Significance of High Field Strength and Rare Earth Element Distributions in Deciphering the Evolution of the Inner Solar System
Kent C. Condie, Charles K. Shearer Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Available online 28 May 2019 LINK “Major processes affecting high field strength (HFSE) and rare earth (REE) element ratios in planetary basalts are degree of…
176Lu–176Hf and 87Rb–87Sr Systematics and Rare Earth Element Abundances of Nine Diogenite Meteorites: Evidence for Their Crystallization from Partial Melts of the Vestan Mantle
Takaharu Saito, Hiroshi Hidaka, and Seung-Gu Lee The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 877, Number 2 LINK “Howardite–eucrite–diogenite meteorites are believed to originate in the crust of the asteroid 4 Vesta, whose differentiation processes are still controversial….
Mars in the aftermath of a colossal impactOPEN ACCESS
Jason Man Yin Woo, Hidenori Genda, Ramon Brasser, Stephen J. Mojzsis Icarus Volume 333, 15 November 2019, Pages 87-95 updated: 24 June 2019 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “Highlights • About half of the impactor’s core…
Syneruptive incorporation of martian surface sulphur in the nakhlite lava flows revealed by S and Os isotopes and highly siderophile elements: implication for mantle sources in MarsOPEN ACCESS
N. Mari, A.J.V. Riches, L.J. Hallis, Y. Marrocchi, J. Villeneuve, P. Gleissner, H. Becker, M.R. Lee Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 24 May 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
On the source of diogenites and olivine diogenites: Compositional diversity from variable fO2
Jennifer T. Mitchell, Andrew G. Tomkins Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 23 May 2019 LINK “The genesis of diogenites and olivine-bearing diogenites has been debated for decades, with current models…
Timing and Origin of the Angrite Parent Body Inferred from Cr IsotopesOPEN ACCESS
Ke Zhu (朱柯), Frédéric Moynier, Daniel Wielandt, Kirsten K. Larsen, Jean-Alix Barrat, and Martin Bizzarro The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 877, Number 1 Published 2019 May 23 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Angrite meteorites…
The early geological history of the Moon inferred from ancient lunar meteorite Miller Range 13317OPEN ACCESS
N. M. Curran, K. H. Joy, J. F. Snape, J. F. Pernet‐Fisher, J. D. Gilmour, A. A. Nemchin, M. J. Whitehouse, R. Burgess Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 14 May 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)…
Determination of the water content and D/H ratio of the martian mantle by unraveling degassing and crystallization effects in nakhlites
A.H. Peslier, R. Hervig, S. Yang, M. Humayun, J.J. Barnes, A.J. Irving Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 2 May 2019 LINK “Knowing the distribution and origin of water in terrestrial planets…
Petrogenesis of ungrouped enstatite meteorite Zakłodzie: Fabric, texture, and nanostructure analysis for identification of mechanisms responsible for chondrite–achondrite transition
Agata M. Krzesińska, Richard Wirth, Monika A. Kusiak Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 29 April 2019 LINK “Zakłodzie is an enstatite meteorite of unknown petrogenesis. Chemically, it resembles enstatite chondrites, but displays an achondrite‐like…
Evidence of chemical heterogeneity within lunar anorthosite parental magmasOPEN ACCESS
John F. Pernet-Fisher, Etienne Deloule, Katherine H. Joy Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Available online 22 April 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Lunar anorthosites are known for displaying a limited range of plagioclase An content (∼An 94…
Ferrous oxide-rich asteroid achondrites
James M.D. Day, Christopher A. Corder, Nelly Assayag, Pierre Cartigny Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 19 April 2019 LINK “Ferrous oxide (FeO)-rich asteroid achondrites can be defined as asteroid-derived samples…
An extremely heavy chlorine reservoir in the Moon: Insights from the apatite in lunar meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Ying Wang, Weibiao Hsu & Yunbin Guan Scientific Reports Volume 9, Article number: 5727 (2019) LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Chlorine, an extremely hydrophilic volatile element, provides important information regarding the origin of intrinsic…
Carbonaceous matter in the Sariçiçek meteorite
Mehmet Yesiltas, Timothy D. Glotch, Steven Jaret, Alexander B. Verchovsky, Richard C. Greenwood Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 4 April 2019 LINK “As of today, the Sariçiçek (SC) meteorite is the newest howardite and…
The layered structure model for winonaite parent asteroid implicated by textural and mineralogical diversityOPEN ACCESS
Xiaojia Zeng, Yingli Shang, Shijie LiEmail author, Xiongyao Li, Shijie Wang and Yang Li Earth, Planets and Space 2019 71:38, Published: 2 April 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The winonaites are primitive achondrites that are…
Cosmic ray exposure ages for ureilites—New data and a literature studyOPEN ACCESS
Ingo Leya, Peter C. Stephenson Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 29 March 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We report newly measured noble gas isotopic concentrations of He, Ne, and Ar for 21…
To be or not to be oxidized: A case study of olivine behavior in the fusion crust of ureilite A 09368 and H chondrites A 09004 and A 09502OPEN ACCESS
