‘A castaway from ancient Mars’ by Eric Hand
A castaway from ancient Mars by Eric Hand Science, 25 November 2014 LINK
A review of lunar chronology revealing a preponderance of 4.34–4.37 Ga ages
Borg, L. E., Gaffney, A. M. and Shearer, C. K. (2014) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12373 article first published online: 24 NOV 2014 LINK
NO MOON IN VIENNA – Fundraising to acquire lunar meteorite Oued Awlitis 001 has unfortunately failed
UNFORTUNATELY THE ACQUISITION OF OUED AWLITIS 001 FOR THE NHM in VIENNA HAS NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL The acquisition of the beautiful lunar meteorite Oued Awlitis 001 (410,43 g) for the meteorite collection of the Museum…
H and Cl isotope systematics of apatite in brecciated lunar meteorites Northwest Africa 4472, Northwest Africa 773, Sayh al Uhaymir 169, and Kalahari 009
Tartèse, R., Anand, M., Joy, K. H. and Franchi, I. A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12398 LINK
Crystal chemistry of merrillite from Martian meteorites: Mineralogical recorders of magmatic processes and planetary differentiation
C. K. Shearer, P. V. Burger, J. J. Papike, F. M. McCubbin and A. S. Bell Meteoritics & Planetary Science, article first published online: 18 NOV 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/maps.12355 LINK
Merrillite and apatite as recorders of planetary magmatic processes
Brad Jolliff American Mineralogist, November-December 2014, v. 99, p. 2313-2319 doi: 10.2138/am-2014-4926 v. 99 no. 11-12 p. 2161-2162 LINK
Redox-driven exsolution of iron-titanium oxides in magnetite in Miller Range (MIL) 03346 nakhlite: Evidence for post crystallization oxidation in the nakhlite cumulate pile?
Kevin Righter, Lindsay P. Keller, Zia Rahman and Roy Christoffersen American Mineralogist, November-December 2014, v. 99, p. 2313-2319 doi: 10.2138/am-2014-4926 v. 99 no. 11-12 p. 2313-2319 LINK
Mineralogy of Marcia, the youngest large crater of Vesta: Character and distribution of pyroxenes and hydrated material
M.C. De Sanctis, A. Frigeri, E. Ammannito, F. Tosi, S. Marchi, F. Zambon, C.A. Raymond, C.T. Russell Icarus, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.10.051 available online 18 November 2014 LINK
Asteroid (4) Vesta: I. The howardite-eucrite-diogenite (HED) clan of meteorites
David W. Mittlefehldt Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry Available online 18 November 2014 LINK
New bulk sulfur measurements of Martian meteorites and modeling the fate of sulfur during melting and crystallization – Implications for sulfur transfer from Martian mantle to crust–atmosphere system
Shuo Ding, Rajdeep Dasgupta, Cin-Ty A. Lee, Meenakshi Wadhwa Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 409, 1 January 2015, Pages 157–167 17 November 2014 LINK
Chloromethane release from carbonaceous meteorite affords new insight into Mars lander findings
Frank Keppler, David B. Harper, Markus Greule, Ulrich Ott, Tobias Sattler, Heinz F. Schöler, John T. G. Hamilton Scientific Reports 4, Article number:7010 doi:10.1038/srep07010 published 13 November 2014 LINK (open access) Supplementary information (PDF)
Mineralogy of V-type asteroids as a constraining tool of their past history
S.F.A. Batista, T.M. Seixas, M.A. Salgueiro da Silva, R.M.G. de Albuquerque Planetary and Space Science DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2014.10.012 available online 4 November 2014 LINK
