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…
Basalt–trachybasalt samples in Gale Crater, MarsOPEN ACCESS
Edwards, P. H., Bridges, J. C., Wiens, R., Anderson, R., Dyar, D., Fisk, M., Thompson, L., Gasda, P., Filiberto, J., Schwenzer, S. P., Blaney, D. and Hutchinson, I. Meteorit Planet Sci. doi:10.1111/maps.12953 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)…
The ungrouped chondrite El Médano 301 and its comparison with other reduced ordinary chondrites
Hamed Pourkhorsandi, Jérôme Gattacceca, Bertrand Devouard, Massimo D’Orazio, Pierre Rochette, Pierre Beck, Corinne Sonzogni, Millarca Valenzuela Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 12 September 2017 LINK “El Médano 301 (EM 301)…
Differentiation and magmatic activity in Vesta evidenced by 26Al-26Mg dating in eucrites and diogenitesOPEN ACCESS
G. Hublet, V. Debaille, J. Wimpenny, Q-Z. Yin Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 8 September 2017 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The 26Al-26Mg short-lived chronometer has been widely used…
Trace element inventory of meteoritic Ca-phosphates
Dustin Ward, Addi Bischoff, Julia Roszjar, Jasper Berndt, Martin J. Whitehouse American Mineralogist 10.2138/am-2017-6056 First Published on September 05, 2017 LINK “Most extraterrestrial samples feature the two accessory Ca-phosphates (apatite-group minerals and merrillite), which are…
Hydrocode modeling of the spallation process during hypervelocity impacts: Implications for the ejection of Martian meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Kosuke Kurosawa, Takaya Okamoto, Hidenori Genda accepted for publication in Icarus PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Hypervelocity ejection of material by impact spallation is considered a plausible mechanism for material exchange between two planetary bodies. We have…
Serra Pelada (Eucrite) registered in Meteoritical Bulletin database
Meteoritical Bulletin Entry updated MetBull entry (12 Sept 2017): “Serra Pelada 5°57.135’S, 49°39.238’W Para, Brazil Confirmed fall: 2017 June 29 Classification: HED achondrite (Eucrite) History: (A. L. R. Moutinho, D. Rios, M. Cardoso Rocha, W….
Cosmic-ray exposure ages of six chondritic Almahata Sitta fragments
Riebe, M. E. I., Welten, K. C., Meier, M. M. M., Wieler, R., Barth, M. I. F., Ward, D., Laubenstein, M., Bischoff, A., Caffee, M. W., Nishiizumi, K. and Busemann, H. Meteoritics & Planetary Science….
The Northwest Africa 8159 Martian Meteorite: Expanding the Martian Sample Suite to the Early Amazonian
Christopher D.K. Herd, Erin L. Walton, Carl B. Agee, Nele Muttik, Karen Ziegler, Charles K. Shearer, Aaron S. Bell, Alison R. Santos, Paul V. Burger, Justin I. Simon, Michael J. Tappa, Francis M. McCubbin, Jérôme…
The noble gas concentrations of the Martian meteorites GRV 99027 and paired NWA 7906/NWA 7907.
Stephenson, P. C., Lin, Y. and Leya, I. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12950 LINK “Here we present the isotopic concentrations of He, Ne, Ar, Kr, and Xe for the three Martian meteorites, namely Grove…
Search for evidence of source event grouping among ureilites.