Lidia Pittarello, Akira Yamaguchi, Julia Roszjar, Vinciane Debaille, Christian Koeberl, Philippe Claeys Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 28 March 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Meteorite fusion crusts are quenched melt layers formed…
Indigenous Organic‐Oxidized Fluid Interactions in the Tissint Mars MeteoriteOPEN ACCESS
Elizabeth A. Jaramillo, Samuel H. Royle, Mark W. Claire, Samuel P. Kounaves, Mark A. Sephton Geographical Research Letters, 46 First published: 07 March 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The observed fall and rapid…
The Sariçiçek howardite fall in Turkey: Source crater of HED meteorites on Vesta and impact risk of VestoidsOPEN ACCESS
Ozan Unsalan, Peter Jenniskens, Qing‐Zhu Yin, Ersin Kaygisiz, Jim Albers, David L. Clark, Mikael Granvik, Iskender Demirkol, Ibrahim Y. Erdogan, Aydin S. Bengu, Mehmet E. Özel, Zahide Terzioglu, Nayeob Gi, Peter Brown, Esref Yalcinkaya, Tuğba…
Evidence for early impact on a hot differentiated planetesimal from Al-rich micro-inclusions in ungrouped achondrite Northwest Africa 7325
Jing Yang, Chi Zhang, Masaaki Miyahara, Xu Tang, Lixin Gu, Yangting Lin Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 13 March 2019 LINK “The ungrouped achondrite NWA 7325 is a cumulate olivine…
Siderophile element characteristics of acapulcoite–lodranites and winonaites: Implications for the early differentiation processes of their parent bodies
Yoshihiro Hidaka Naoki Shirai, Akira Yamaguchi, Mitsuru Ebihara Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 7 March 2019 LINK “We have studied magnetic fractions of five acapulcoites, three lodranites, and two winonaites to investigate chemical compositions…
The potential science and engineering value of samples delivered to Earth by Mars sample returnOPEN ACCESS
International MSR Objectives and Samples Team (iMOST) D. W. Beaty M. M. Grady H. Y. McSween E. Sefton‐Nash B. L. Carrier F. Altieri Y. Amelin E. Ammannito M. Anand L. G. Benning J. L. Bishop…
Ancient geologic events on Mars revealed by zircons and apatites from the Martian regolith breccia NWA 7034
Sen Hu, Yangting Lin, Jianchao Zhang, Jialong Hao, Weifan Xing, Ting Zhang, Wei Yang, Hitesh Changela Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 3 March 2019 LINK “Zircons and apatites in clasts and matrix from the…
Highly siderophile element and 187Re‐187Os isotopic systematics of ungrouped achondrite Northwest Africa 7325: Evidence for complex planetary processes
Gregory J. Archer, Richard J. Walker, Anthony J. Irving Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 24 February 2019 LINK “The abundances of highly siderophile elements (HSE; including Re, Os, Ir, Ru, Pt, and Pd) and…
Petrology and geochemistry of olivine‐phyric shergottites LAR 12095 and LAR 12240: Implications for their petrogenetic history on MarsOPEN ACCESS
Emilie T. Dunham, J. Brian Balta, Meenakshi Wadhwa, Thomas G. Sharp, Harry Y. McSween Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceFirst Published: 21 February 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Larkman Nunatak (LAR) 12095 and LAR 12240…
Oxygen isotopes in HED meteorites and their constraints on parent asteroids
Chuantong Zhang, Bingkui Miao, Huaiyu He Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 19 February 2019 LINK “Highlights • 146 HEDs have similar Δ17O values of −0.240 ± 0.020‰ (2σ) and derive from 4Vesta….
Reclassification of four aubrites as enstatite chondrite impact melts: Potential geochemical analogs for Mercury
Arya Udry, Zoë E. Wilbur, Rachel R. Rahib, Francis M. McCubbin, Kathleen E. Vander Kaaden, Timothy J. McCoy, Karen Ziegler, Juliane Gross, Christopher DeFelice, Logan Combs, Brent D. Turrin Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published:…
Possible records of space weathering on Vesta: Case study in a brecciated eucrite Northwest Africa 1109
Shu‐Zhou Wang, Ai‐Cheng Zhang, Run‐Lian Pang, Yang Li, Jia‐Ni Chen Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 19 February 2019 LINK “Records of space weathering are important for understanding the formation and evolution of surface regolith…
Petrological, petrofabric, and oxygen isotopic study of five ungrouped meteorites related to brachinites
Hikari Hasegawa, Takashi Mikouchi, Akira Yamaguchi, Masahiro Yasutake, Richard C. Greenwood, Ian A. Franchi Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 12 February 2019 LINK “Northwest Africa (NWA) 6112, Miller Range (MIL) 090206 (plus its pairs:…
The vanadium isotopic composition of lunar basaltsOPEN ACCESS
S.S. Hopkins, J. Prytulak, J. Barling, S.S. Russell, B.J. Coles, A.N. Halliday Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 511, 1 April 2019, Pages 12-24 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • We present the first measurements of…
H and Cl isotope characteristics of indigenous and late hydrothermal fluids on the differentiated asteroidal parent body of Grave Nunataks 06128OPEN ACCESS
Romain Tartèse, Mahesh Anand, Ian A. Franchi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 25 January 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “The paired achondrites Graves Nunataks (GRA) 06128 and 06129 are samples of…
A New Model for Planetesimal Formation: Case Study of the Ureilite Parent Body
N. Rai, H. Downes, C. L. Smith 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2019), Abstract #3265 PDF abstract
Genetic Heritage and Chronology of Ungrouped Iron Meteorites
