Hydrogen isotopic composition of the Martian mantle inferred from the newest Martian meteorite fall, Tissint.
Mane, P., Hervig, R., Wadhwa, M., Garvie, L. A. J., Balta, J. B. and McSween, H. Y. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12717 LINK “The hydrogen isotopic composition of planetary reservoirs can provide key constraints…
Fluids during diagenesis and sulfate vein formation in sediments at Gale crater, Mars.OPEN ACCESS
Schwenzer, S. P., Bridges, J. C., Wiens, R. C., Conrad, P. G., Kelley, S. P., Leveille, R., Mangold, N., Martín-Torres, J., McAdam, A., Newsom, H., Zorzano, M. P., Rapin, W., Spray, J., Treiman, A. H.,…
Martian meteorite Tissint records unique petrogenesis among the depleted shergottites.
Basu Sarbadhikari, A., Babu, E. V. S. S. K., Vijaya Kumar, T. and Chennaoui Aoudjehane, H. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12684 Version of Record online: 19 JUL 2016 LINK “Tissint, a new unaltered piece…
Multiple Olivine-Phyric Shergottite Stones of Differing Crystallization Age in the 2011 Tissint Meteorite Fall Imply Impact Excavation from a Long-Lived Depleted Magmatic Complex on Mars (Hint: Olympus Mons)
Irving A. J. * Lapen T. J. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6454 LINK
On the iron isotope composition of Mars and volatile depletion in the terrestrial planets
Paolo A. Sossi, Oliver Nebel, Mahesh Anand, Franck Poitrasson Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 8 June 2016 LINK “Iron is the most abundant multivalent element in planetary reservoirs, meaning…
Effect of chlorine on near-liquidus crystallization of olivine-phyric shergottite NWA 6234 at 1 GPa: Implication for volatile-induced melting of the Martian mantle.
Farcy, B. J., Gross, J., Carpenter, P., Hicks, J. and Filiberto, J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12662 LINK “Martian magmas are thought to be rich in chlorine compared with their terrestrial counterparts. Here, we…
Igneous cooling history of olivine-phyric shergottite Yamato 980459 constrained by dynamic crystallization experiments.
First, E. and Hammer, J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12659 Article first published online: 10 MAY 2016 LINK “Dynamic crystallization experiments were performed on a liquid having the bulk composition of olivine-phyric shergottite Yamato…
The chlorine isotopic composition of Martian meteorites 1: Chlorine isotope composition of Martian mantle and crustal reservoirs and their interactions.
Williams, J. T., Shearer, C. K., Sharp, Z. D., Burger, P. V., McCubbin, F. M., Santos, A. R., Agee, C. B. and McKeegan, K. D. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12647 LINK “The Martian meteorites…
A new approach to cosmogenic corrections in 40Ar/39Ar chronometry: Implications for the ages of Martian meteorites
W.S. Cassata, L.E. Borg Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 4 May 2016 LINK “Anomalously old 40Ar/39Ar ages are commonly obtained from Shergottites and are generally attributed to uncertainties regarding the…
Heterogeneous distribution of H2O in the Martian interior: Implications for the abundance of H2O in depleted and enriched mantle sources.
McCubbin, F. M., Boyce, J. W., Srinivasan, P., Santos, A. R., Elardo, S. M., Filiberto, J., Steele, A. and Shearer, C. K. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12639 LINK “We conducted a petrologic study of…
New triple oxygen isotope data of bulk and separated fractions from SNC meteorites: Evidence for mantle homogeneity of Mars.
Ali, A., Jabeen, I., Gregory, D., Verish, R. and Banerjee, N. R. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12640 LINK “We report precise triple oxygen isotope data of bulk materials and separated fractions of several Shergotty–Nakhla–Chassigny…
Large Solar Cosmic Ray Effects on Oued Awlitis 001 Lunar Meteorite and Northwest Africa 10134 Shergottite
K. Nishiizumi, M. W. Caffee, A. J. T. Jull 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1669 PDF
Northwest Africa 4480 Revisited: Petrologic, Isotopic, and Noble Gas Studies of an Unshocked, Maskelynite-Free Mafic Shergottite with a Long Cosmic Ray Exposure Age
A. J. Irving, R. Andreasen, M. Righter, T. J. Lapen, H. Busemann, M. Izawa, D. E. Moser, P. P. Sipiera 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2330 PDF
Noble gases in 18 Martian meteorites and angrite Northwest Africa 7812—Exposure ages, trapped gases, and a re-evaluation of the evidence for solar cosmic ray-produced neon in shergottites and other achondrites
Wieler, R., Huber, L., Busemann, H., Seiler, S., Leya, I., Maden, C., Masarik, J., Meier, M. M. M., Nagao, K., Trappitsch, R. and Irving, A. J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science doi: 10.1111/maps.12600 Article first published…
Determination of volatile concentrations in fluorapatite of Martian shergottite NWA 2975 by combining synchrotron FTIR, Raman spectroscopy, EMPA, and TEM, and inferences on the volatile budget of the apatite host-magma.
