Reduced and unstratified crust in CV chondrite parent bodyOPEN ACCESS
Clément Ganino & Guy Libourel Nature Communications 8, Article number: 261 (2017) doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00293-1 Published online: 15 August 2017 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Early Solar System planetesimal thermal models predict the heating of the…
CM and CO chondrites: A common parent body or asteroidal neighbors? Insights from chondrule silicates
Devin L. Schrader, Jemma Davidson Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 29 July 2017 LINK “By investigating the petrology and chemical composition of type II (FeO-rich) chondrules in the Mighei-like carbonaceous…
Compositions and microstructures of CB sulfides: Implications for the thermal history of the CB chondrite parent body
Srinivasan, P., Jones, R. H. and Brearley, A. J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12921 LINK “We studied textures and compositions of sulfide inclusions in unzoned Fe,Ni metal particles within CBa Gujba, CBa Weatherford, CBb…
Giant convecting mud balls of the early solar systemOPEN ACCESS
Philip A. Bland, Bryan J. Travis Science Advances 14 Jul 2017: Vol. 3, no. 7, e1602514 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1602514 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Carbonaceous asteroids may have been the precursors to the terrestrial planets,…
Petrographic and C & O isotopic characteristics of the earliest stages of aqueous alteration of CM chondrites
Lionel G. Vacher, Yves Marrocchi, Johan Villeneuve, Maximilien J. Verdier-Paoletti, Matthieu Gounelle Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 12 July 2017 LINK “CM chondrites form the largest group of hydrated meteorites…
Formation of an Ultracarbonaceous Antarctic Micrometeorite through Minimal Aqueous Alteration in a Small Porous Icy Body
Hikaru Yabuta, Takaaki Noguchi, Shoichi Itoh, Tomoki Nakamura, Akira Miyake, Shinichi Tsujimoto, Noriaki Ohashi, Naoya Sakamoto, Minako Hashiguchi, Ken-ichi Abe, Aya Okubo, A.L. David Kilcoyne, Shogo Tachibana, Ryuji Okazaki, Kentaro Terada, Mitsuru Ebihara, Hiroko Nagahara…
Petrography, classification, oxygen isotopes, noble gases, and cosmogenic records of Kamargaon (L6) meteorite: The latest fall in India.OPEN ACCESS
Ray, D., Mahajan, R. R., Shukla, A. D., Goswami, T. K. and Chakraborty, S. Meteorit Planet Sci. doi:10.1111/maps.12875 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “A single piece of meteorite fell on Kamargaon village in the…
Magnetite in Comet Wild 2: Evidence for parent body aqueous alterationOPEN ACCESS
Hicks, L. J., Macarthur, J. L., Bridges, J. C., Price, M. C., Wickham-Eade, J. E., Burchell, M. J., Hansford, G. M., Butterworth, A. L., Gurman, S. J., Baker, S. H. Meteorit Planet Sci. doi:10.1111/maps.12909 LINK…
Chondrule Oxygen Isotope Systematics in Unequilibrated Ordinary Chondrites: Insights into Their Nebular Reservoir
Baeza L. Ireland T. R. Ávila J. N. Mallmann G. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6166] abstract (PDF) “Ordinary chondrites (OCs) have distinct bulk O-isotope composition. The range of chondrule O-isotope composition…
Chondrule Olivine Provenance in Carbonaceous Chondrites: Chemical and Oxygen Isotope Systematics
Bonning G. P. Ireland T. R. Ávila J. N. Mallmann G. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6151] abstract (PDF) “Bulk chondrites have specific and distinct bulk O-isotopic compositions, yet they appear to…
Oxygen Isotopic Compositions of Fayalite in the CV Chondrite Kaba
Marrocchi Y. abstract (PDF) 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6179] “The oxygen isotopic compositions of fayalite grains in the CV3 carbonaceous chondrites Kaba bring information on the origin of water accreted by…
Microanalytical Investigation of Fine-Grained Matrix Material in Elephant Moraine 92042: Effects of Parent Body Processing on Primitive Components
Koch I. Floss C. * 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6013] abstract (PDF) “Aqueous alteration has affected presolar silicate abundances in the CR chondrite EET 92042 and has resulted in elemental changes…
Water on Asteroids: The Curious Case of R-Chondrite Miller Range 11207
Gross J. * Treiman A. H. Connolly H. C. Jr. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6145] abstract (PDF) “MIL 11207 is a R-6 chondrite and contains ~12 vol% OH-bearing minerals — amphibole,…
Breccia Classification of CM Chondrites
Bischoff A., Ebert S., Metzler K., Lentfort S. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6089] abstract “CM chondrites are heavily brecciated rocks. We suggest to classify CM chondrites in the same way as…
Insights into Parent Body Alteration from the Distribution of Water and Hydroxyl in Carbonaceous Chondrites
Hamilton V. E. * Abreu N. M. Connolly H. C. Jr. abstract (PDF) 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6263] “We are using µ-FTIR to characterize the spatial distribution of water and hydroxyl…
The Effect of Aqueous Alteration on Primordial Noble Gases in CM Chondrites
Weimer D. * Busemann H. Alexander C. M. O’D. Maden C. abstract (PDF) 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6300] “We have analyzed 32 CM chondrites for their noble gas contents and isotopic…
Petrographic and Isotopic C and O Survey of the Earliest Stages of Aqueous Alteration of CM Chondrites
Vacher L. G. * Marrocchi Y. Villeneuve J. Verdier-Paoletti M. J. Gounelle M. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6031] abstract “CM Paris shows two populations of carbonates: T1a and a new T0….