F. Spitzer, C. Burkhardt, G. Budde, T. S. Kruijer, T. Kleine 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2019), Abstract #2592 PDF abstract
Origin of the Non-Carbonaceous-Carbonaceous Meteorite Dichotomy
T. Kleine, J. A. M. Nanne, F. Nimmo, J. Cuzzi 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2019), Abstract #3076 PDF abstract
Pb-Isotopic and Initial Sr Ages of the Achondrite NWA 4587
Y. Amelin, E. Rydeblad, E. Krestianinov, M. H. Huyskens, Q,-Z. Yin 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2019), Abstract #2261 PDF abstract
Carbonaceous Chondrite-Like Xenoliths in Polymict Ureilites: A Large Variety of Unique Outer Solar System Materials
C. A. Goodrich, M. Zolensky, I. Kohl, E. D. Young, Q.-Z. Yin, M. E. Sanborn, M. H. Shaddad 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2019), Abstract #1312 PDF abstract
Chronology of Carbonaceous Achondrites from the Outer Solar System
M. H. Huyskens, M. E. Sanborn, Q.-Z. Yin, Y. Amelin, P. Koefoed 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2019), Abstract #2736 PDF abstract
A New Not So Eucrite-Like Ungrouped Achondrite: Northwest Africa 12338
Z. Guo, A. Bouvier, E. Webb, A. Alexandre, F. J. Longstaffe, R. A. Korotev, Z. Zajacz, M. Boyet 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2019), Abstract #1583 PDF abstract
Oxygen and Hydrogen Isotopic Evidence for the Existence of Several C1 Parent Bodies in the Early Solar System
M. Patzek, A. Bischoff, P. Hoppe, A. Pack, R. Visser, T. John 50th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2019), Abstract #1779 PDF abstract
Evidence for multiple 4.0–3.7 Ga impact events within the Apollo 16 collection
Takafumi Niihara, Sky P. Beard, Timothy D. Swindle, Lillian A. Schaffer, Hideaki Miyamoto, David A. Kring Meteoritics & Planetary Science First published: 22 January 2019 , doi.org/10.1111/maps.13237 LINK “In a histogram of lunar impact ages…
On the principle building blocks of Mars and Earth
Christian Liebske, Amir Khan IcarusAvailable online 20 January 2019 LINK “Highlights • Stochastic mixing of chondrites and achondrites to reconcile isotopic signatures for Mars and Earth indicate highly non-unique solution spaces • Complementary geophysical and…
Exploring the variability of argon loss in Apollo 17 impact melt rock 77135 using high‐spatial resolution 40Ar/39Ar geochronology
Cameron M. Mercer, Kip V. Hodges, Bradley L. Jolliff, Matthijs C. Van Soest, Jo‐Anne Wartho, John R. Weirich Meteoritics & Planetary Sciencedoi:10.1111/maps.13240 LINK “40Ar/39Ar incremental heating experiments on whole‐rock lunar samples commonly provide evidence of…
Iron Isotope Constraints on Planetesimal Core Formation in the Early Solar System
Michelle K. Jordan, HaoLan Tang, Issaku E. Kohl, Edward D. Young Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta LINK “We determined the Fe isotope fractionation between the metal and silicate phases of two aubrite meteorites, Norton County and…
Microimaging spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy of Northwest Africa 8657 shergottite: Interpretation of future in situ Martian data
P. Manzari, S. De Angelis, M. C. De Sanctis, G. Agrosì, G. Tempesta Meteorit Planet Sci. . doi:10.1111/maps.13221 LINK “Microimaging spectroscopy is going to be the new frontier for validating reflectance remote sensed data from…
Noble gas, nitrogen composition and cosmic ray exposure history of two eucrites Vissannapeta, Piplia Kalan and one howardite Lohawat
Ramakant R. Mahajan, Amit Basu Sarbadhikari, M.S. Sisodia Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 7 December 2018 LINK “Highlights • Cosmic ray exposure ages of Piplia Kalan, Vissannapeta and Lohawat were…
Waiting to make an impact: a probable excess of near-Earth asteroids in 2018 LA-like orbitsOPEN ACCESS
C. de la Fuente Marcos,R. de la Fuente Marcos Astronomy & Astrophysics November 30, 2018 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The discovery and tracking of 2018 LA marks only the third instance in history that the parent…
Spinel assemblages in lunar meteorites Graves Nunataks 06157 and Dhofar 1528: Implications for impact melting and equilibration in the Moon’s upper mantle
Axel Wittmann, Randy L. Korotev, Bradley L. Jolliff, Paul K. Carpenter Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 28 November 2018 LINK “Magnesium‐rich spinel assemblages occur in the two lunar vitric breccia meteorites—Dhofar (Dho) 1528 and…
Petrogenesis of lunar impact melt rock meteorite Oued Awlitis 001
Axel Wittmann, Randy L. Korotev, Bradley L. Jolliff, Kunihiko Nishiizumi, A. J. Timothy Jull, Marc W. Caffee, Michael Zanetti, Anthony J. Irving Meteoritics & Planetary Science doi:10.1111/maps.13218 LINK “Oued Awlitis 001 is a highly feldspathic,…
Shock conditions recorded in NWA 8159 martian augite basalt with implications for the impact cratering history on Mars
Tom G. Sharp, Erin L. Walton, Jinping Hu, Carl Agee Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 24 November 2018 LINK “NWA 8159 is an augite-rich martian basalt, formed by cooling of…
Mineralogical Constraints on the Thermal History of Martian Regolith Breccia Northwest Africa 8114OPEN ACCESS
J.L. MacArthur, J.C. Bridges, L.J. Hicks, R. Burgess, K.H.Joy, M.J.Branney, G.M.Hansford, S.H.Bakerd, S.P.Schwenzer, S.J.Gurman, N.R.Stephen, E.D.Steer, J.D.Piercy, T.R. Ireland Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 23 November 2018 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)…
