The ANSMET 2015 / 2016 Field Season has ended – 569 samples collected including a basketball-sized OC, a possible pallasite, and a possible howardite (updated: Jan 24)
Last update: January 24, 2016 On December 18 the search team found the first three meteorites. Additonal twelve meteorites were found on December 20, the second day of hunting. The next day several meteorites were…
Petrology, mineralogy, and oxygen isotope compositions of aluminum-rich chondrules from CV3 chondrites
Wang, Y., Hsu, W., Li, X., Li, Q., Liu, Y. and Tang, G. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12590 Article first published online: 18 DEC 2015 DOI: 10.1111/maps.12590 LINK “Bulk major element composition, petrography, mineralogy,…
Grosvenor Mountains 95 howardite pairing group: Insights into the surface regolith of asteroid 4 Vesta.
Lunning, N. G., Welten, K. C., McSween, H. Y., Caffee, M. W. and Beck, A. W. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12580 Article first published online: 16 DEC 2015 LINK “Regolithic howardites are analogs for…
Lithium isotopes and light lithophile element abundances in shergottites: Evidence for both magmatic degassing and subsolidus diffusion
Udry, A., McSween, H. Y., Hervig, R. L. and Taylor, L. A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12582 Article first published online: 16 DEC 2015 LINK “Degassed magmatic water was potentially the major source of…
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…
Fossilized condensation lines in the Solar System protoplanetary disk
A. Morbidelli, B. Bitsch, A. Crida, M. Gounelle, T. Guillot, S. Jacobson, A. Johansen, M. Lambrechts, E. Lega Icarus Available online 12 December 2015 LINK (open access) “The terrestrial planets and the asteroids dominant in…
Geochemistry, thermal evolution, and cryovolcanism on Ceres with a muddy ice mantle
Marc Neveu, Steven J. Desch Geophysical Research Letters 10.1002/2015GL066375 published: 12 December 2015 LINK “We present a model of the internal evolution of Ceres consistent with pre-Dawn observations and preliminary data returned by Dawn. We…
Mineralogy and petrology of lunar meteorite Northwest Africa 2977 consisting of olivine cumulate gabbro including inverted pigeonite
Hiroshi Nagaoka, Yuzuru Karouji, Hiroshi Takeda, Timothy Fagan, Mitsuru Ebihara, Nobuyuki Hasebe Earth Earth, Planets and Space 2015, 67:200 (12 December 2015) doi:10.1186/s40623-015-0368-y LINK (open access) “nar meteorite Northwest Africa (NWA) 2977 is identified as…
Accretion Timescale and Impact History of Mars Deduced from the Isotopic Systematics of Martian Meteorites
Lars E. Borg, Gregory A. Brennecka, Steven J.K. Symes Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 12 December 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.12.002 LINK Update (24 June 2016): Evolution of the Solar System Inferred from…
Mass dependent fractionation of stable chromium isotopes in mare basalts: implications for the formation and the differentiation of the Moon
Pierre Bonnand, Ian J. Parkinson, Mahesh Anand Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 12 December 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.11.041 LINK (open access)
Survival of the impactor during hypervelocity collisions I: An analogue for low porosity targets
C. Avdellidou, M.C. Price, M. Delbo, P. Ioannidis, M.J. Cole PDF (full text) abstract “Recent observations of asteroidal surfaces indicate the presence of materials that do not match the bulk lithology of the body. A…
Redistribution of alkaline elements in association with aqueous activity in the early solar system
Hiroshi Hidaka, Takuya Higuchi, and Shigekazu Yoneda The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 815, Number 1 Published 2015 December 10 LINK “It is known that the Sayama meteorite (CM2) shows an extensive signature for aqueous alteration on…
Three-dimensional spectral analysis of compositional heterogeneity at Arruntia crater on (4) Vesta using Dawn FC
Guneshwar Thangjam, Andreas Nathues, Kurt Mengel, Michael Schäfer, Martin Hoffmann, Edward A. Cloutis, Paul Mann, Christian Müller, Thomas Platz, Tanja Schäfer manuscript accepted for publication (Icarus/YICAR11819) PDF (full text) abstract
Noble gases in oxidized residue prepared from the Saratov L4 chondrite and Raman spectroscopic study of residues to characterize phase Q
Matsuda, J.-i., Morishita, K., Nara, M. and Amari, S. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12587 LINK “We analyzed noble gases in an oxidized residue prepared from a HF-HCl residue of the Saratov L4 chondrite. The…
Characterising the CI and CI-like carbonaceous chondrites using thermogravimetric analysis and infrared spectroscopy
Ashley King, Jake Solomon, Paul Schofield, Sara Russell Earth, Planets and Space 2015, 67:198 (9 December 2015) doi:10.1186/s40623-015-0370-4 LINK (open access) “The CI and CI-like chondrites provide a record of aqueous alteration in the early…
Sublimation in bright spots on (1) Ceres
A. Nathues, M. Hoffmann, M. Schaefer, L. Le Corre, V. Reddy + et al. Nature 528, 237–240 (09 December 2015) | doi:10.1038/nature15754 LINK “The dwarf planet (1) Ceres, the largest object in the main asteroid…
Ammoniated phyllosilicates with a likely outer Solar System origin on (1) Ceres
M. C. De Sanctis, E. Ammannito, A. Raponi, S. Marchi, T. B. McCord + et al. Nature 528, 241–244 (09 December 2015) | doi:10.1038/nature16172 LINK “Studies of the dwarf planet (1) Ceres using ground-based and…
The building blocks of Earth and Mars: A close genetic link
Caroline Fitoussi, Bernard Bourdon, Xueying Wang Earth and Planetary Science Letters Available online 8 December 2015 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.11.036 LINK “The Earth formed in a swarm of Moon- to Mars-sized objects that collided together to build our…
A New Mechanism for Chondrule Formation: Radiative Heating by Hot Planetesimals
William Herbst, James P. Greenwood Accepted Nov. 16, 2015 for publication as a Research Note in Icarus PDF (full text) abstract updated on December 10: LINK “We propose that chondrules are formed by radiative heating…
Accretion timescales and style of asteroidal differentiation in an 26Al-poor protoplanetary disk
K.K. Larsen, M. Schiller, M. Bizzarro Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 8 December 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.10.036 LINK “The decay of radioactive 26Al to 26Mg (half-life of 730,000 years) is postulated to…
Annealing of radiation damage in zircons from Apollo 14 impact breccia 14311: Implications for the thermal history of the breccia.
