Presolar Silicon Carbide Grains of Types Y and Z: Their Molybdenum Isotopic Compositions and Stellar OriginsOPEN ACCESS
Nan Liu, Thomas Stephan, Sergio Cristallo, Roberto Gallino, Patrick Boehnke, Larry R. Nittler, Conel M. O.’D. Alexander, Andrew M. Davis, Reto Trappitsch, Michael J. Pellin, Iris Dillmann The Astrophysical Journal (Accepted) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update…
Application of Mössbauer spectroscopy, multidimensional discriminant analysis, and Mahalanobis distance for classification of equilibrated ordinary chondritesOPEN ACCESS
Marek Woźniak, Jolanta Gałązka‐Friedman, Przemysław Duda, Martyna Jakubowska, Patrycja Rzepecka, Łukasz Karwowski Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 25 June 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Mössbauer spectra of equilibrated ordinary chondrites consist of…
Galactic Chemical Evolution of Radioactive Isotopes
Benoit Côté, Maria Lugaro, Rene Reifarth, Marco Pignatari, Blanka Világos, Andrés Yagüe, and Brad K. Gibson The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 878, Number 2 LINK “The presence of short-lived (~Myr) radioactive isotopes in meteoritic inclusions at…
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…
Decline of giant impacts on Mars by 4.48 billion years ago and an early opportunity for habitability
D. E. Moser, G. A. Arcuri, D. A. Reinhard, L. F. White, J. R. Darling, I. R. Barker, D. J. Larson, A. J. Irving, F. M. McCubbin, K. T. Tait, J. Roszjar, A. Wittmann &…
Deciphering the conditions of tochilinite and cronstedtite formation in CM chondrites from low temperature hydrothermal experiments
Lionel G. Vacher, Laurent Truche, François Faure, Laurent Tissandier, Régine Mosser‐Ruck, Yves Marrocchi Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 23 June 2019 LINK “Tochilinite/cronstedtite intergrowths are commonly observed as alteration products in CM chondrite matrices,…
Oldest high-Ti basalt and magnesian crustal materials in feldspathic lunar meteorite Dhofar 1428
Zhuqing Xue, Long Xiao, Clive R. Neal, Yigang Xu Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 22 June 2019 LINK “Moderately volatile elements (MVEs) are sensitive tracers of vaporisation in geological and…
Combined U-corrected Pb-Pb dating and 26Al-26Mg systematics of individual chondrules – evidence for a reduced initial abundance of 26Al amongst inner Solar System chondrules
Jean Bollard, Noriyuki Kawasaki, Naoya Sakamoto, Mia Olsen, Shoichi Itoh, Kirsten Larsen, Daniel Wielandt, Martin Schiller, James N. Connelly, Hisayoshi Yurimoto, Martin Bizzarro Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 22 June…
Extended chondrule formation intervals in distinct physicochemical environments: Evidence from Al-Mg isotope systematics of CR chondrite chondrules with unaltered plagioclase
Travis J. Tenner, Daisuke Nakashima, Takayuki Ushikubo, Naotaka Tomioka, Makoto Kimura, Michael K. Weisberg, Noriko T.Kita Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 22 June 2019 LINK “Al-Mg isotope systematics of twelve…
Investigating magmatic processes in the early Solar System using the Cl isotopic systematics of eucritesOPEN ACCESS
T.J. Barrett, J.J. Barnes, M. Anand, I.A. Franchi, R.C. Greenwood, B.L.A. Charlier, X.Zhao, F. Moyniere, M.M. Grady Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 22 June 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN…
Distinct evolution of the carbonaceous and non-carbonaceous reservoirs: Insights from Ru, Mo, and W isotopes
Emily A. Worsham, Christoph Burkhardt, Gerrit Budde, Mario Fischer-Gödde,Thomas S.Kruijer, Thorsten Kleine Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 521, 1 September 2019, Pages 103-112 LINK “Highlights • Isotope characteristics of Ru, Mo, and W in…
CV Chondrites: More than One Parent Body
Gattacceca J., Bonal L., Sonzogni C., Longerey J. 82nd Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society 2019 PDF abstract “CV chondrites have been classically divided into reduced (CVRed) and oxidized (CVOx) sub-groups, based on a number…
A New Carbonaceous Chondrite Grouplet, CA
Kimura M., Yamaguchi A., Greenwood R. C., Imae N., Komtsu M. 82nd Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society 2019 PDF abstract “While the majority of carbonaceous (C) chondrites can be assigned to one of eight…
Oxygen Isotope Variation of CM and Related Chondrites: Multiple Parent Bodies or a Single Heterogeneous Source?