Chemical, microstructural and chronological record of phosphates in the Ksar Ghilane 002 enriched shergottite
J. Roszjar, M.J. Whitehouse, K. Terada, K. Fukuda, T.John, A.Bischoff, Y.Morishita, H.Hiyagon Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta LINK “The enriched basaltic (martian) shergottite Ksar Ghilane (KG) 002, discovered in 2010, is exceptionally rich in coexisting but…
Quenched primary melt in Ramlat as Sahmah 517 – Snapshot of ureilite anatexis in the early solar system
Åke V. Rosén, Jonas Pape, Beda A. Hofmann, Edwin Gnos, Marcel Guillong Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta LINK “Ureilites are the second largest group of achondrite meteorites but consensus is still lacking on the nature of…
Martian magmatism from plume metasomatized mantleOPEN ACCESS
James M. D. Day, Kimberly T. Tait, Arya Udry, Frédéric Moynier, Yang Liu & Clive R. Neal Nature Communications Volume 9, Article number: 4799 (2018) Published: 15 November 2018 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
The physical properties of meteorites
D. Ostrowski, K. Bryson Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 14 November 2018 LINK “Meteorites provide vast amounts of information on the make up and history of the solar system. Physical…
Petrography and geochemistry of lunar meteorites Dhofar 1673, 1983, and 1984
Patrick J. A. Hill, Gordon R. Osinski, Neil R. Banerjee, Randy L. Korotev, Sobhi J. Nasir, Christopher D. K. Herd Meteoritics & Planetary Science First published: 23 October 2018 LINK “The Dhofar 1673, Dhofar 1983,…
Reassessing the origin and chronology of the unique achondrite Asuka 881394: Implications for distribution of 26Al in the early Solar System
Josh Wimpenny, Matthew E. Sanborn, Piers Koefoed, Ilsa R. Cooke, Claudine Stirling, Yuri Amelin, Qing-Zhu Yin Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 14 October 2018 LINK “The achondrite Asuka 881394 has…
Carbonaceous Achondrites Northwest Africa 6704/6693: Milestones for Early Solar System Chronology and Genealogy
Matthew E. Sanborn, Josh Wimpenny, Curtis D. Williams, Akane Yamakawa, Yuri Amelin, Anthony J.Irving, Qing-Zhu Yin Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 14 October 2018 LINK “Northwest Africa (NWA) 6704/6693 are…
Spectral properties and mineral compositions of acapulcoite–lodranite clan meteorites: Establishing S‐type asteroid–meteorite connections
Michael P. Lucas, Joshua P. Emery, Takahiro Hiroi, Harry Y. McSween Meteorit Planet Sci. . doi:10.1111/maps.13203 First published: 03 October 2018 LINK “Except for asteroid sample return missions, measurements of the spectral properties of both…
U-Pb, Rb-Sr and Ar-Ar systematics of the ungrouped achondrites Northwest Africa 6704 and Northwest Africa 6693
Yuri Amelin, Piers Koefoed, Tsuyoshi Iizuka, Vera Assis Fernandes, Magdalena H.Huyskens, Qing-Zhu Yin, Anthony J. Irving Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 27 September 2018 LINK “We report U-Pb, 87Rb-87Sr, 40Ar-39Ar…
Evidence for a Multilayered Internal Structure of the Chondritic Acapulcoite-Lodranite Parent Asteroid
Shijie Li, Qing-Zhu Yin, Huiming Bao, Matthew E. Sanborn, Anthony Irving, Karen Ziegler, Carl Agee, Kurt Marti, Bingkui Miao, Xiongyao Li, Yang Li, Shijie Wang Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online…
Ancient volcanism on the Moon: Insights from Pb isotopes in the MIL 13317 and Kalahari 009 lunar meteorites
Joshua F. Snape, Natalie M. Curran, Martin J. Whitehouse, Alexander A. Nemchin, Katherine H. Joy, Tom Hopkinson, Mahesh Anand, Jeremy J. Bellucci, Gavin G. Kenny Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 502, 15 November 2018,…
Significant depletion of volatile elements in the mantle of asteroid Vesta due to core formation
E.S. Steenstra, D. Dankers, J. Berndt, S. Klemme, S. Matveev, W. van Westrenen Icarus Available online 5 September 2018 LINK “Highlights • Vestan mantle volatile element depletions do not only reflect degassing. • Many volatile…
Chalcophile-siderophile element systematics of hydrothermal pyrite from martian regolith breccia NWA 7533
Jean-Pierre Lorand, R.H. Hewins, M. Humayun, L. Remusat, … S. Pont Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 5 September 2018 LINK “Unlike other martian meteorites studied so far, Martian regolith breccia…
Temperature constraints by Raman spectroscopy of organic matter in volatile-rich clasts and carbonaceous chondrites
Robbin Visser, Timm John, Martina Menneken, Markus Patzek, Addi Bischoff Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 1 September 2018 LINK “An important question regarding the formation of the solar system is…
Context matters – Ar–Ar results from in and around the Manicouagan Impact Structure, Canada: Implications for martian meteorite chronology
Steven J. Jaret, Sidney R. Hemming, E. Troy Rasbury, Lucy M. Thompson, Timothy D. Glotch, Jahandar Ramezani, John G. Spray Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 501, 1 November 2018, Pages 78-89 LINK “Highlights •…
Terrestrial exposure of a fresh Martian meteorite causes rapid changes in hydrogen isotopes and water concentrationsOPEN ACCESS
Alice Stephant, Laurence A. J. Garvie, Prajkta Mane, Richard Hervig & Meenakshi Wadhwa Scientific Reports 8, 12385 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Determining the hydrogen isotopic compositions and H2O contents of meteorites and their…
Annealing history of zircons from Apollo 14083 and 14303 impact breccias