Słaby, E., Koch-Müller, M., Förster, H.-J., Wirth, R., Rhede, D., Schreiber, A. and Schade, U. Meteoritics & Planetary Science doi: 10.1111/maps.12598 Article first published online: 25 JAN 2016 LINK “We combined the focused ion beam…
The chlorine isotope composition of Martian meteorites 2. Implications for the early solar system and the formation of Mars
Sharp, Z., Williams, J., Shearer, C., Agee, C. and McKeegan, K. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12591 Article first published online: 22 JAN 2016 LINK “We determined the chlorine isotope composition of 16 Martian meteorites…
Lithium isotopes and light lithophile element abundances in shergottites: Evidence for both magmatic degassing and subsolidus diffusion
Udry, A., McSween, H. Y., Hervig, R. L. and Taylor, L. A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12582 Article first published online: 16 DEC 2015 LINK “Degassed magmatic water was potentially the major source of…
The Pb isotopic evolution of the Martian mantle constrained by initial Pb in Martian meteorites
Bellucci, J. J., Nemchin, A. A., Whitehouse, M. J., Snape, J. F., Bland, P., Benedix, G.K. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets Accepted manuscript online: 21 November 2015 DOI: 10.1002/2015JE004809 LINK “The Pb isotopic compositions of…
Petrography and geochemistry of the enriched basaltic shergottite Northwest Africa 2975
He, Q., Xiao, L., Balta, J. B., Baziotis, I. P., Hsu, W. and Guan, Y. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12571 LINK “We present a study of the petrology and geochemistry of basaltic shergottite Northwest…
Glass-bearing inclusions in Shergotty and Chassigny: Consistent samples of a primary trapped melt?
Varela, M. E. and Zinner, E. (2015), Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12566 LINK “Glass-bearing inclusions hosted by different mineral phases in SNC meteorites provide important information on the conditions that prevailed during formation of…
High-sensitivity HPGe gamma-spectrometry analysis of radionuclides in Martian meteorites
Pavel P. Povinec , Ivan Sýkora, Andrej Kováčik, Christian Koeberl Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry pp 1-5 LINK
Small melt inclusions can record bulk magma compositions: A planetary example from the Martian basalt (shergottite) Tissint.
Sonzogni, Y. and Treiman, A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12516 LINK “Melt inclusions in igneous minerals can provide constraints on magma compositions, especially for planetary samples where mass is severely limited. Small inclusions (
Ca. 2.7 Ga ferropicritic magmatism: a record of Fe-rich heterogeneities during Neoarchean global mantle melting
Dejan Milidragovic, Don Francis Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 9 October 2015 LINK ” … Melting experiments on “pyrolitic” compositions and consideration of the dependence of the density of silicate…
The calcium isotope systematics of Mars
Tomáš Magna, Nikolaus Gussone, Klaus Mezger Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 430, 15 November 2015, Pages 86–94 LINK
Evidence for the exsolution of Cl-rich fluids in martian magmas: Apatite petrogenesis in the enriched lherzolitic shergottite Northwest Africa 7755
G.H. Howarth, J.F. Pernet-Fisher, R.J. Bodnar, L.A. Taylor Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 30 June 2015 LINK
Evidence for methane in Martian meteorites
Nigel J. F. Blamey, John Parnell, Sean McMahon, Darren F. Mark, Tim Tomkinson, Martin Lee, Jared Shivak, Matthew R. M. Izawa, Neil R. Banerjee, Roberta L. Flemming, Nature Communications 6, Article number: 7399 doi:10.1038/ncomms8399 Published…
Martian Noble Gases in Recently Found Shergottites, Nakhlites, and Breccia Northwest Africa 8114
Busemann H., Seiler S., Wieler R., Kuga M., Maden C., Irving A. J., Clay P. L., Joy K. H. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5235 abstract (PDF)
Evidence in Tissint for recent subsurface water on Mars
Yang Chen, Yang Liu, Yunbin Guan, John M. Eiler, Chi Ma, George R. Rossman, Lawrence A. Taylor Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 425, 1 September 2015, Pages 55–63 LINK We report unambiguous chemical evidence…
Candidates source regions of Martian Meteorites as identified by OMEGA/MEx