Franchi I. A., Greenwood R. C., Howard K. T., King A. J., Lee M. R., Anand M., Findlay R. 82nd Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society 2019 PDF abstract “CMs are the largest group of…
Mineralogy and Spectroscopy (VNIR and FTIR) of Mukundpura CM2: More Insights into the Aqueous Activity and Post Accretion History
Baliyan S., Moitra H., Sarkar S., Ray D., Panda D. K., Shukla A. D., Bhattacharya S., Gupta S. 82nd Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society 2019 PDF abstract “The mineralogy of CM2 chondrites is very…
Why is the Degree of Aqueous Alteration Variable?
K. T. Howard and B. Zanda 82nd Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society 2019 PDF abstract “Minerals containing water form inside of asteroids during aqueous alteration. We have quantified the range in degrees of aqueous…
The Ozerki Meteorite: Petrology and the First Data on Noble Gases and Nitrogen Released by Stepwise Combustion and Crushing Methods
Korochantseva E. V., Verchovsky A. B., Lorenz C. A., Buikin A. I., Korochantsev A. V. 82nd Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society 2019 PDF abstract “The Ozerki meteorite shower fell on June 21, 2018 in…
Cosmic-Ray Exposure Age and Preatmospheric Size of three Recent Falls (L6)
Smith T. M., Li S., Ranjith P. M., Su F., Gattacceca J., ASTER Team, He H. 82nd Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society 2019 PDF abstract “Over the past months, three L6 chondrites falls have…
The Petrology and Geochemistry of CY Chondrites: A Study of Yamato 82162 and Yamato 980115
Russell S. S., Spratt J., King A. J. 82nd Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society 2019 PDF abstract “Three unusual carbonaceous chondrites – Yamato 82162, Yamato 86720, and Belgica 7904 – were studied by a…
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…
In situ U–Pb analysis of shocked zircon from the Charlevoix impact structure, Québec, Canada
Martin Schmieder, Barry J. Shaulis, Thomas J. Lapen, Elmar Buchner, David A. Kring Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 19 June 2019 LINK “Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma‐mass spectrometry (LA‐ICP‐MS) U–Pb geochronology of shocked zircon…
Are hypervelocity impacts able to produce chondrule-like ejecta?
Clément Ganino, Guy Libourel, Akiko M. Nakamura, Patrick Michel Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 19 June 2019 LINK “Highlights • Silicate ejecta formed in impact experiment have several similarities with…
Constraints on asteroid magnetic field evolution and the radii of meteorite parent bodies from thermal modelling
James F. J. Bryson, Jerome A. Neufeld, Francis Nimmo Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 521, 1 September 2019, Pages 68-78 LINK “Highlights • We predict the timing of asteroid magnetic field generation using thermal…
Calcite and dolomite formation in the CM parent body: Insight from in situ C and O isotope analysesOPEN ACCESS
M. Telus, C. M. O’D. Alexander, E. H. Hauri, J. Wang Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 17 June 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “To constrain the conditions of aqueous alteration in…
Survival of Extremotolerant Bacteria from the Mukundpura Meteorite Impact Crater
Rebecca S. Thombre, E. Shivakarthik, Bhalamurugan Sivaraman, Parag A. Vaishampayan, Arman Seuylemezian, J.K. Meka, S. Vijayan, P.P. Kulkarni, T. Pataskar, and B.S. Patil Astrobiology Vol. 19, No. 6, Pages: 785–796 Published Online: 11 Jun 2019…
The Milton pallasite and South Byron Trio Irons: Evidence for oxidation and core crystallization
T.J. McCoy, C.M. Corrigan, K. Nagashima, V.S. Reynolds, R.D. Ash, W.F. McDonough, J.Yang, J.I. Goldstein, C.D. Hilton Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 13 June 2019 LINK “The link between the…
Understanding the emplacement of Martian volcanic rocks using petrofabrics of the nakhlite meteorites
Luke Daly, Sandra Piazolo, Martin R. Lee, Sammy Griffin, Peter Chung, Fabrizio Campanale, Benjamin E. Cohen, Lydia J. Hallis, Patrick W. Trimby, Raphael Baumgartner, Lucy V. Forman, Gretchen K. Benedix Earth and Planetary Science Letters…
U‐Pb SIMS ages of Apollo 14 zircon: Identifying distinct magmatic episodes
F. Thiessen, A. A. Nemchin, J. F. Snape, M. J. Whitehouse Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 12 June 2019 LINK “U‐Pb ages of zircon in four different Apollo 14 breccias (14305, 14306, 14314, and…
Record of low-temperature aqueous alteration of Martian zircon during the late AmazonianOPEN ACCESS
Martin Guitreau & Jessica Flahaut Nature Communications 10, 1–9 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Several lines of evidence support the presence of liquid water on Mars at different times. Among those, hydrated minerals testify…