Pidgeon, R. T., Merle, R. E., Grange, M. L., Nemchin, A. A. and Whitehouse, M. J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12572 LINK
Petrology and provenance of a very-low-titanium picrite clast in lunar highland regolith breccia 15295
Sonzogni, Y., Kramer, G. Y. and Treiman, A. H. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12579 LINK
An occurrence of tuite, γ-Ca3(PO4)2, partly transformed from Ca-phosphates in the Suizhou meteorite
Xie, X., Gu, X. and Chen, M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12577 LINK “Tuite is a high-pressure γ-form of Ca3(PO4)2. An occurrence of tuite partly transformed from merrillite and chlorapatite was observed in the…
Ancient stardust in fine-grained chondrule dust rims from carbonaceous chondrites
Jan Leitner, Christian Vollmer, Christine Floss, Jutta Zipfel, Peter Hoppe Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 3 December 2015 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.11.028 LINK “Carbonaceous chondrites are fragments from primitive parent asteroids, which…
Magnesium isotopic composition of achondrites
Fatemeh Sedaghatpour, Fang-Zhen Teng Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 2 December 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.11.016 LINK “Magnesium isotopic compositions of 22 well-characterized differentiated meteorites including 7 types of achondrites and pallasite meteorites…
A Pb isotopic resolution to the Martian meteorite age paradox
J.J. Bellucci, A.A. Nemchin, M.J. Whitehouse, J.F. Snape, R.B. Kielman, P.A. Bland, G.K. Benedix Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 1 December 2015 LINK “Determining the chronology and quantifying various…
Santa Lucia (2008) (L6) Chondrite, a Recent Fall: Composition, Noble Gases, Nitrogen and Cosmic Ray Exposure Age
Ramakant R. Mahajan, Maria Eugenia Varela, Jean Louis Joron Earth, Moon, and Planets April 2016, Volume 117, Issue 2, pp 65-76 First online: 27 November 2015 LINK “The Santa Lucia (2008)—one the most recent Argentine…
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…
Episodic carbonate precipitation in the CM chondrite ALH 84049: An ion microprobe analysis of O and C isotopes
Mark Tyra, Adrian Brearley, Yunbin Guan Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 27 November 2015 LINK “We have determined the O and C isotope compositions of dolomite grains and the C…
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…
Spectral characterization of V-type asteroids – II. A statistical analysis
S. Ieva, E. Dotto, D. Lazzaro, D. Perna, D. Fulvio4 and M. Fulchignoni MNRAS (January 21, 2016) 455 (3): 2871-2888. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stv2510 First published online November 25, 2015 LINK “In recent years, several small basaltic…
The early thermal evolution of Mars
Bhatia, G. K. and Sahijpal, S. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12573 LINK “Hf-W isotopic systematics of Martian meteorites have provided evidence for the early accretion and rapid core formation of Mars. We present the…
Orbital and Physical Characteristics of Meter-scale Impactors from Airburst Observations
P. Brown, P. Wiegert, D. Clark, E. Tagliaferri Accepted to Icarus – Nov 23, 2015 PDF (full text) LINK “We have analysed the orbits and ablation characteristics in the atmosphere of 59 earth-impacting fireballs, produced…
Did the Solar System form in a sequential triggered star formation event?
Richard J. Parker, James E. Dale accepted for publication in MNRAS PDF (full text) abstract “The presence and abundance of the short-lived radioisotopes (SLRs) $^{26}$Al and $^{60}$Fe during the formation of the Solar System is…
The path of reduced nitrogen toward early earth: the cosmic trail and its solar shortcuts
Sandra Pizzarello and Maitrayee Bose The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 814, Number 2 LINK “Large isotopic anomalies are found in meteoritic insoluble organic materials (IOMs) and, for nitrogen, show 15N-excesses up to ${\delta }^{15}$N ~ 5000‰….