Beard, S. P. and Swindle, T. D. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12939 LINK “We use cosmic-ray exposure (CRE) ages of ureilites, combined with magnesium numbers of olivine, and oxygen isotopes, to search for evidence…
A Lower Limit of Atmospheric Pressure on Early Mars Inferred from Nitrogen and Argon Isotopic Compositions
Hiroyuki Kurokawa, Kosuke Kurosawa, Tomohiro Usui Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 24 August 2017 LINK “Highlights • Isotopic composition of early atmosphere recorded in ALH 84001 has been reported • Taking escape/replenishment processes…
Olivinites in the angrite D’Orbigny: vestiges of pristine reducing conditions during angrite formation
M.E. Varela, S-L. Hwang, P. Shen, H-T. Chu, T-F. Yui, Y. Iizuka, F. Brandstätter, Y.A. Abdu Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 20 August 2017 LINK “Olivinites, together with olivine megacrysts,…
Pb-Pb ages of feldspathic clasts in two Apollo 14 breccia samples
A.A. Nemchin, H. Jeon, J.J. Bellucci, N.E. Timms, J.F. Snape, M.R. Kilburn, M.J. Whitehouse Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 19 August 2017 LINK “Pb-Pb isochron ages of ca. 3.92 Ga…
Long-lived magnetism on chondrite parent bodiesOPEN ACCESS
Jay Shah, Helena C. Bates, Adrian R. Muxworthy, Dominik C. Hezel, Sara S. Russell, Matthew J. Genge Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 475, 1 October 2017, Pages 106–118 10. August 2017 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)…
Mn-Fe systematics in major planetary body reservoirs in the solar system and the positioning of the Angrite Parent Body: A crystal-chemical perspective
James J. Papike, Paul V. Burger, Aaron S. Bell, Charles K. Shearer American Mineralogist DOI: 10.2138/am-2017-6112 First Published on August 01, 2017 LINK “A revised diagram plotting the Fe/Mn ratio of pyroxene and olivine verses…
Magnesium isotope systematics in Martian meteorites
Tomáš Magna, Yan Hu, Fang-Zhen Teng, Klaus Mezger Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 26 July 2017 LINK “Highlights • The Martian mantle has an estimated δ26Mg of −0.27 ±…
The early differentiation of Mars inferred from Hf–W chronometry
Thomas S. Kruijer, Thorsten Kleine, Lars E. Borg, Gregory A. Brennecka, Anthony J. Irving, Addi Bischoff, Carl B. Agee Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 20 July 2017 LINK “Highlights…
Pb isotopes in the impact melt breccia 66095: Association with the Imbrium basin and the isotopic composition of lithologies at the Apollo 16 landing site
Joshua F. Snape, Alexander A. Nemchin, Jeremy J. Bellucci, Martin J. Whitehouse Chemical Geology In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 19 July 2017 LINK “Recent in situ Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) Pb isotope analyses…
Assessing the shock state of the lunar highlands: Implications for the petrogenesis and chronology of crustal anorthositesOPEN ACCESS
J. F. Pernet-Fisher, K. H. Joy, D. J. P. Martin & K. L. Donaldson Hanna Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 5888 (2017) doi:10.1038/s41598-017-06134- LINK “Our understanding of the formation and evolution of the primary lunar…
A Martian origin for the Mars Trojan asteroidsOPEN ACCESS
D. Polishook, S. A. Jacobson, A. Morbidelli & O. Aharonson Nature Astronomy 1, Article number: 0179 (2017) doi:10.1038/s41550-017-0179 LINK Updated (3 Oct 2017): PDF “Seven of the nine known Mars Trojan asteroids belong to an…
Acapulcoite-lodranite meteorites: Ultramafic asteroidal partial melt residues
Klaus Keil, Timothy J. McCoy Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry Review article Available online 14 July 2017 LINK “Acapulcoites (most ancient Hf-W ages are 4,563.1 ± 0.8 Ma), lodranites (most ancient Hf-W ages are 4,562.6…
Partial Melting of Oxidized Planetesimals: An Experimental Study to Test the Formation of Oligoclase-rich Achondrites Graves Nunataks 06128 and 06129
Nicole G. Lunning, Kathryn G. Gardner-Vandy, Emma S. Sosa, Timothy J. Mccoy, Emma S. Bullock, Catherine M. Corrigan Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 11 July 2017 LINK “The meteorites Graves…
Distinct 238U/235U ratios and REE patterns in plutonic and volcanic angrites: Geochronologic implications and evidence for U isotope fractionation during magmatic processes
François L.H. Tissot, Nicolas Dauphas, Timothy L. Grove Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 8 July 2017 LINK “Angrites are differentiated meteorites that formed between 4 and 11 Myr after Solar…
Mineralogy and petrogenesis of lunar magnesian granulitic meteorite Northwest Africa 5744OPEN ACCESS
Kent, J. J., Brandon, A. D., Joy, K. H., Peslier, A. H., Lapen, T. J., Irving, A. J. and Coleff, D. M. Meteorit Planet Sci. doi:10.1111/maps.12898 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Lunar meteorite Northwest…
The production rate of cosmogenic deuterium at the Moon’s surface
Evelyn Füri, Etienne Deloule, Reto Trappitsch Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 474, 15 September 2017, Pages 76–82 LINK “Highlights • The deuterium content of olivines from eight mare basalts is determined by SIMS. •…
Valence of Ti, V, and Cr in Apollo 14 aluminous basalts 14053 and 14072
Simon, S. B. and Sutton, S. R. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12908 LINK “The valences of Ti, V, and Cr in olivine and pyroxene, important indicators of the fO2 of the source region of…
Complex origins of silicate veinlets in HED meteorites: A case study of Northwest Africa 1109
Pang, R.-L., Zhang, A.-C. and Wang, R.-C. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12920 LINK “We report on the petrography and mineralogy of three types of silicate veinlets in the brecciated eucrite Northwest Africa (NWA) 1109….
