Sci. ….
The initial structure of chondrule dust rims I: electrically neutral grainsOPEN ACCESS
C. Xiang, A. Carballido, R.D. Hanna, L.S. Matthews, T.W. Hyde PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “In order to characterize the early growth of fine-grained dust rims (FGRs) that commonly surround chondrules, we perform numerical simulations of dust…
Physics of Meteor Generated Shock Waves in the Earth’s Atmosphere – A ReviewOPEN ACCESS
Elizabeth A. Silber, Mark Boslough, Wayne K. Hocking, Maria Gritsevich, Rodney W. Whitaker Advances in Space Research, Review 19 May 2018 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “Shock waves and the associated phenomena generated by strongly ablating…
Nature of late accretion to Earth inferred from mass-dependent Ru isotopic compositions of chondrites and mantle peridotitesOPEN ACCESS
Timo Hopp, Thorsten Kleine Earth and Planetary Science Letters,Volume 494,15 July 2018,Pages 50-59 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • Uniform mass-dependent Ru isotopic compositions of chondrites. • Chondritic mass-dependent Ru isotopic composition of Earth’s mantle. •…
Particle size distributions in chondritic meteorites: Evidence for pre-planetesimal historiesOPEN ACCESS
J.I. Simon, J.N. Cuzzi, K.A. McCain, M.J. Cato, P.A. Christoffersen, K.R. Fisher, P. Srinivasan, A.W. Tait, D.M. Olson, J.D. Scargle Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 494, 15 July 2018, Pages 69–82 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)…
Sulfur isotope signatures of eucrites and diogenites
Nanping Wu, James Farquhar, James W. Dottin III, Nivea Magalhães Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 233,15 July 2018,Pages 1-13 LINK “High precision sulfur isotope data on eight eucrites and two diogenites are reported to explore…
Chondritic late accretion to Mars and the nature of shergottite reservoirs
Kim T. Tait, James M.D. Day Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 494, 15 July 2018, Pages 99–108 LINK “Highlights • Coupled Os–Sr isotope systematics in shergottites indicate mixing between enriched and depleted martian mantle…
Er, Yb, and Hf isotopic compositions of refractory inclusions: An integrated isotopic fingerprint of the Solar System’s earliest reservoir
Quinn R. Shollenberger, Jan Render, Gregory A. Brennecka Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 495, 1 August 2018, Pages 12–23 LINK “Highlights • We present new methods to measure Er and Yb isotopes by MC-ICPMS…
Accumulation mechanisms of micrometeorites in an ancient supraglacial moraine at Larkman Nunatak, AntarcticaOPEN ACCESS
Matthew J. Genge, Matthias Ginneken, Martin D. Suttle, Ralph P. Harvey Meteoritics & Planetary Science First published: 16 May 2018 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We report the discovery of a large accumulation of…
Basalt or not? Near-infrared spectra, surface mineralogical estimates, and meteorite analogs for 33 Vp-type asteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Paul S. Hardersen, Vishnu Reddy, Edward Cloutis, Matt Nowinski, Margaret Dievendorf, Russell M. Genet, Savan Becker, Rachel Roberts PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Investigations of the main asteroid belt and efforts to constrain that population’s physical characteristics…
Hyperspectral FTIR imaging of irradiated carbonaceous meteorites
R. Brunetto, C. Lantz, Z. Dionnet, F. Borondics, A. Aléon-Toppani, D. Baklouti, M.A. Barucci, R.P. Binzel, Z. Djouadi, K. Kitazato, C. Pilorget Planetary and Space Science Available online 8 May 2018 LINK “Highlights • We…
The origin of the unique achondrite Northwest Africa 6704: Constraints from petrology, chemistry and Re–Os, O and Ti isotope systematics
Yuki Hibiya, Gregory J. Archer, Ryoji Tanaka, Matthew E. Sanborn, Yuya Sato, Tsuyoshi Iizuka, Kazuhito Ozawa, Richard J. Walker, Akira Yamaguchi, Qing-Zhu Yin, Tomoki Nakamura, Anthony J. Irving Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Available online 9…
The nature of the L chondrite parent body’s disruption as deduced from high‐pressure phases in the Sixiangkou L6 chondrite
Li, S. and Hsu, W. Meteorit Planet Sci. . doi:10.1111/maps.13110 LINK “The disruption of the L chondrite parent body (LCPB) at ~470 Ma is currently the best‐documented catastrophic celestial impact event, based on the large…
Oxidized conditions in iron meteorite parent bodies
P. Bonnand & A. N. Halliday Nature Geoscience (2018) doi:10.1038/s41561-018-0128-2 Published: 07 May 2018 LINK “Magmatic iron meteorites are thought to originate from the cores of differentiated planetary embryos, but it is unclear where they…
Raman spectroscopy of shocked enstatite‐rich meteorites
Zhang, B. , Shieh, S. R., Withers, A. C. and Bouvier, A. Meteorit Planet Sci. . doi:10.1111/maps.13106 LINK “We present Raman patterns of enstatite in different classes of enstatite‐rich chondrites and achondrites of various shock…
Primary iron sulfides in CM and CR carbonaceous chondrites: Insights into nebular processes
Singerling, S. A. and Brearley, A. J. (2018) Meteorit Planet Sci. . doi:10.1111/maps.13108 LINK “We have carried out a systematic study involving SEM, EPMA, and TEM analyses to determine the textures and compositions of sulfides…
Discovery of moganite in a lunar meteorite as a trace of H2O ice in the Moon’s regolithOPEN ACCESS
Masahiro Kayama, Naotaka Tomioka, Eiji Ohtani, Yusuke Seto, Hiroshi Nagaoka, Jens Götze, Akira Miyake, Shin Ozawa, Toshimori Sekine, Masaaki Miyahara, Kazushige Tomeoka, Megumi Matsumoto, Naoki Shoda, Naohisa Hirao, Takamichi Kobayashi Science Advances 02 May 2018:…
Spectroscopic features of ultrahigh-pressure impact glasses of the Kara astroblemeOPEN ACCESS
T. G. Shumilova, V. P. Lutoev, S. I. Isaenko, N. S. Kovalchuk, B. A. Makeev, A. Yu. Lysiuk, A. A. Zubov & K. Ernstson Scientific Reports Volume 8, Article number: 6923 (2018) doi:10.1038/s41598-018-25037-z LINK (OPEN…