R. T. Pidgeon, R. E. Merle, M. L. Grange, A. A. Nemchin Meteoritics & Planetary Science First published: 13 August 2018 LINK “Breccia boulders scattered around the 25 Ma Cone Crater near the Apollo 14…
Signatures of the Martian regolith components entrained in some impact‐melt glasses in shergottites
M. N. Rao, L. E. Nyquist, D. K. Ross, S. R. Sutton, P. Hoppe, C. Y. Shih, S. J. Wentworth, D. H. Garrison Meteoritics & Planetary Science First published: 13 August 2018 LINK “Martian regolith…
Silica-rich volcanism in the early solar system dated at 4.565 GaOPEN ACCESS
Poorna Srinivasan, Daniel R. Dunlap, Carl B. Agee, Meenakshi Wadhwa, Daniel Coleff, Karen Ziegler, Ryan Zeigler & Francis M. McCubbin Nature Communications 9, 3036 Published: 02 August 2018 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Abstract…
Mineralogy of volatile‐rich clasts in brecciated meteorites
M. Patzek, A. Bischoff, R. Visser, T. John Meteoritics & Planetary Science First published: 18 July 2018 LINK “Meteoritic breccias are valuable samples as they can contain rare materials from the early solar system as…
1.34 billion-year-old magmatism on Mars evaluated from the co-genetic nakhlite and chassignite meteorites
Arya Udry, James M.D. Day Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Available online 12 July 2018 LINK “Nakhlite and chassignite martian meteorites have similar crystallization (1340 ± 40 Ma) and ejection (∼11 Ma) ages, and 87Rb-87Sr and…
24 MOTOPI PAN meteorites (214.5375 g, Howardite, HED polymict breccia) of Botswana bolide of 2018 LA (2 June 2018,16:44:01.59-11.77 UT) found near Motopi Pan watering hole, Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Ghanzi, Botswana
Last update: 2 May 2021 Motopi Pan meteorite #1 (17.92 grams) in situ. Photo: Peter Jenniskens/Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) In the morning of 23 June, after five days of searching and…
The common origin of family and non-family asteroids
Stanley F. Dermott, Apostolos A. Christou, Dan Li, Thomas. J. J. Kehoe & J. Malcolm Robinson Nature Astronomy (2018) LINK “All asteroids are currently classified as either family, originating from the disruption of known bodies1,…
Aqueous alteration of the Martian meteorite Northwest Africa 817: Probing fluid–rock interaction at the nakhlite launch siteOPEN ACCESS
M. R. LeeL. Daly, B. E. Cohen, L. J. Hallis, S. Griffin, P. Trimby, A. Boyce, D. F. Mark Meteoritics & Planetary Science First published: 28 June 2018 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The…
Evidence for extremely rapid magma ocean crystallization and crust formation on Mars
Laura C. Bouvier, Maria M. Costa, James N. Connelly, Ninna K. Jensen, Daniel Wielandt, Michael Storey, Alexander A. Nemchin, Martin J. Whitehouse, Joshua F. Snape, Jeremy J. Bellucci, Frédéric Moynier, Arnaud Agranier, Bleuenn Gueguen, Maria…
Basaltic material in the main belt: a tale of two (or more) parent bodies?OPEN ACCESS
S. Ieva,E. Dotto, D. Lazzaro, D. Fulvio,D. Perna, E. Mazzotta Epifani, H. Medeiros, M. Fulchignoni accepted for publication to MNRAS PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The majority of basaltic objects in the main belt are dynamically connected…
O-Isotope Composition of CI- and CM-Like Clasts in Ureilites, HEDs, and CR Chondrites
Patzek M. *, Pack A., Bischoff A., Visser R., John T. 81st Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society 2018 [#6254] abstract “Oxygen isotopes of CM-like clasts from HEDs links them to CM chondrites. However, CI-like…
Nakhlite Caleta el Cobre 022: Initial Description and Comparison with Other Nakhlites
Gattacceca J., Devouard B., Debaille V., Rochette P., * Lorand J.-P., Bonal L., Beck P., Sautter V., Meier M. M. M., Gounelle M., Marrocchi Y., Maden C., Busemann H. 81st Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical…
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. ….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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:…
The ungrouped achondrite Northwest Africa (NWA) 7325: Spectral reflectance properties and implications for parent body identification
Edward A. Cloutis, Vishnu Reddy, David T. Blewett Icarus In Press, Available online 24 April 2018 LINK “Highlights • the ungrouped achondrite NWA 7325 has been spectrally characterized • NWA 7325 reflectance spectra show diagnostic…
A large planetary body inferred from diamond inclusions in a ureilite meteoriteOPEN ACCESS
Farhang Nabiei, James Badro, Teresa Dennenwaldt, Emad Oveisi, Marco Cantoni, Cécile Hébert, Ahmed El Goresy, Jean-Alix Barrat & Philippe Gillet Nature Communications, Volume 9, Article number: 1327 (2018) doi:10.1038/s41467-018-03808-6 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Experimental investigation into the effects of oxidation during petrogenesis of the Tissint meteorite
Nicholas Castle, Christopher D. K. Herd Meteorit Planet Sci. . doi:10.1111/maps.13083 LINK “We report on the results of an experimental study based on the petrology of the Tissint meteorite, an olivine‐phyric shergottite that preserves evidence…
Reflectance spectra of synthetic Fe-free ortho- and clinoenstatites in the UV/VIS/IR and implications for remote sensing detection of Fe-free pyroxenes on planetary surfaces
Kathrin Markus, Lyuba Moroz, Gabriele Arnold, Daniela Henckel, Harald Hiesinger, Arno Rohrbach, Klemme Stephan Planetary and Space Science Available online 11 April 2018 LINK “Highlights • Even extremely Fe-poor pyroxenes show deep ultraviolet absorption bands….