I-Xe ages of enstatite chondrites
Jens Hopp, Mario Trieloff, Ulrich Ott Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 23 November 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.11.014 LINK “In order to elucidate the early thermal history of enstatite chondrite parent bodies we…
The Pb isotopic evolution of the Martian mantle constrained by initial Pb in Martian meteorites
Bellucci, J. J., Nemchin, A. A., Whitehouse, M. J., Snape, J. F., Bland, P., Benedix, G.K. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets Accepted manuscript online: 21 November 2015 DOI: 10.1002/2015JE004809 LINK “The Pb isotopic compositions of…
The accretion and differentiation of Earth under oxidizing conditions
R. Bastian Georg and Anat Shahar American Mineralogist doi: 10.2138/am-2015-5153 Volume 100 no. 11-12 p. 2739-2748 LINK “We present a new approach to model planetary accretion and continuous core formation, and discuss the implications if…
Chemical composition and crystal structure of merrillite from the Suizhou meteorite
Xiande Xie, Hexiong Yang, Xiangping Gu and Robert T. Downs American Mineralogist doi: 10.2138/am-2015-5488 Volume 100 no. 11-12 p. 2753-2756 LINK
Quasicrystals at extreme conditions: The role of pressure in stabilizing icosahedral Al63Cu24Fe13 at high temperature
Vincenzo Stagno, Luca Bindi, Changyong Park, Sergey Tkachev, Vitali B. Prakapenka, H.-K. Mao, Russell J. Hemley, Paul J. Steinhardt and Yingwei Fei American Mineralogist doi: 10.2138/am-2015-5412 Volume 100 no. 11-12 p. 2412-2418 LINK “Icosahedrite, the…
Petrology on Mars
Harry Y. McSween Jr. American Mineralogist doi: 10.2138/am-2015-5257 Volume 100 no. 11-12 p. 2380-2395 INVITED CENTENNIAL ARTICLE / REVIEW PDF (full text) abstract “Petrologic investigations of martian rocks have been accomplished by mineralogical, geochemical, and…
Nickeliferous pyrite tracks pervasive hydrothermal alteration in Martian regolith breccia: A study in NWA 7533
Lorand, J.-P., Hewins, R. H., Remusat, L., Zanda, B., Pont, S., Leroux, H., Marinova, M., Jacob, D., Humayun, M., Nemchin, A., Grange, M., Kennedy, A. and Göpel, C. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12565 LINK…
Accreting protoplanets in the LkCa 15 transition disk
S. Sallum, K. B. Follette, J. A. Eisner, L. M. Close, P. Hinz + et al. Nature 527, 342–344 (18 November 2015) | doi:10.1038/nature15761 LINK “Exoplanet detections have revolutionized astronomy, offering new insights into solar…
2P/Encke, the Taurid complex NEOs and the Maribo and Sutter’s Mill meteorites
C. Tubiana, C. Snodgrass, R. Michelsen, H. Haack, H. Boehnhardt, A. Fitzsimmons, I. P. Williams in press in A&A PDF (full text) abstract “The Taurid meteoroid stream has long been linked with 2P/Encke owing to…
The origin of the neon isotopes in chondrites and on Earth
Manuel Moreira, Sébastien Charnoz Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 16 November 2015 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.11.002 LINK “We discuss the origin of the neon isotopic signatures in chondrites and in the terrestrial…
Dynamic radio spectra from two fireballs
K. S. Obenberger, G. B. Taylor, C. S. Lin, J. Dowell, F. K. Schinzel and K. Stovall Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 120, 9916–9928 Version of Record online: 14 NOV 2015 DOI: 10.1002/2015JA021229 LINK…
Uranium isotopic composition and absolute ages of Allende chondrules
Brennecka, G. A., Budde, G. and Kleine, T. (2015), Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12567 LINK “A handful of events, such as the condensation of refractory inclusions and the formation of chondrules, represent important stages…
Shock effects in the Willamette ungrouped iron meteorite
Rubin, A. E., Breen, J. P., Wasson, J. T. and Pitt, D. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12569 LINK
Petrography and geochemistry of the enriched basaltic shergottite Northwest Africa 2975
He, Q., Xiao, L., Balta, J. B., Baziotis, I. P., Hsu, W. and Guan, Y. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12571 LINK “We present a study of the petrology and geochemistry of basaltic shergottite Northwest…
Evidence for primordial water in Earth’s deep mantle
Lydia J. Hallis, Gary R. Huss, Kazuhide Nagashima, G. Jeffrey Taylor, Sæmundur A. Halldórsson, David R. Hilton, Michael J. Mottl, Karen J. Meech Science 13 November 2015: Vol. 350 no. 6262 pp. 795-797 DOI: 10.1126/science.aac4834…
Phosphate ages in Apollo 14 breccias: Resolving multiple impact events with high precision U–Pb SIMS analyses
J.F. Snape, A.A. Nemchin, M.L. Grange, J.J. Bellucci, F. Thiessen, M.J. Whitehouse Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 174, 1 February 2016, Pages 13–29 LINK “The U–Pb systems of apatite and merrillite grains within four separate…
Chondrule Formation via Impact Jetting Triggered by Planetary Accretion
Yasuhiro Hasegawa, Shigeru Wakita, Yuji Matsumoto, Shoichi Oshino accepted for publication in ApJ PDF (full text) abstract Update (Dec 21): LINK “Chondrules are one of the most primitive elements that can serve as a fundamental…
Lunar volatile depletion due to incomplete accretion within an impact-generated disk
Robin M. Canup, Channon Visscher, Julien Salmon & Bruce Fegley Jr Nature Geoscience(2015) doi:10.1038/ngeo2574 Published online 09 November 2015 LINK
Laboratory Analyses of Meteoric Debris in the Upper stratosphere from Settling Bolide Dust Clouds
F.J.M. Rietmeijer, V. Della Corte, M. Ferrari, A. Rotundi, R. Brunetto Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 7 November 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.11.003 LINK “Bolide and fireball fragmentation produce vast amounts of dust that will slowly…
Effects of viewing geometry, aggregation state, and particle size on reflectance spectra of the Murchison CM2 chondrite deconvolved to Dawn FC band passes
Matthew R.M. Izawa, Tanja Schäfer, Valerie B. Pietrasz, Edward A. Cloutis, Paul Mann, Andreas Nathues, Kurt Mengel, Michael Schäfer, Guneshwar Thangjam, Martin Hoffmann, Kimberly T. Tait, Daniel M. Applin Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available…
Microstructural evidence for a disequilibrium condensation origin for hibonite-spinel inclusions in the ALHA77307 CO3.0 chondrite
Han, J., Brearley, A. J. and Keller, L. P. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12563 LINK “Two hibonite-spinel inclusions (CAIs 03 and 08) in the ALHA77307 CO3.0 chondrite have been characterized in detail using the…
40Ar/39Ar age of material returned from asteroid 25143 Itokawa
Park, J., Turrin, B. D., Herzog, G. F., Lindsay, F. N., Delaney, J. S., Swisher, C. C., Uesugi, M., Karouji, Y., Yada, T., Abe, M., Okada, T. and Ishibashi, Y. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi:…
Glass-bearing inclusions in Shergotty and Chassigny: Consistent samples of a primary trapped melt?
