Identification of carbonate-associated sulfate (CAS) in a Noachian Martian meteorite Allan Hills 84001
Iori Kajitani, Mizuho Koike, Ryoichi Nakada, Gaku Tanabe, Tomohiro Usui, Fumihiro Matsu’ura, Keisuke Fukushi, Tetsuya Yokoyama Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 620, 15 October 2023, 118345 LINK “The aqueous environment and possible habitability of early…
Winchcombe: An example of rapid terrestrial alteration of a CM chondriteOPEN ACCESS
Laura E. Jenkins, Martin R. Lee, Luke Daly, Ashley J. King, Cameron J. Floyd, Pierre-Etienne Martin, Natasha V. Almeida, Matthew J. Genge MAPSVersion of Record online: 09 February 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Winchcombe is a CM chondrite that fell in…
Meteoritic materials within sulfate aerosol particles in the troposphere are detected with transmission electron microscopyOPEN ACCESS
Kouji Adachi, Naga Oshima, Nobuyuki Takegawa, Nobuhiro Moteki & Makoto Koike Communications Earth & Environment, Volume 3, Article number: 134 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “When meteorites impact the Earth’s atmosphere, they fractionalize and ablate,…
Tender Energy X-Ray Microspectroscopy Reveals Microscale Heterogeneity of P and S Chemistry in CM2 Chondrite
P. A. Northrup, Wirick S., Flynn G. J. 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2021), Abstract #2480 PDF “Tender energy X-ray absorption microspectroscopy at the TES beamline was used to directly measure microscale chemical speciation…
Salt – A critical material to consider when exploring the solar system
M.R.M. Izawa, P.L. King, P. Vernazza, J.A. Berger, W.A. McCutcheon IcarusAvailable online 20 January 2021 LINK “Highlights • Mid-IR spectra of mixtures of salt and E, C, and O chondrites are reported.• Intimate mixtures of…
Experimental hydrothermal alteration of basaltic glass with relevance to Mars
C. Sætre, H. Hellevang, L. Riu, H. Dypvik, C. Pilorget, F. Poulet, S. C. Werner Meteorit Planet Sci. . doi:10.1111/maps.13214 LINK “Phyllosilicates, carbonates, zeolites, and sulfates on Mars give clues about the planet’s past environmental…
Search for sulfates on the surface of Ceres
Bu, C., Rodriguez Lopez, G., Dukes, C. A., Ruesch, O., McFadden, L. A. and Li, J.-Y. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.13024 LINK “The formation of hydrated salts is an expected consequence of aqueous alteration…