Early accretion of water in the inner solar system from a carbonaceous chondrite–like source
Adam R. Sarafian,Sune G. Nielsen,Horst R. Marschall,Francis M. McCubbin, and Brian D. Monteleone Science 31 October 2014: Vol. 346 no. 6209 pp. 623-626 DOI: 10.1126/science.1256717 LINK Materials and Methods – Supplementary Text (PDF) Earth’s Water…
Geochemical diversity of shergottite basalts: Mixing and fractionation, and their relation to Mars surface basalts
Treiman, A. H. and Filiberto, J. (2014) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12363 LINK
Si-bearing metal and niningerite in Almahata Sitta fine-grained ureilites and insights into the diversity of metal on the ureilite parent body
Si-bearing metal and niningerite in Almahata Sitta fine-grained ureilites and insights into the diversity of metal on the ureilite parent body Marian Horstmann, Munir Humayun, Mario Fischer-Gödde, Addi Bischoff and Mona Weyrauch Meteoritics & Planetary…
Calcium-48 isotopic anomalies in bulk chondrites and achondrites: Evidence for a uniform isotopic reservoir in the inner protoplanetary disk
Nicolas Dauphas, James H. Chen, Junjun Zhang, Dimitri A. Papanastassiou, Andrew M. Davis, Claudia Travaglio Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 407, 1 December 2014, Pages 96–108 LINK The Earth has identical 48Ca isotopic composition…
Where Did the Ureilite Parent Body Accrete? Constraints from Chemical and Isotopic Compositions
Cyrena Goodrich, David P. O’Brien Abstract: Almahata Sitta and other polymict ureilites contain a remarkable diversity of materials, including EH, EL, OC, R- and CB chondrites, in addition to the dominant ureilitic material [1]. These…
Mid-infrared emission spectroscopy of meteorite NWA 7325: Identifying the mineralogy with a non-destructive, remote-sensing technique
Melissa Lane, Cyrena Goodrich, Noriko Kita A polished chip of the Northwest Africa 7325 meteorite, a highly reduced, ungrouped achondrite [1-4], was analyzed using an FTIR spectrometer modified for emission measurements. The chip was roughly…
Implications for the origins of pure anorthosites found in the feldspathic lunar meteorites, Dhofar 489 group
Hiroshi Nagaoka, Hiroshi Takeda, Yuzuru Karouji, Makiko Ohtake, Akira Yamaguchi, Shigekazu Yoneda and Nobuyuki Hasebe Earth, Planets and Space 2014, 66:115 doi:10.1186/1880-5981-66-115 Published: 10 September 2014 PDF LINK LINK Remote observation by the reflectance spectrometers…
Northwest Africa 8159: An approximately 2.3 Billion Year Old Martian Olivine-Bearing Augite Basalt
Simon, J. I., Peters, T. J., Tappa, M. J., Agee, C. B. Based on petrology, mineralogy, and bulk composition, the new NWA 8159 martian meteorite is distinct from all known samples from Mars. In particular,…
Record of the ancient martian hydrosphere and atmosphere preserved in zircon from a martian meteorite
A. A. Nemchin, M. Humayun, M. J. Whitehouse, R. H. Hewins, J-P. Lorand, A. Kennedy, M. Grange, B. Zanda, C. Fieni, D. Deldicque, Nature Geoscience (2014) doi:10.1038/ngeo2231 published online: 24 August 2014 LINK Supplementary materials:…
Arizona State University’s Center for Meteorite Studies Receives New Lunar Meteorite Donation!
Arizona State University’s Center for Meteorite Studies Receives New Lunar Meteorite Donation! Northwest Africa 7611, 311 grams donated by Jay Piatek LINK
A fossil winonaite-like meteorite in Ordovician limestone: A piece of the impactor that broke up the L-chondrite parent body?