Varela, M. E. and Zinner, E. (2015), Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12566 LINK “Glass-bearing inclusions hosted by different mineral phases in SNC meteorites provide important information on the conditions that prevailed during formation of…
The survivability of phyllosilicates and carbonates impacting Stardust Al foils: Facilitating the search for cometary water.
Wozniakiewicz, P. J., Ishii, H. A., Kearsley, A. T., Bradley, J. P., Price, Mark. C., Burchell, M. J., Teslich, N. and Cole, M. J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12568 LINK
Polymer amide in the Allende and Murchison meteorites
McGeoch, J. E. M. and McGeoch, M. W. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12558 LINK “It has been proposed that exothermic gas phase polymerization of amino acids can occur in the conditions of a warm…
The Kunashak meteorite: New data on mineralogy
Yu. V. Erokhin , V. A. Koroteev, V. V. Khiller, E. V. Burlakov, K. S. Ivanov, D. A. Kleimenov Doklady Earth Sciences October 2015, Volume 464, Issue 2, pp 1058-1061 originally published in Doklady Akademii…
The conditions of chondrule formation, Part II: Open system
Pia Friend, Dominik C. Hezel, Daniel Mucerschi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 3 November 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.10.026 LINK Refers to: Dominik C. Hezel, Herbert Palme The conditions of chondrule formation, Part…
On the frequency of the superfireballs: more than 150 years of reports
Sandra Zamora, Fancisco Ocaña, Alejandro Sánchez de Miguel, Maruška Mole Proceedings of the IMC, Mistelbach, 2015 PDF (full text) abstract “Superfireballs are rare phenomena for which the reports are scarce and the estimation of their…
Are some meteoroids rubble piles?
Jiří Borovička Paper presented at the IAU Symposium 318 Asteroids: New Observations, New Models (Honolulu, USA, August 3-7, 2015). Accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union arXiv:1510.07869 PDF (full text) abstract…
Oxygen isotope and petrological study of silicate inclusions in IIE iron meteorites and their relationship with H chondrites
Kathryn H. McDermott, Richard C. Greenwood, Edward R.D. Scott, Ian A. Franchi, Mahesh Anand Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 28 October 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.10.014 LINK “The origin of silicate-bearing irons, especially…
Nebular dead zone effects on the D/H ratio in chondrites and comets
M. Ali-Dib, R. G. Martin, J.-M. Petit, O. Mousis, P. Vernazza and J. I. Lunine A&A, Volume 583, November 2015 LINK “Context. Comets and chondrites show non-monotonic behavior of their deuterium-to-hydrogen (D/H) ratio as a…
Spectral Parameters for Dawn FC Color Data: Carbonaceous Chondrites and Aqueous Alteration Products as Potential Cerean Analog Materials
Tanja Schäfer, Andreas Nathues, Kurt Mengel, Matthew R.M. Izawa, Edward A. Cloutis, Michael Schäfer, Martin Hoffmann Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 23 October 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.10.005
Vestoids, Part II: The basaltic nature and HED meteorite analogs for eight Vp-type asteroids and their associations with (4) Vesta
Paul S. Hardersen, Vishnu Reddy, Rachel Roberts arXiv:1510.06636 (Submitted on 22 Oct 2015) PDF (full text) abstract “Improving constraints on the abundance of basaltic asteroids in the main asteroid belt is necessary for better understanding…
A comprehensive study of noble gases and nitrogen in Hypatia, a diamond-rich pebble from SW Egypt
Guillaume Avice, Matthias M. M. Meier, Bernard Marty, Rainer Wieler, Jan D. Kramers, Falko Langenhorst, Pierre Cartigny, Colin Maden, Laurent Zimmermann, Marco A. G. Andreoli Earth and Planetary Science Letters (2015) pp. 243-253 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.10.013 arXiv:1510.06594…
Mn-Cr relative sensitivity factor in ferromagnesian olivines defined for SIMS measurements with a Cameca ims-1280 ion microprobe: Implications for dating secondary fayalite
Patricia M. Doyle, Kaori Jogo, Kazuhide Nagashima, Gary R. Huss, Alexander N. Krot Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 21 October 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.10.010 LINK “The short-lived radionuclide 53Mn, which decays to…
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 origin of amino acids in lunar regolith samples
Jamie E. Elsila, Michael P. Callahan, Jason P. Dworkin, Daniel P. Glavin, Hannah L. McLain, Sarah K. Noble, Everett K. Gibson Jr. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 20 October 2015…
Mid-Infrared spectroscopy of impactites from the Nördlinger Ries impact crater
Andreas Morlok, Aleksandra Stojic, Isabelle Dittmar, Harald Hiesinger, Manuel Ahmedi, Martin Sohn, Iris Weber, Joern Helbert Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 20 October 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.10.003 LINK
The growth of planets by pebble accretion in evolving protoplanetary discs
Bertram Bitsch, Michiel Lambrechts and Anders Johansen A&A Volume 582, October 2015, A112 Published online: 20 October 2015 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526463 LINK