Caleta el Cobre 022 (Nakhlite)
Caleta el Cobre 022 (Nakhlite) has been registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database LINK Another photo of Caleta el Cobre 022 (Photo: Jérôme Gattacceca) “Caleta el Cobre 022 ~24°20’S, ~70°15’W Antofagasta, Chile Find: 2016 Nov…
Chlorine isotopic compositions of apatite in Apollo 14 rocks: Evidence for widespread vapor-phase metasomatism on the lunar nearside ∼4 billion years ago
Nicola J. Potts, Jessica J. Barnes, Romain Tartèse, Ian A. Franchi, Mahesh Anand Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Available online 5 April 2018 LINK “Compared to most other planetary materials in the Solar System,…
Apollo 12 breccia 12013: Impact-induced partial Pb loss in zircon and its implications for lunar geochronology
F. Thiessen, A.A. Nemchin, J.F. Snape, J.J. Bellucci, M.J. Whitehouse Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Available online 5 April 2018 LINK “Apollo 12 breccia 12013 is composed of two portions, one grey in colour,…
The late accretion and erosion of Vesta’s crust recorded by eucrites and diogenites as an astrochemical window into the formation of Jupiter and the early evolution of the Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS
D. Turrini, V. Svetsov, G. Consolmagno, S. Sirono, M. Jutzi Icarus In Press, Available online 4 April 2018 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • The eucrites and diogenites are differentiated meteorites whose genetic link with…
Modeling the evolution of the parent body of acapulcoites and lodranites: A case study for partially differentiated asteroids
Wladimir Neumann, Stephan Henke, Doris Breuer, Hans-Peter Gail, Winfried H. Schwarz, Mario Trieloff, Jens Hopp, Tilman Spohn Icarus Available online 30 March 2018 LINK Highlights • We model the thermo-chemical evolution of the acapulcoite-lodranite parent…
Mazichuan (Diogenite) registered as confirmed fall (16 September 2016)
MetBull entry (1 April 2018) “History: On 16 September 2016, at about 15:00 local time, many residents from several villages heard an airplane-like noise followed by three loud sonic booms. A woman in Mazichuan witnessed…
Oxygen isotopic evidence for accretion of Earth’s water before a high-energy Moon-forming giant impactOPEN ACCESS
By Richard C. Greenwood, Jean-Alix Barrat, Martin F. Miller, Mahesh Anand, Nicolas Dauphas, Ian A. Franchi, Patrick Sillard, Natalie A. Starkey Science Advances 28 Mar 2018: Vol. 4, no. 3, eaao5928 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aao5928 LINK (OPEN…
Hapke mixture modeling applied to VNIR spectra of mafic mineral mixtures and shergottites: Implications for quantitative analysis of satellite dataOPEN ACCESS
Jennifer K., Harris Peter, M. Grindrod Meteoritics & Planetary Science First published: 24 March 2018 https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13065 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The mineralogy of Mars is well understood on a qualitative level at a…
Isotopic evolution of the protoplanetary disk and the building blocks of Earth and the Moon
Martin Schiller, Martin Bizzarro & Vera Assis Fernandes Nature volume 555, pages 507–510 (22 March 2018) doi:10.1038/nature25990 LINK “Nucleosynthetic isotope variability among Solar System objects is often used to probe the genetic relationship between meteorite…
Infrared Spectroscopy of Carbonaceous-chondrite Inclusions in the Kapoeta Meteorite: Discovery of Nanodiamonds with New Spectral Features and Astrophysical Implications
Yassir A. Abdu, Frank C. Hawthorne, and Maria E. Varela The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 856, Number 1 LINK “We report the finding of nanodiamonds, coexisting with amorphous carbon, in carbonaceous-chondrite (CC) material from the…
Origin and significance of cosmogenic signatures in vesicles of lunar basalt 15016OPEN ACCESS
Bekaert, D. V., Avice, G. and Marty, B. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.13069 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Lunar basalt 15016 (~3.3 Ga) is among the most vesicular (50% by volume) basalts recovered…
Noble gas composition, cosmic-ray exposure age, 39Ar-40Ar, and I-Xe analyses of ungrouped achondrite NWA 7325
Hopp, J., Schröter, N., Pravdivtseva, O., Meyer, H.-P., Trieloff, M. and Ott, U. Meteorit Planet Sci. doi:10.1111/maps.13062 LINK “Northwest Africa (NWA) 7325 is an anomalous achondrite that experienced episodes of large-degree melt extraction and interaction…
Ferroan olivine-bearing eucrite clasts found in howardites
Patzer, A. and McSween, H. Y. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.13064 LINK “We investigated several olivine-bearing, medium-grained, ophitic to subophitic eucritic clasts from three different Antarctic howardites. Based on grain size (0.5–2 mm), these…
Northwest Africa 6232: Visible–near infrared reflectance spectra variability of an olivine diogenite
Cristian Carli, Giovanni Pratesi, Vanni Moggi-Cecchi, Francesca Zambon, Fabrizio Capaccioni and Simone Santoro Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.13056 LINK “Visible and near-infrared (VNIR) reflectance is an important spectroscopic technique to identify minerals, and their…
Probing the use of spectroscopy to determine the meteoritic analogues of meteorsOPEN ACCESS
A. Drouard, P. Vernazza, S. Loehle, J. Gattacceca, J. Vaubaillon, B. Zanda, M. Birlan, S. Bouley, et al. A&A, Forthcoming article Accepted: 26 January 2018 LINK Update (16 February 2018): PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Context. Determining…
Solution of the CAI Storage Problem, and the Time and Place of Formation of Meteorite Parent Bodies
S. J. Desch, A. Kalyaan, C. M. O’D. Alexander 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2018), Abstract #2335 abstract
Early Differentiation in the Carbonaceous Chondrite Forming Region of the Solar Nebula: New Insight from the Achondrites Northwest Africa 7680/6962
M. E. Sanborn, Q.-Z. Yin, B. C. Hyde, K. T. Tait, D. E. Moser 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2018), Abstract #2296 abstract
Magmatic Evolution Trends Within the Ungrouped Achondrite Meteorite Record
Z. Vaci, C. B. Agee, K. Ziegler, M. T. Heizler 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2018), Abstract #1256 abstract
Early Solar System Dynamics Inferred from Molybdenum Isotope Anomalies in Meteorites
G. Budde, C. Burkhardt, T. Kleine 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2018), Abstract #2353 PDF
Dark Xenolith in the Ungrouped Trachyandesitic Achondrite Northwest Africa 11575
M. A. Habermann, C. B. Agee 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2018), Abstract #2626 abstract
Northwest Africa 11575: Unique Ungrouped Trachyandesite Achondrite
C. B. Agee, M. A. Habermann, K. Ziegler 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2018), Abstract #2226 abstract
Pb-Pb Age of the Ungrouped Achondrite Northwest Africa 11119: Timing of Extraterrestrial Silica-Rich Volcanism
D. R. Dunlap, P. K. Koefoed, Y. Amelin, M. Wadhwa, C. B. Agee 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2018), Abstract #2302 abstract
Northwest Africa (NWA) 11119 — Probing an Unknown Early Planetary Body?