Birger Schmitz, Gary R. Huss, Matthias M.M. Meier, Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink, Ross P. Church, Anders Cronholm, Melvyn B. Davies, Philipp R. Heck, Anders Johansen, Klaus Keil, Per Kristiansson, Greg Ravizza, Mario Tassinari, Fredrik Terfelt Earth and…
Tirhert (Eucrite, unbrecciated, fell 9 July 2014) officially classified
TIRHERT LINK 28.935°N, 8.905°W Guelmim-Es-Semara, Morocco Fell: 2014 Jul 9 Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite, unbrecciated) History: (H. Chennaoui Aoudjehane, A. Aaronson, M. Aoudjehane, A. Bouferra, A. Bouragaa) On Wednesday, 9 July 2014 around 9:30 pm,…
More chips off of Asteroid (4) Vesta: characterization of eight Vestoids and their HED meteorite analogs
Paul S. Hardersen, Vishnu Reddy, Rachel Roberts, Amy Mainzer Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, arXiv:1408.2731 Icarus, accepted for publication, August 12, 2014 PDF-LINK
Chromium Valences in Ureilite Olivine and Implications for Ureilite Petrogenesis
Goodrich CA, Sutton SR, Wirick S and Jercinovic MJ (in press) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 122, 1 December 2013, Pages 280–305 [doi:10.1016/j.gca.2013.08.003] LINK
The Unique Differentiated Meteorite NWA 7325: Highly Reduced, Stark Affinities to E-Chondrites and Unknown Parental Planet
A. El Goresy, T. Nakamura, M. Miyahara, E. Ohtani, Ph. Gillet, K. Jogo, M. Yamanobe and H. Ishida PDF LINK
Noble Gas and Mineralogical Studies of NWA 7325 Ungrouped Achondrite
Hasegawa, H.; Haba, M. K.; Nagao, K.; Mikouchi, T.; Bizzarro, M. PDF LINK
Abundance and Isotopic Composition of Xenon in the Ungrouped Achondrite NWA 7325
Crowther, S. A.; Jastrzebski, N. D.; Weber, I.; Hiesinger, H.; Gilmour, J. D. PDF LINK
Correlated accretion ages and ε54Cr of meteorite parent bodies and the evolution of the solar nebula
Sugiura N and Fujiya W (in press) Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 49: 772–787. doi: 10.1111/maps.12292 LINK
Brachinite meteorites: Partial melt residues from an FeO-rich asteroid
Keil K (in press) Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry Volume 74, Issue 3, October 2014, Pages 311–329 LINK Brachinites are ultramafic, dunitic to wherlitic, unbrecciated and essentially unshocked rocks that are low in SiO2 (∼36–39…
Ferric saponite and serpentine in the nakhlite martian meteorites
Hicks LJ, Bridges JC and Gurman SJ Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 136, 1 July 2014, Pages 194–210 LINK (open access)
The Almahata Sitta polymict breccia and the late accretion of asteroid 2008 TC3
Horstmann M and Bischoff A (in press) Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry Volume 74, Issue 2, June 2014, Pages 149–183 LINK
The Source Crater of Martian Shergottite Meteorites
Werner SC, Ody A and Poulet F Published Online March 6 2014 Science 21 March 2014: Vol. 343 no. 6177 pp. 1343-1346 DOI: 10.1126/science.1247282 LINK
Insights into the Martian mantle: The age and isotopics of the meteorite fall Tissint
Brennecka, G. A., Borg, L. E. and Wadhwa, M. (2014) Meteoritics & Planetary Science Volume 49, Issue 3, pages 412–418, March 2014 LINK
Petrogenesis of anomalous Queen Alexandra Range enstatite meteorites and their relation to enstatite chondrites, primitive enstatite achondrites, and aubrites
van Niekerk D, Keil K and Humayun M Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 49: 295–312. doi: 10.1111/maps.12248
U-Pb systematics of the unique achondrite Ibitira: Precise age determination and petrogenetic implications
Iizuka T, Amelin Y, Kaltenbach A, Koefoed P and Stirling CH Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 132, 1 May 2014, Pages 259–273 LINK
Asteroid 2008 TC3 and the Fall of Almahata Sitta, a Unique Meteorite Breccia
Goodrich C, Bischoff A and O’Brien DP (2014) Elements doi: 10.2113/gselements.10.1.31 v. 10 no. 1 p. 31-37 LINK
The fate of magmas in planetesimals and the retention of primitive chondritic crusts
Fua RR and Elkins-Tanton LT (2014) Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 390, 15 March 2014, Pages 128–137 LINK High abundances of short-lived radiogenic isotopes in the early solar system led to interior melting and…