High-precision sulfur isotope composition of enstatite meteorites and implications of the formation and evolution of their parent bodies
C. Defouilloy, P. Cartigny, N. Assayag, F. Moynier, J.-A. Barrat Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 19 October 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.10.009 LINK “In order to better understand the formation and evolution of…
Formation timescales of CV chondrites from component specific Hf–W systematics
Maike Becker, Dominik C. Hezel, Toni Schulz, Bo-Magnus Elfers, Carsten Münker Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 19 October 2015 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.09.049 LINK “Carbonaceous chondrites are an important meteorite group that…
Ciechanów fireball: the body possibly related to near earth asteroids 2010 TB54 and 2010 SX11
A. Olech, P. Żołądek, M. Wiśniewski, R. Rudawska, J. Laskowski, K. Polakowski, M. Maciejewski, T. Krzyżanowski, T. Fajfer, and Z. Tymiński MNRAS(December 11, 2015) Vol. 454 2965-2971 doi:10.1093/mnras/stv1993 First published online October 17, 2015 LINK…
A terrestrial perspective on using ex situ shocked zircons to date lunar impacts
Aaron J. Cavosie, Timmons M. Erickson, Nicholas E. Timms, Steven M. Reddy, Cristina Talavera, Stephanie D. Montalvo, Maya R. Pincus, Ryan J. Gibbon, and Desmond Moser Geology, First published on October 1, 2015, doi:10.1130/G37059.1 LINK
The Pluto system: Initial results from its exploration by New Horizons
S. A. Stern, F. Bagenal, K. Ennico, G. R. Gladstone, W. M. Grundy, W. B. McKinnon, J. M. Moore, C. B. Olkin, J. R. Spencer, H. A. Weaver, L. A. Young, T. Andert, J. Andrews,…
147Sm-143Nd and 176Lu-176Hf systematics of eucrite and angrite meteorites.
Bouvier, A., Blichert-Toft, J., Boyet, M. and Albarède, F. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12553 LINK “Comparative planetary geochemistry provides insight into the origin and evolutionary paths of planetary bodies in the inner solar system….
The 1925 meteorite fall near Ellemeet and Serooskerke, the Netherlands.
de Vet, S. J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12554 LINK “Two meteorites impacted in 1925 around the town of Serooskerke on the isle of Schouwen, the Netherlands. The largest mass is widely known as…
An experimental study of partial melting and fractional crystallization on the HED parent body.
Ashcroft, H. O. and Wood, B. J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12556 LINK (full text) “ABSTRACT: We have performed an experimental and modeling study of the partial melting behavior of the HED parent body…
Possible meteorite fall near Aremark, Østfold, Norway on August 13, 2015?
Steinar Midtskogen of the Norsk Meteornettverk reports about a possible meteorite fall near Aremark, Østfold, Norway on August 13, 2015. Frequent search expeditions have so far not resulted in any finds. LINK VIDEO
High-sensitivity HPGe gamma-spectrometry analysis of radionuclides in Martian meteorites
Pavel P. Povinec , Ivan Sýkora, Andrej Kováčik, Christian Koeberl Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry pp 1-5 LINK
Cathodoluminescence as a tool to discriminate impact melt, shocked and unshocked volcanics: A case study of samples from the El’gygytgyn impact structure
Pittarello, L., Roszjar, J., Mader, D., Debaille, V., Claeys, P. and Koeberl, C. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12559Article first published online: 15 OCT 2015 LINK “El’gygytgyn (Chukotka, Arctic Russia) is a well-preserved impact structure,…
Saqqar: A 34 km diameter impact structure in Saudi Arabia.
Kenkmann, T., Afifi, A. M., Stewart, S. A., Poelchau, M. H., Cook, D. J. and Neville, A. S. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12555 Article first published online: 15 OCT 2015 LINK “Here we present…
Predictions for impactor contamination on Ceres based on hypervelocity impact experiments
R. Terik Daly and Peter H. Schultz Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, doi:10.1002/2015GL065601 Article first published online: 13 OCT 2015 LINK “New experiments predict that Ceres should be extensively contaminated with meteoritic debris derived from the…
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…
Estimating the modal mineralogy of eucrite and diogenite meteorites using visible–near infrared reflectance spectroscopy.
Li, S. and Milliken, R. E. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12513 LINK “Reliable quantitative mapping of minerals exposed on Vesta’s surface is crucial for understanding the crustal composition, petrologic evolution, and surface modification of…
Calibration of cosmogenic noble gas production based on 36Cl-36Ar ages. Part 2. The 81Kr-Kr dating technique.
Leya, I., Dalcher, N., Vogel, N., Wieler, R., Caffee, M. W., Welten, K. C. and Nishiizumi, K. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12515 LINK “We calibrated the 81Kr-Kr dating system for ordinary chondrites of different…
Small melt inclusions can record bulk magma compositions: A planetary example from the Martian basalt (shergottite) Tissint.