V. H. Hoffmann, K. Wimmer, R. Hochleitner, M. Kaliwoda 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2018), Abstract #2468 abstract
Silica-Rich Magmatism in the Early Solar System: U-Pb and Al-Mg Chronology and Cr Isotopes of Ungrouped Achondrite Northwest Africa 11119
M. H. Huyskens, M. E. Sanborn, Q. Z. Yin, C. B. Agee 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2018), Abstract #2311 abstract
Multiple lithic clasts in lunar breccia Northwest Africa 7948 and implication for the lithologic components of lunar crust
Zeng, X., Joy, K. H., Li, S., Pernet-Fisher, J. F., Li, X., Martin, D. J. P., Li, Y. and Wang, S. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.13049 LINK “This study presents the petrography, mineralogy, and…
Noble gases in angrites Northwest Africa 1296, 2999/4931, 4590, and 4801: Evolution history inferred from noble gas signatures
Nakashima, D., Nagao, K. and Irving, A. J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.13039 LINK “Noble gases in the five angrites Northwest Africa (NWA) 1296, 2999, 4590, 4801, and 4931 were analyzed with total melting…
Shock history of the fossil ungrouped achondrite Österplana 065: Raman spectroscopy and TEM of relict chrome-spinel grains
Rout, S. S., Heck, P. R. and Schmitz, B. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.13041 LINK “Chrome-spinel grains from the fossil ungrouped achondrite Österplana 065 (Öst 065) recovered from Middle Ordovician limestone in Sweden were…
A noble gas data collection of lunar meteorites
Mészáros, M., Hofmann, B. A. and Leya, I. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.13037 LINK “We collected the published noble gas data of altogether 35 lunar meteorites. This compilation includes the stable isotopes of He,…
Pb evolution in the Martian mantle
J.J. Bellucci, A.A. Nemchin, M.J. Whitehouse, J.F. Snape, P. Bland, G.K. Benedix, J. Roszjarc Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 485, 1 March 2018, Pages 79–87 LINK “Highlights • A model for the evolution of…
Oxygen Isotope Thermometry of DaG 476 and SaU 008 Martian Meteorites: Implications for Their OriginOPEN ACCESS
by Arshad Ali, Iffat Jabeen, Sobhi J. Nasir and Neil R. Banerjee Geosciences 2018, 8(1), 15; doi:10.3390/geosciences8010015 Published: 8 January 2018 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We report the equilibration temperatures derived from the…
U-Pb and Pb-Pb apatite ages for Antarctic achondrite Graves Nunataks 06129
Zhou, Q., Yin, Q.-Z., Shearer, C. K., Li, X.-H., Li, Q.-L., Liu, Y., Tang, G.-Q. and Li, C.-L. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.13026 LINK “The Antarctic achondrite Graves Nunataks 06128 (GRA 06128) and Graves…
Mg-rich harzburgites from Vesta: Mantle residua or cumulates from planetary differentiation?
Hahn, T. M., Lunning, N. G., McSween, H. Y., Bodnar, R. J. and Taylor, L. A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.13036 LINK “We describe petrographic, electron microprobe, and laser ablation ICP-MS analyses of Mg-rich…
Basaltic volcanism on the angrite parent body: Comparison with 4 Vesta
Abernethy, F. A. J., Verchovsky, A. B., Franchi, I. A. and Grady, M. M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.13016 LINK “Carbon and nitrogen data from stepped combustion analysis of eight angrites, seven eucrites, and…
Bulk chemical compositions of Antarctic meteorites in the NIPR collection
M. Kimura, N. Imae, A. Yamaguchi, H. Haramura, H. Kojima Polar Science doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2017.12.001 Available online 5 December 2017 LINK “Bulk chemical compositions of meteorites were traditionally analyzed by wet chemical analysis, and NIPR has data…
Percolative core formation in planetesimals enabled by hysteresis in metal connectivity
Soheil Ghanbarzadeh, Marc A. Hesse, and Maša Prodanović PNAS 2017 ; published ahead of print December 4, 2017 doi: 10.1073/pnas.1707580114 LINK “Significance It has long been thought that percolative core formation is prevented by high…
Petrogenesis of D’Orbigny-like angrite meteorites and the role of spinel in the angrite source
McKibbin, S. J. and O’Neill, H. St. C. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.13004 LINK “Angrite meteorites are samples of early planetesimal magmatic rocks, distinguished from more typical “basaltic eucrites” by compositions that are silica…
Aeolis Mons and Aeolis Palus meteorites on Mars registered in Meteoritical Bulletin Database
Aeolis Mons 001 -4.70156176, 137.3560462 Mars Find: 2016 Oct 30 Classification: Iron meteorite History: The MSL rover Curiosity observed a very small rock informally named Egg Rock (Henceforth Aeolis Mons 001), on sol 1505. The…
Trapped extraterrestrial argon in meteorites
E. V. Korochantseva, A. I. Buikin, M. Trieloff Geochemistry International November 2017, Volume 55, Issue 11, pp 971–976 LINK “The article considers different points of view on the genesis of extraterrestrial trapped argon with a…
Origin of isotopically light nitrogen in meteorites
A. B. Verchovsky Geochemistry International November 2017, Volume 55, Issue 11, pp 957–970 Original Russian Text © A.B. Verchovsky, 2017, published in Geokhimiya, 2017, No. 11, pp. 969–983 LINK “Bulk meteorite samples of various chemical…
Petrogenesis of basaltic shergottite Northwest Africa 8657: Implications for fO2 correlations and element redistribution during shock melting in shergottites
Howarth, G. H., Udry, A. and Day, J. M. D. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12999 LINK “Northwest Africa (NWA) 8657 is an incompatible trace element-enriched, low-Al basaltic shergottite, similar in texture and chemistry to…
Late accretion to the Moon recorded in zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronometryOPEN ACCESS
Nigel M. Kelly, Rebecca M. Flowers, James R. Metcalf, Stephen J. Mojzsis PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (20 Nov 2017): LINK “We conducted zircon (U-Th)/He (ZHe) analysis of lunar impact-melt breccia 14311 with the aim of…
On the history of the early meteoritic bombardment of the Moon: was there a terminal lunar cataclysm?