The Gove relict iron meteorite from Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
Alex W. R. Bevan, Peter J. Downes, Dermot A. Henry, Michael Verrall, Peter W. Haines Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 11 June 2019 LINK “On February 24, 1979, a deeply oxidized mass of iron…
Mesosiderite formation on asteroid 4 Vesta by a hit-and-run collisionOPEN ACCESS
Makiko K. Haba, Jörn-Frederik Wotzlaw, Yi-Jen Lai, Akira Yamaguchi & Maria Schönbächler Nature Geoscience, 1–6 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) (update: 31 March 2021) “Collision and disruption processes of protoplanetary bodies in the early Solar System…
A new population of dust from stellar explosions among meteoritic stardust
Jan Leitner & Peter Hoppe Nature Astronomy, 1–5 LINK “Primitive Solar System materials host small amounts of refractory dust grains predating the formation of the Sun and its planetary system. These ‘presolar’ grains condensed in…
Asteroid impact effects on Snowball EarthOPEN ACCESS
Christian Koeberl, Boris A. Ivanov Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 9 June 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Several Snowball Earth periods, in which the Earth has been (almost) totally glaciated, are known…
Identification of a meteoritic component using chromium isotopic composition of impact rocks from the Lonar impact structure, India
Berengere Mougel, Frederic Moynier, Christian Koeberl, Daniel Wielandt, Martin Bizzarro Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 9 June 2019 LINK “The existence of mass‐independent chromium isotope variability of nucleosynthetic origin in meteorites and their components…
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…
Experimental Study of the Product Composition of the Chelyabinsk Meteorite (LL5) Outgassing
A. V. Stennikov, S. A. Voropaev, V. S. Fedulov, N. V. Dushenko & S. G. Naimushin Solar System Research volume 53, pages199–207 (2019) LINK “The Chelyabinsk meteorite sample of type LL5 was subjected to calcination…
Lewis Cliff 86211 and 86498: Metal-Sulfide Liquid Segregates from a Carbonaceous Chondrite Impact Melt
Nicole G. Lunning, Timothy J. Mccoy, Devin L. Schrader, Kazu Nagashima, … Alfred Kracher Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 5 June 2019 LINK “The petrogenesis of the ungrouped iron meteorite…
Geomagnetic Field Disturbances from the Fall of the Lipetsk (June 21, 2018) and Chelyabinsk (February 15, 2013) Meteorites
A. A. Spivak, S. A. Riabova Doklady Earth Sciences March 2019, Volume 485, Issue 1, pp 341–345 First Online: 28 May 2019 LINK “Based on the Chelyabinsk (February 13, 2013) and Lipetsk (June 21, 2018)…
Rocky Planetesimal Formation Aided by Organics
Kazuaki A. Homma, Satoshi Okuzumi, Taishi Nakamoto, and Yuta Ueda The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 877, Number 2 LINK “The poor stickiness of silicate dust grains is a major obstacle to the formation of rocky planetesimals….
Dust Condensation in Evolving Discs and the Composition of Meteorites, Planetesimals, and PlanetsOPEN ACCESS
Min Li, Shichun Huang, Michail I. Petaev, Zhaohuan Zhu, Jason H. Steffen Submitted to MNRAS PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Partial condensation of dust from the Solar nebula is thought to be responsible for the diverse chemical…
Using Dust Shed from Asteroids as Microsamples to Link Remote Measurements with Meteorite ClassesOPEN ACCESS
Barbara A. Cohen, Jamey R. Szalay, Andrew S. Rivkin, Jacob A. Richardson, Rachel E. Klima, Carolyn M. Ernst, Nancy L. Chabot, Zoltan Sternovsky, Mihaly Horányi Accepted for publication in Meteoritics and Planetary Science, May 30,…
Earth’s volatile element depletion pattern inherited from a carbonaceous chondrite-like source
Ninja Braukmüller, Frank Wombacher, Claudia Funk & Carsten Münker Nature Geoscience, 1–5 LINK Supplementary information (PDF) “Earth’s volatile element abundances (for example, sulfur, zinc, indium and lead) provide constraints on fundamental processes, such as planetary…
Migration of D-type asteroids from the outer Solar System inferred from carbonate in meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Wataru Fujiya, Peter Hoppe, Takayuki Ushikubo, Kohei Fukuda, Paula Lindgren, Martin R. Lee, Mizuho Koike, Kotaro Shirai, Yuji Sano Submitted to Nature Astronomy Version May 31, 2019 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Recent dynamical models of Solar…
The Northwest Africa 8159 (NWA 8159) Martian Meteorite Part 2. Spinel-orthopyroxene intergrowths. A record of fO2 and crust-basalt interactions
Charles K. Shearer, Aaron S. Bell, Christopher D.K. Herd, Paul V. Burger, Paula Provencio, Zachary D.Sharp, James J.Papike Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 1 June 2019 LINK “In part 1…