Sonzogni, Y. and Treiman, A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12516 LINK “Melt inclusions in igneous minerals can provide constraints on magma compositions, especially for planetary samples where mass is severely limited. Small inclusions (
A large shock vein in L chondrite Roosevelt County 106: Evidence for a long-duration shock pulse on the L chondrite parent body
Sharp, T. G., Xie, Z., de CARLI, P. S. and Hu, J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12557 LINK “A large shock-induced melt vein in L6 ordinary chondrite Roosevelt County 106 contains abundant high-pressure minerals,…
Meteorite fall in San Carlos, Maldonado, Uruguay on 19th September 2015 – (updated Oct 22, 11:10 UTC)
A page with updated and additional information about this fall has been established on this SAN CARLOS (prov.) page(Last update: 14 April 2017) Last update: October 22, 2015, 11:10 UTC Interview with Gonzalo Tancredi970 Universal…
Detailed information about SARIÇİÇEK Howardite meteorite fall (Bingöl,Turkey) released (updated Feb. 23)
Last updated: February 23, 2016 The meteorites have been officially registered as SARIÇİÇEK in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database on February 22, 2016. Writeup of MB 105 The Turkish Meteorite Network has released detailed information about…
Ca. 2.7 Ga ferropicritic magmatism: a record of Fe-rich heterogeneities during Neoarchean global mantle melting
Dejan Milidragovic, Don Francis Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 9 October 2015 LINK ” … Melting experiments on “pyrolitic” compositions and consideration of the dependence of the density of silicate…
187Re-187Os Systematics, Highly Siderophile Element, S-Se-Te Abundances in the Components of Unequilibrated L Chondrites
Yogita Kadlag, Harry Becker Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.09.026 In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 9 October 2015 LINK “The 187Re-187Os systematics, abundances of highly siderophile elements (HSE: Re, platinum group elements and Au), Te,…
Growing the terrestrial planets from the gradual accumulation of sub-meter sized objects
Harold F. Levison, Katherine A. Kretke, Kevin Walsh, William Bottke Accepted for PNAS arXiv:1510.02095 PDF (full text) abstract “Building the terrestrial planets has been a challenge for planet formation models. In particular, classical theories have…
Fragment shapes in impact experiments ranging from cratering to catastrophic disruption
T. Michikami, A. Hagermann, T. Kadokawa, A. Yoshida, A. Shimada, S. Hasegawa, A. Tsuchiyama Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 8 October 2015 LINK (full text)
NWA 8171 thin section as Gigapan
Very likely NWA 7034 pairing NWA 8171 thin section in Gigapan image (best viewed in full screen) Source: gigapan
Differentiation signatures in the Flora region
Dagmara Oszkiewicz, Paweł Kankiewicz, Ireneusz Włodarczyk, Agnieszka Kryszczyńska accepted to AA (28 09 2015) PDF (full text) abstract “Most asteroid families are very homogeneous in physical properties. Some show greater diversity, however. The Flora family…
Magnetism of a Very Young Lunar Glass
Jennifer Buz, Benjamin P. Weiss, Sonia M. Tikoo, David L. Shuster, Jérôme Gattacceca and Timothy L. Grove Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 10.1002/2015JE004878 LINK “Recent paleomagnetic studies of Apollo samples have established that a core…
Rounded Boulders on Itokawa as Clues to Geological Processes in the Early Solar System
J. Marshall, B. Rizk Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 3 October 2015 doi:10.1016/j.pss.2015.09.015 LINK “Large rounded boulders on Itokawa are a surprising find and may be evidence of forceful inter-boulder…
State shift in Deccan volcanism at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary, possibly induced by impact
Paul R. Renne, Courtney J. Sprain, Mark A. Richards, Stephen Self, Loÿc Vanderkluysen, Kanchan Pande Science 2 October 2015: Vol. 350 no. 6256 pp. 76-78 DOI: 10.1126/science.aac7549 LINK Materials/Methods, Supplementary Text, Tables, Figures, and/or References…
The Stac Fada impact ejecta deposit and the Lairg Gravity Low: evidence for a buried Precambrian impact crater in Scotland?