U-Pb zircon dating of the lunar meteorite Dhofar 1442
S. I. Demidova, M. A. Nazarov, M. O. Anosova, Yu. A. Kostitsyn, Th. Ntaflos, F. Brandstaetter Petrology January 2014, Volume 22, Issue 1, pp 1-16 LINK
K2O-rich trapped melt in olivine in the Nakhla meteorite: Implications for petrogenesis of nakhlites and evolution of the Martian mantle
Goodrich, C. A., Treiman, A. H., Filiberto, J., Gross, J. and Jercinovic, M. (2013) Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 48: 2371–2405. doi: 10.1111/maps.12226s.12217 LINK
Origin and age of the earliest Martian crust from meteorite NWA 7533
Humayun M et al. (2013) Nature 503, 513–516 (28 November 2013) doi:10.1038/nature12764 LINK
Major and trace elements of zircons from basaltic eucrites: Implications for the formation of zircons on the eucrite parent body
Haba MK, Yamaguchi A, Horie K and Hidaka H Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 387, 1 February 2014, Pages 10–21 LINK
Composition and petrology of HED polymict breccias: The regolith of (4) Vesta
Mittlefehldt DW, Herrin JS, Quinn JE, Mertzman SA, Cartwright JA, Mertzman KR and Peng ZX (in press) Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 48: 2105–2134. doi: 10.1111/maps.12182 LINK
Dawn; the Vesta–HED connection; and the geologic context for eucrites, diogenites, and howardites
McSween HY et al. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 48: 2090–2104. doi: 10.1111/maps.12108 LINK
Planetary science: A chunk of ancient Mars
McSween H.Y. Nature 503, 473–474 (28 November 2013) doi:10.1038/nature12836 LINK
Near-infrared Spectroscopy of 3:1 Kirkwood Gap Asteroids II: Probable and Plausible Parent Bodies; Primitive and Differentiated
Fieber-Beyer SK and Gaffey MJ Icarus Volume 229, February 2014, Pages 99–108 LINK
Magnetic and Nonmagnetic Differentiated Planetesimals
B. P. Weiss, R. Fu, D. L. Shuster, J. Gattacceca, C. R. Suavet, A. J. Irving Workshop on Planetesimal Formation and Differentiation (2013), Abstract #8047 PDF LINK
Evolution of the angrite parent body: Implications of metamorphic coronas in NWA 3164
Baghdadi B, Godard G and Jambon A Meteoritics & Planetary Science Volume 48, Issue 10, pages 1873–1893, October 2013 LINK
No Martian soil component in shergottite meteorites
Barrat JA, Jambon A, Ferrière L, Bollinger C, Langlade JA, Liorzou C, Boudouma O and Fialin M (in press) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 125, 15 January 2014, Pages 23–33 LINK
Vesta, vestoids, and the HED meteorites: Interconnections and differences based on Dawn Framing Camera observations
Buratti BJ, Dalba PA, Hicks MD, Reddy V, Sykes MV, McCord TB, O’Brien DP, Pieters CM, Prettyman TH, McFadden LA, Nathues A, Le Corre L, Marchi S, Raymond C, Russell C (in press) Journal of…
Vesta and extensively melted asteroids: Why HED meteorites are probably not from Vesta
John T. Wasson Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 381, 1 November 2013, Pages 138–146 DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.09.002 Available online 25 September 2013 LINK
A re-evaluation of the Mn-Cr systematics of olivine from the angrite meteorite D’Orbigny using Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
McKibbin SJ, Ireland TR, Amelin Y, Holden P and Sugiura N Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 123, 15 December 2013, Pages 181–194 DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.09.001 LINK
Chromium Valences in Ureilite Olivine and Implications for Ureilite Petrogenesis
Goodrich CA, Sutton SR, Wirick S and Jercinovic MJ (in press) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 122, 1 December 2013, Pages 280–305 [doi:10.1016/j.gca.2013.08.003] LINK
Uranium isotope compositions of the basaltic angrite meteorites and the chronological implications for the early Solar System
Gregory A. Brennecka and Meenakshi Wadhwa NAS 2012 109 (24) 9299-9303; published ahead of print May 30, 2012, doi:10.1073/pnas.1114043109 PDF LINK LINK (Supporting Information) LINK (abstract) Abstract Events occurring within the first 10 million years…