Titanium Stable Isotopic Variations in Chondrites, Achondrites and Lunar Rocks
Nicolas D. Greber, Nicolas Dauphas, Igor S. Puchtel, Beda A. Hofmann, Nicholas T. Arndt Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 30 June 2017 LINK “Titanium isotopes are potential tracers of processes…
3.1 Ga crystallization age for magnesian and ferroan gabbro lithologies in the Northwest Africa 773 clan of lunar meteorites
B.J. Shaulis, M. Righter, T.J. Lapen, B.L. Jolliff, A.J. Irving Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 28 June 2017 LINK “The Northwest Africa (NWA) 773 clan of meteorites is a group…
Rubidium isotopic composition of the Earth, meteorites, and the Moon: Evidence for the origin of volatile loss during planetary accretionOPEN ACCESS
Emily A. Pringle, Frédéric Moynier Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 473, 1 September 2017, Pages 62-70 LINK “Highlights • We measured high-precision stable Rb isotope ratios in terrestrial samples, chondrites, HED meteorites, and lunar…
Geochemistry of Martian basalts with constraints on magma genesis
Justin Filiberto Chemical Geology Volume 466, 5 September 2017, Pages 1-14 LINK “Highlights • Review of geochemistry of Martian basalts and formation conditions • Martian basalts are more chemically more diverse than represented by meteorites….
Iron Isotope Compositions of Achondritic Meteorites
Ray S. * Rai V. K. Hines R. Romaniello S. Wadhwa M. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6400] abstract (PDF) “Here, we report the iron isotope compositions of three ungrouped achondrites, North…
Northwest Africa 10463: A New Angrite Meteorite
Santos A. R. * Agee C. B. Bell A. S. Shearer C. K. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6313] abstract (PDF) “NWA 10463 is a new angrite meteorite with several interesting textural…
Petrology, Mineralogy and In Situ U-Pb Dating of Northwest Africa 11042
Wu Y. * Hsu W. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6190] abstract (PDF) “NWA 11042 was classified as a unique achondrite. Its mineralogy and petrology resemble those of martian meteorites, but the…
Primitive Achondrite Northwest Africa 11042: Melting of the L Chondrite Parent Body
Vaci Z. * Agee C. B. Ziegler K. Polyak V. J. Humayun M. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6161] abstract (PDF) “NWA 11042 is an igneous primitive achondrite whose oxygen isotopes plot…
Andesitic-Dacitic Achondrite Northwest Africa 11119: Evidence for Extraterrestrial Silica-Rich Magmatism
Srinivasan P. * Agee C. B. McCubbin F. M. Ziegler K. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6129] abstract (PDF) “Petrologic and isotopic results for ungrouped achondrite Northwest Africa 11119 shows a possible…
Reactions Along the Boundaries Between Plagioclase and Diopside of Ungrouped Achondrite Northwest Africa 7325
Yang J. * Lin Y. T. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6240] abstract (PDF) “In order to clarify the late-stage processes after the crystallization of NWA 7325, we analysed chemical compositions and…
The Distinct Genetics of Carbonaceous and Non-Carbonaceous Meteorites Inferred from Molybdenum Isotopes
Budde G. * Burkhardt C. Kleine T. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6271] abstract (PDF) “Mo isotope systematics manifest a fundamental dichotomy in the genetic heritage of carbonaceous and non-carbonaceous meteorites. We…
A Breccia of Ureilitic and C2 Carbonaceous Chondrite Materials from Almahata Sitta: Implications for the Regolith of Ureilitic Asteroids
Goodrich C. A. * Fioretti A. M. Zolensky M. Fries M. Shaddad M. Kohl I. Young E. Jenniskens P. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6214] abstract (PDF) “We report the first sample…
Pb-Pb and Rb-Sr Dates for Zagami and Northwest Africa 7034 Using CODEX
Anderson F. S. * Levine J. Whitaker T. J. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6249] abstract (PDF) “We have produced new Pb-Pb dates of Zagami using CODEX, illustrating how in-situ dating can…
Shergottite lead Isotope Signature in Chassigny and the Nakhlites
Jones J. H. Simon J. I. * 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6331] abstract (PDF) “A model based on recent Pb isotopic analyses is presented that indicates interaction between shergottite and nakhlite/chassignite…
Ureilites Provide a New Model for Planetesimal Formation
Rai N. Downes H. * 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6067] abstract (PDF) “Modelling shows that ureilite parent planetesimal formed from a mixture of Mg- and Fe-rich chondrules with a primary layered…
Petrological and Petrofabric Study of Roberts Massif 04239 Compared to Tafassasset and Brachinites