Michael J. Simms Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association Volume 126, Issue 6, December 2015, Pages 742–761 Available online 2 October 2015 LINK “The Stac Fada Member, an impact ejecta deposit within the Mesoproterozoic Stoer Group,…
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
Interstellar Detection of Methyl Isocyanate CH3NCO in Sgr B2(N): A Link from Molecular Clouds to Comets
D. T. Halfen et al The Astrophysical Journal Letters 2015 ApJ 812 L5 LINK “A new interstellar molecule, CH 3NCO (methyl isocyanate), has been detected using the 12 m telescope of the Arizona Radio Observatory…
The Lu Isotopic Composition of Achondrites: Closing the Case for Accelerated Decay of 176Lu
Josh Wimpenny et al. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 2015 ApJ812 L3 LINK “Studies of Lu–Hf isotope systematics in meteorites have produced apparent “ages” that are older than Pb–Pb ages and older than the estimated age…
Indigenous nitrogen in the Moon: Constraints from coupled nitrogen–noble gas analyses of mare basalts
Evelyn Füri, Peter H. Barry, Lawrence A. Taylor, Bernard Marty Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 431, 1 December 2015, Pages 195–205 LINK
Decagonite, Al71Ni24Fe5, a quasicrystal with decagonal symmetry from the Khatyrka CV3 carbonaceous chondrite
Luca Bindi, Nan Yao, Chaney Lin, Lincoln S. Hollister, Christopher L. Andronicos, Vadim V. Distler, Michael P. Eddy, Alexander Kostin, Valery Kryachko, Glenn J. MacPherson, William M. Steinhardt, Marina Yudovskaya and Paul J. Steinhardt American…
Normal to inverse transition in martian spinel: Understanding the interplay between chromium, vanadium, and iron valence state partitioning through a crystal-chemical lens
James J. Papike, Paul V. Burger, Aaron S. Bell, Charles K. Shearer, Loan Le and John Jones American Mineralogist doi: 10.2138/am-2015-5208 v. 100 no. 10 p. 2018-2025 LINK
Phosphoran olivine overgrowths: Implications for multiple impacts to the Main Group pallasite parent body
Neva A. Fowler-Gerace, and Kimberly T. Tait American Mineralogist doi: 10.2138/am-2015-5344 v. 100 no. 10 p. 2043-2052 LINK “Phosphoran olivine (1–7 wt% P2O5) is a metastable phase known from fewer than a dozen meteoritic or…
The abundance of 26Al-rich planetary systems in the Galaxy
Matthieu Gounelle Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 582, October 2015 Published online: 30 September 2015 LINK “One of the most puzzling properties of the solar system is the high abundance at its birth of 26Al, a…
Probing the Physical Conditions of Supernova Ejecta with the Measured Sizes of Presolar Al2O3 Grains
Takaya Nozawa, Shigeru Wakita, Yasuhiro Hasegawa, and Takashi Kozasa The Astrophysical Journal Letters Number 2, 2015 October 1 (L15-L39) 2015 ApJ811 L39 Published 2015 September 30 LINK “A few particles of presolar Al2O3 grains with…
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…
s-Process Os isotope enrichment in ureilites by planetary processing
S. Goderis, A.D. Brandon, B. Mayer, M. Humayun Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 431, 1 December 2015, Pages 110–118 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.09.021 LINK “Ubiquitous nucleosynthetic isotope anomalies relative to the terrestrial isotopic composition in Mo, Ru,…
Evolution of Zakłodzie enstatite meteorite – insight from TEM analyses
A. Krzesinska, R. Wirth, and M.A. Kusiak EPSC Abstracts Vol. 10, EPSC2015-651, 2015 European Planetary Science Congress 2015 PDF “The Zakłodzie meteorite is an achondritic-like rock with enstatite chondrite parentage [1,2,3]. Its texture indicative for…
What we know about Oslo meteorite from cosmogenic isotope analysis
Z. Tymiński, M. Stolarz, T. Kubalczak, P. Zaręba, M. Burski, M. Bilet, E. Miśta, K. Tymińska, E. Kołakowska, A. Burakowska, P. Żołądek, A. Olech, M. Wiśniewski, A. Listkowska, and P. Saganowski EPSC Abstracts Vol. 10,…
Ion irradiation of carbonaceous chondrites as a simulation of space weathering on C-complex asteroids
C. LANTZ, R. Brunetto, M.A. Barucci, C. Bachelet, D. Baklouti, J. Bourçois, E. Dartois, J. Duprat, P. Duret, C. Engrand, M. Godard, D. Ledu, O. Mivumbi, and S. Fornasier EPSC Abstracts Vol. 10, EPSC2015-138, 2015…
Compositional and textural data of a new ungrouped iron meteorite from Oglat Sidi Ali, Morocco
V. Moggi Cecchi, S. Caporali, G. Pratesi, H. Nachit, C.D.K. Herd, and G. Chen EPSC Abstracts Vol. 10, EPSC2015-312-4, 2015 European Planetary Science Congress 2015 PDF withdrawn In the present paper compositional and textural data…
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….
Elemental Composition of Primitive Anhydrous IDPs
G. Flynn, S. Wirick, S. R. Sutton, and A. Lanzirotti EPSC Abstracts Vol. 10, EPSC2015-117, 2015 European Planetary Science Congress 2015 PDF “We measured elemental compositions of five large anhydrous cluster interplanetary dust particles (IDPs)…
Mineralogy, petrology, chronology, and exposure history of the Chelyabinsk meteorite and parent body.