A. Ody, F. Poulet, C. Quantin, J.-P. Bibring, J.L. Bishop, M.D. Dyar Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 25 May 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.05.019 LINK
Various aspects of the petrogenesis of the Martian shergottite meteorites
Jones, J. H. (2015), Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12421 LINK
Tracking the source of the enriched martian meteorites in olivine-hosted melt inclusions of two depleted shergottites, Yamato 980459 and Tissint
T.J. Peters, J.I. Simon, J.H. Jones, T. Usui, R. Moriwaki, R.C. Economos, A.K. Schmitt, K.D. McKeegan Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 418, 15 May 2015, Pages 91–102 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.02.033 LINK
Ti-Cr-O Isotope Systematics of the Anomalous Eucrites and Martian Meteorites
C. D. Williams, M. E. Sanborn, Q. -Z. Yin 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1671 PDF LINK
Siderophile and chalcophile element abundances in shergottites: Implications for Martian core formation
Shuying Yang, Munir Humayun, Kevin Righter, Gwendolyn Jefferson, Dana Fields and Anthony J. Irving Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12384 LINK
Petrology and trace element geochemistry of Tissint, the newest shergottite fall
J. Brian Balta, Matthew E. Sanborn, Arya Udry, Meenakshi Wadhwa and Harry Y. McSween Jr. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12403 LINK
Partitioning of light lithophile elements during basalt eruptions on Earth and application to Martian shergottites
Marie Edmonds Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 411, 1 February 2015, Pages 142–150 LINK
Meteoritic evidence for a previously unrecognized hydrogen reservoir on Mars
Tomohiro Usui, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Jianhua Wang, Justin I. Simon, John H. Jones Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 410, 15 January 2015, Pages 140–151 LINK
NanoSIMS analysis of organic carbon from the Tissint Martian meteorite: Evidence for the past existence of subsurface organic-bearing fluids on Mars
Lin, Y., El Goresy, A., Hu, S., Zhang, J., Gillet, P., Xu, Y., Hao, J., Miyahara, M., Ouyang, Z., Ohtani, E., Xu, L., Yang, W., Feng, L., Zhao, X., Yang, J. and Ozawa, S. (2014)…
New bulk sulfur measurements of Martian meteorites and modeling the fate of sulfur during melting and crystallization – Implications for sulfur transfer from Martian mantle to crust–atmosphere system
Shuo Ding, Rajdeep Dasgupta, Cin-Ty A. Lee, Meenakshi Wadhwa Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 409, 1 January 2015, Pages 157–167 17 November 2014 LINK
Geochemical diversity of shergottite basalts: Mixing and fractionation, and their relation to Mars surface basalts
Treiman, A. H. and Filiberto, J. (2014) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12363 LINK
The Source Crater of Martian Shergottite Meteorites
Werner SC, Ody A and Poulet F Published Online March 6 2014 Science 21 March 2014: Vol. 343 no. 6177 pp. 1343-1346 DOI: 10.1126/science.1247282 LINK
Insights into the Martian mantle: The age and isotopics of the meteorite fall Tissint
Brennecka, G. A., Borg, L. E. and Wadhwa, M. (2014) Meteoritics & Planetary Science Volume 49, Issue 3, pages 412–418, March 2014 LINK
No Martian soil component in shergottite meteorites
Barrat JA, Jambon A, Ferrière L, Bollinger C, Langlade JA, Liorzou C, Boudouma O and Fialin M (in press) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 125, 15 January 2014, Pages 23–33 LINK
Meteoritical Bulletin updates
- Northwest Africa 18175 (L3)
- Northwest Africa 18171 (LL3)
- Northwest Africa 18172 (Eucrite-br)
- Northwest Africa 18170 (Eucrite-pmict)
- Hassi Khebi 003 (Howardite-melt breccia)
- Hassi Khebi 002 (Diogenite-pm)
- Northwest Africa 17888 (LL7)
- Northwest Africa 2916 (Eucrite-br)
- Gadoufaoua 001 (L3)
- Northwest Africa 16009 (CK3)
- Northwest Africa 17095 (Iron, IAB-sLH)
- Northwest Africa 17094 (Iron, IAB-sHL)
- Northwest Africa 17093 (Iron, IIIAB)
- Northeast Africa 068 (Iron, IIIAB)
- Northwest Africa 17598 (CK5)
- Northeast Africa 083 (Lunar)
- Northwest Africa 17286 (Iron, IAB-sLM)
- Northwest Africa 16785 (CR2)
- Northwest Africa 5512 (Enst achon-ung)
- Northwest Africa 16526 (Pallasite, ungrouped)