Hasegawa H. * Mikouchi T. Yamaguchi A. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6169] abstract (PDF) “The petrology and petrofabrics of Roberts Massif 04239 suggests that it has experienced differentiation processes similar to…
Multiple Igneous Bodies for Nakhlites and Chassignites as Inferred from Olivine Cooling Rates Using Calcium Zoning
Mikouchi T. * Takenouchi A. Zolensky M. E. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6177] abstract (PDF) “We analyzed Ca zoning of olivine from nakhlites and chassignites to calculate their cooling rates. The…
Magma Emplacement on Mars Inferred from a Comprehensive Suite of Nakhlites and Chassignites
Udry A. * Day J. M. D. Moynier F. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6027] abstract (PDF) “We combine quantitative textural and bulk rock geochemical observations on a suite of 15 nakhlites…
Experimental Shock DeComposition of Siderite and the Origin of Magnetite in Martian Meteorite Allan Hills 84001
Bell M. S. * 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6261] abstract (PDF) “ALH 84001 martian meteorite was collected by an ANSMET team in 1984 and in 1996 researchers reported that it contained…
Effects of Space Weathering on Reflectance Spectra of Ureilites: A Proof-of-Concept Study
Goodrich C. A. Gillis-Davis J. Cloutis E. Applin D. Hibbits C. Klima R. Christoffersen R. Fries M. Decker S. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6224] abstract “Space weathering and spectral studies of…
Cosmic-Ray Exposure Ages of Brachinites
Beard S. P. Swindle T. D. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6388] abstract “Argon exposure ages have been measured for NWA 6077, NWA 595, NWA 7297, NWA 1500, NWA 4518, and RaS…
Water-Bearing, Volatile-Rich Clasts in Howardites and Polymict Ureilites — Carriers of Deuterium-Enriched Waters not Sampled by Individual Meteorites
Patzek M. * Hoppe P. Bischoff A. Visser R. John T. abstract (PDF) 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6183] “D/H ratios of volatile-rich clasts from howardites and polymict ureilites are distinct from…
Almahata Sitta Meteorite — Compilation of Magnetic Susceptibility Database
Hoffmann V. H. Funaki M. Wimmer K. Hochleitner R. Kaliwoda M. Mikouchi T. Zolensky M. E. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6290] abstract “An overview of the magnetic susceptibility (MS) of all…
26Al-26Mg Systematics of the Ungrouped Achondrite Northwest Africa 11119: Timing of Extraterrestrial Silica-Rich Magmatism
Dunlap D. R. * Wadhwa M. Agee C. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6268] abstract “Ungrouped achondrite NWA 11119 has an andesite-dacite bulk SiO2. The high precision 26Al-26Mg internal isochron age is…
Reconciliation of the excess 176Hf conundrum in meteorites: Recent disturbances of the Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd isotope systematics
Rebecca Bast, Erik E. Scherer, Peter Sprung, Klaus Mezger, Mario Fischer-Gödde, Stephan Taetz, Mischa Böhnke, Hinrich Schmid-Beurmann, Carsten Münker, Thorsten Kleine, Gopalan Srinivasan Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 8 June…
Angrite meteorites record the onset and flux of water to the inner solar system
Adam R. Sarafian, Sune G. Nielsen, Horst R. Marschall, Glenn A. Gaetani, Erik H. Hauri, Kevin Righter, Emily Sarafian Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 7 June 2017 LINK “Earth and…
Water content in the Martian mantle: a Nakhla perspective
Franz A. Weis, Jeremy J. Bellucci, Henrik Skogby, Roland Stalder, Alexander A. Nemchin, Martin J. Whitehouse Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 1 June 2017 LINK “Water contents of the Martian…
Evaluating Crustal Contributions to Enriched Shergottites from the Petrology, Trace Elements, and Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd Isotope Systematics of Northwest Africa 856
J. Ferdous, A.D. Brandon, A.H. Peslier, Z. Pirotte Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 29 May 2017 LINK “The origin of the incompatible trace element (ITE) characteristics of enriched shergottites has…
Meteoritical Bulletin updates
- Oued El Hamim 003 (Eucrite)
- Northwest Africa 18237 (Ureilite)
- Northwest Africa 18222 (Ureilite)
- Northwest Africa 18223 (Eucrite)
- Northwest Africa 18206 (Eucrite-melt breccia)
- Northwest Africa 18205 (H3)
- Northwest Africa 18122 (Eucrite)
- Ganq 027 (L3)
- Dalangtan 004 (H3)
- Northwest Africa 18188 (LL3)
- Hammadah al Hamra 348 (Ureilite)
- Gadamis 010 (Angrite)
- Northwest Africa 18184 (CV3)
- Sabkhat Arryd 002 (Eucrite-pmict)
- Northwest Africa 18180 (H3)
- Northwest Africa 18181 (L3)
- Northwest Africa 18183 (Eucrite-melt breccia)
- Yagan 003 (LL3)
- Northwest Africa 18164 (CK3)
- Northwest Africa 18163 (Winonaite)