Greg Michael, Alexander Basilevsky, Gerhard Neukum Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 4 November 2017 LINK “Highlights • Statistics of 269 K-Ar datings of lunar highland returned samples are reviewed. • These are compared…
The origin of alteration “orangettes” in Dhofar 019: Implications for the age and aqueous history of the shergottites.OPEN ACCESS
Hallis, L. J., Kemppinen, L., Lee, M. R. and Taylor, L. A. Meteorit Planet Sci. doi:10.1111/maps.12987 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The shergottites are the largest group of Martian meteorites, and the only group…
Liebermannite, KAlSi3O8, a new shock-metamorphic, high-pressure mineral from the Zagami Martian meteorite
Ma, C., Tschauner, O., Beckett, J. R., Rossman, G. R., Prescher, C., Prakapenka, V. B., Bechtel, H. A. and MacDowell, A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.13000 LINK “In this paper, we discuss the occurrence…
Laboratory mid-IR spectra of equilibrated and igneous meteorites. Searching for observables of planetesimal debrisOPEN ACCESS
B.L. de Vries, H. Skogby, L.B.F.M. Waters, M. Min Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 28 October 2017 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “Highlights • We provide new mid-IR transmission spectra of powdered meteorites •…
Silicate Earth’s missing niobium may have been sequestered into asteroidal cores
Carsten Münker, Raúl O. C. Fonseca & Toni Schulz Nature Geoscience doi:10.1038/ngeo3048 LINK “Geochemical models describing the behaviour of niobium during Earth’s growth rely on the general paradigm that niobium was delivered by Earth’s asteroidal…
Chromium isotopic homogeneity between the Moon, the Earth, and enstatite chondritesOPEN ACCESS
Bérengère Mougel, Frédéric Moynier, Christa Göpel Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 481, 1 January 2018, Pages 1-8 LINK UPDATE (8 Dec 2017): PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • The first Cr isotopic estimate (ε53ε53Cr and…
Meteorite constraints on Martian atmospheric loss and paleoclimate
William S. Cassata Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 479, 1 December 2017, Pages 322–329 LINK “Highlights • Two ancient Martian meteorites host a common trapped atmospheric noble gas component. • The Xe isotopes provide…
Origin and implications of troilite-orthopyroxene intergrowths in the brecciated diogenite Northwest Africa 7183
Ai-Cheng Zhang, Yi-Fan Bu, Run-Lian Pang, Naoya Sakamoto, Hisayoshi Yurimoto, Li-Hui Chen, Jian-Feng Gao, De-Hong Du, Xiao-Lei Wang, Ru-Cheng Wang Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 7 October 2017 LINK “Troilite-orthopyroxene…
Taking the pulse of Mars via dating of a plume-fed volcanoOPEN ACCESS
Benjamin E. Cohen, Darren F. Mark, William S. Cassata, Martin R. Lee, Tim Tomkinson & Caroline L. Smith Nature Communications 8, Article number: 640 (2017) doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00513-8 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Mars hosts the…
Utilization of nondestructive techniques for analysis of the Martian meteorite NWA 6963 and its implications for astrobiology
do Nascimento-Dias BL, de Oliveira DF, Machado AS, Araújo OMO, Lopes RT, dos Anjos MJ. X-Ray Spectrometry. 2017;1-6. Version of Record online: 24 SEP 2017 https://doi.org/10.1002/xrs.2815 LINK “Martian meteorites are excellent study materials for understanding…
Multistage formation processes in the acapulcoite-lodranite parent body: Mineralogical study of anomalous lodranite, Yamato 983119
Masahiro Yasutake, Akira Yamaguchi Polar Science Available online 23 September 2017 In Press, Accepted Manuscript LINK “Y 983119 is a coarse-grained rock consisting mainly of orthopyroxene (44–71 vol%, Wo3En94Fs4), olivine (4–30 vol%, Fo97), Fe, Ni…
Carbon isotopic variation in ureilites: Evidence for an early, volatile-rich Inner Solar System
Jean-Alix Barrat, Pierre Sansjofre, Akira Yamaguchi, Richard C. Greenwood, Philippe Gillet Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 478, 15 November 2017, Pages 143–149 Available online 19 September 2017 LINK “Highlights • δ13C in ureilites correlate…