Righter, K., Abell, P., Agresti, D., Berger, E. L., Burton, A. S., Delaney, J. S., Fries, M. D., Gibson, E. K., Haba, M. K., Harrington, R., Herzog, G. F., Keller, L. P., Locke, D., Lindsay,…
Two independent and primitive envelopes of the bilobate nucleus of comet 67P
Matteo Massironi, Emanuele Simioni, Francesco Marzari, Gabriele Cremonese, Lorenza Giacomini + et al. Nature (28 September 2015) | doi:10.1038/nature15511 LINK “The factors shaping cometary nuclei are still largely unknown, but could be the result of…
GEMS-like material in the matrix of the Paris meteorite and the early stages of alteration of CM chondrites
H. Leroux, P. Cuvillier, B. Zanda, R.H. Hewins Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 28 September 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.09.019 LINK “The Paris meteorite is a weakly altered CM chondrite that has been…
Compositional evolution during rocky protoplanet accretion
Philip J. Carter, Zoë M. Leinhardt, Tim Elliott, Michael J. Walter, Sarah T. Stewart Accepted for publication in ApJ. PDF (full text) abstract Animations to accompany selected figures in the paper “The Earth appears non-chondritic…
Silicates on Iapetus from Cassini’s Composite Infrared Spectrometer
Cindy L. Young, James J. Wray, Roger N. Clark, John R. Spencer, Donald E. Jennings, Kevin P. Hand, Michael J. Poston, and Robert W. Carlson The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 811, Number 2 Published 2015…
The chlorine isotope fingerprint of the lunar magma ocean
By Jeremy W. Boyce, Allan H. Treiman, Yunbin Guan, Chi Ma, John M. Eiler, Juliane Gross, James P. Greenwood, Edward M. Stolper Science Advances 25 Sep 2015: Vol. 1, no. 8, e1500380 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1500380 LINK…
Gould’s Belt, interstellar clouds, and the Eocene–Oligocene helium-3 enhancement
David Parry Rubincam Icarus Volume 264, 15 January 2016, Pages 132–136 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.09.015 Available online 25 September 2015 LINK “Drag from hydrogen in the interstellar cloud which formed Gould’s Belt may have sent interplanetary dust particle…
Detection of argon in the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
By Hans Balsiger, Kathrin Altwegg, Akiva Bar-Nun, Jean-Jacques Berthelier, Andre Bieler, Peter Bochsler, Christelle Briois, Ursina Calmonte, Michael Combi, Johan De Keyser, Peter Eberhardt, Björn Fiethe, Stephen A. Fuselier, Sébastien Gasc, Tamas I. Gombosi, Kenneth…
Comment on ”John’s stone: A possible fragment of the 1908 Tunguska meteorite” (Anfinogenov et al., 2014, Icarus 243, 139-147)
Henning Haack, Richard C. Greenwood, Henner Busemann Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 25 September 2015 LINK “… Consistent with the O study, the noble gases do not provide any evidence for an extraterrestrial…
The diurnal cycle of water ice on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko
M. C. De Sanctis, F. Capaccioni, M. Ciarniello, G. Filacchione, M. Formisano + et al. Nature 525, 500–503 (24 September 2015) | doi:10.1038/nature14869 LINK “Observations of cometary nuclei have revealed a very limited amount of…
Cosmochemical fractionation by collisional erosion during the Earth’s accretion
Asmaa Boujibar, Denis Andrault, Nathalie Bolfan-Casanova, Mohamed Ali Bouhifd & Julien Monteux Nature Communications 6, Article number: 8295 doi:10.1038/ncomms9295 Published 23 September 2015 LINK (open access) Supplementary information (PDF) “Early in the Solar System’s history,…
Signatures of Recent Asteroid Disruptions in the Formation and Evolution of Solar System Dust Bands
A. J. Espy Kehoe, T. J. J. Kehoe, J. E. Colwell, and S. F. Dermott The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 811, Number 1 Published 2015 September 22 LINK Updated (Oct. 5, 2015): PDF (full text) abstract
The Physical Characterization of the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2004 BL86: A Fragment of a Differentiated Asteroid
Vishnu Reddy, Bruce L. Gary, Juan A. Sanchez, Driss Takir, Cristina A. Thomas, Paul S. Hardersen, Yenal Ogmen, Paul Benni, Thomas G. Kaye, Joao Gregorio, Joe Garlitz, David Polishook, Lucille Le Corre, and Andreas Nathues…
Influence of redox conditions on the intensity of Mars crustal magnetic anomalies
Brachfeld, S., Shah, D., First, E., Hammer, J. and Bowles, J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12505 Article first published online: 21 SEP 2015 LINK
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…
Reply to comment by Peters et al. (2015) on “Cosmogenic 180W Variations in Meteorites and Re-assessment of a Possible 184Os-180W Decay System”
David L. Cook, Thomas S. Kruijer, Ingo Leya, Thorsten Kleine Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 21 September 2015 LINK Refers to Comment on “Cosmogenic 180W Variations in Meteorites and Re-assessment…
The meteorite impact-induced tsunami hazard
K. Wünnemann, R. Weiss Philosophical Transactions Published by the Royal Society 28 October 2015; volume 373, issue 2053 Review article, published 21 September 2015.DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2014.0381 LINK “When a cosmic object strikes the Earth, it most…
Search for New Superconductors: An Electro-Magnetic Phase Transition in an Iron Meteorite Inclusion at 117 K
Stefan Guénon, Juan Gabriel Ramírez, Ali C. Basaran, Jamie Wampler, Mark Thiemens, Ivan K. Schuller (Submitted on 15 Sep 2015 (this version), latest version 16 Sep 2015 (v2)) PDF (full text) ” The discovery of…
Water delivery to the Moon by asteroidal and cometary impacts
V.V. Svetsov, V.V. Shuvalov Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 16 September 2015 doi:10.1016/j.pss.2015.09.011 LINK “Recent spacecraft missions detected presence of hydroxyl or water over large areas on the lunar surface….
Widespread occurrence of (per)chlorate in the Solar System
W. Andrew Jackson, Alfonso F. Davila, Derek W.G. Sears, John D. Coates, Christopher P. McKay, Maeghan Brundrett, Nubia Estrada, J.K. Böhlke Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 430, 15 November 2015, Pages 470–476 LINK “Perchlorate…
Preservation and detectability of shock-induced magnetization
Tikoo, S. M., J. Gattacceca, N. L. Swanson-Hysell, B. P. Weiss, C. Suavet, and C. Cournède J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 120, doi:10.1002/2015JE004840 First published: 15 September 2015 LINK
Impact-induced brittle deformation, porosity loss, and aqueous alteration in the Murchison CM chondrite
Romy D. Hanna, Richard A. Ketcham, Mike Zolensky, Whitney Behr Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 14 September 2015 LINK “X-ray computed tomographic scanning of a 44 g Murchison stone (USNM…