Minerals as Markers of Fluid Alteration in Paris Chondrite
Pignatelli I. * Marrocchi Y. Mugnaioli E. Bourdelle F. Gounelle M. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6189] abstract “This nanoscale study deals with tochilinite/cronstedtite intergrowths formed by pseudomorphism of anhydrous minerals in…
Presolar Silicates in the Matrix and Fine-grained Rims Around Chondrules in Primitive CO3.0 Chondrites: Evidence for Pre-Accretionary Aqueous Alteration of the Rims in the Solar Nebula
Pierre Haenecour, Christine Floss, Thomas J. Zega, Thomas K. Croat, Alian Wang, Bradley L. Jolliff, Paul Carpenter Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 8 June 2017 LINK “To investigate the origin…
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…
Measuring the level of interstellar inheritance in the solar protoplanetary disk
Conel M. O’D. Alexander,Larry R. Nittler,Jemma Davidson,Fred J. Ciesla Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12891 First published: 6 June 2017 LINK “The timing and extent to which the initial interstellar material was thermally processed provide…
Modification of REE distribution of ordinary chondrites from Atacama (Chile) and Lut (Iran) hot deserts: Insights into the chemical weathering of meteorites.
Pourkhorsandi, H., D’Orazio, M., Rochette, P., Valenzuela, M., Gattacceca, J., Mirnejad, H., Sutter, B., Hutzler, A. and Aboulahris, M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12894 First published: 2 June 2017 LINK “The behavior of rare…
Crystal growth and disequilibrium distribution of oxygen isotopes in an igneous Ca-Al-rich inclusion from the Allende carbonaceous chondriteOPEN ACCESS
Noriyuki Kawasaki, Steven B. Simon, Lawrence Grossman, Naoya Sakamoto, Hisayoshi Yurimoto Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 1 June 2017 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “TS34 is a Type B1 Ca-Al-rich inclusion (CAI)…
Tracing the oxygen isotope composition of the upper Earth’s atmosphere using cosmic spherulesOPEN ACCESS
Andreas Pack, Andres Höweling, Dominik C. Hezel, Maren T. Stefanak, Anne-Katrin Beck, Stefan T. M. Peters, Sukanya Sengupta, Daniel Herwartz & Luigi Folco Nature Communications 8, Article number: 15702 (2017) doi:10.1038/ncomms15702 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK…
D/H diffusion in serpentine
Hélène Pilorge, Bruno Reynard, Laurent Remusat, Sylvie Le Floch, Gilles Montagnac, Hervé Cardon Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 29 May 2017 LINK “Interactions between aqueous fluids and ultrabasic rocks are…
Silicate–SiO reaction in a protoplanetary disk recorded by oxygen isotopes in chondrules
Ryoji Tanaka & Eizo Nakamura Nature Astronomy 1, Article number: 0137 (2017) doi:10.1038/s41550-017-0137 LINK “The formation of planetesimals and planetary embryos during the earliest stages of the solar protoplanetary disk largely determined the composition and…
The Bulk Valence State of Fe and the Origin of Water in Chondrites
S. Sutton, C.M.O’D. Alexander, A. Bryant, A. Lanzirotti, M. Newville, E.A. Cloutis Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 19 May 2017 LINK “There is abundant petrologic evidence for the oxidation of…
The parent body controls on cosmic spherule texture: Evidence from the oxygen isotopic compositions of large micrometeorites
M. van Ginneken, J. Gattacceca, P. Rochette, C. Sonzogni, A. Alexandre, V. Vidal, M.J. Genge Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 16 May 2017 LINK “High-precision oxygen isotopic compositions of eighteen…
A multi-technique search for the most primitive CO chondrites
C.M.O’D. Alexander, R.C. Greenwood, R. Bowden, J.M. Gibson, K.T. Howard, I.A. Franchi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 24 April 2017 LINK “As part of a study to identify the most…
Mineralogical, crystallographic and redox features of the earliest stages of fluid alteration in CM chondrites
Isabella Pignatelli, Yves Marrocchi, Enrico Mugnaioli, Franck Bourdelle, Matthieu Gounelle Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 19 April 2017 LINK “The CM chondrites represent the largest group of hydrated meteorites and…
Defining the mechanism for compaction of the CV chondrite parent body
L.V. Forman, P.A. Bland, N.E. Timms, L. Daly, G.K. Benedix, P.W. Trimby, G.S. Collins, T.M. Davison Geology First published on 11 April 2017 doi:10.1130/G38864.1 LINK “The Allende meteorite, a relatively unaltered member of the CV…
Type 1 aqueous alteration in CM carbonaceous chondrites: Implications for the evolution of water-rich asteroidsOPEN ACCESS
A.J. King, P.F. Schofield, S.S. Russell Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12872 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The CM carbonaceous chondrite meteorites experienced aqueous alteration in the early solar system. They range from mildly…
Variation of mineralogy and organic material during the early stages of aqueous activity recorded in Antarctic micrometeorites
T. Noguchi, H. Yabuta, S. Itoh, N. Sakamoto, T. Mitsunari, A. Okubo, R. Okazaki, T. Nakamura, S. Tachibana, K. Terada, M. Ebihara, N. Imae, M. Kimura, H. Nagahara Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted…
Origin of crystalline silicates from Comet 81P/Wild 2: Combined study on their oxygen isotopes and mineral chemistry
Céline Defouilloy, Daisuke Nakashima, David J. Joswiak, Donald E. Brownlee, Travis J. Tenner, Noriko T. Kita Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 465, 1 May 2017, Pages 145-154 LINK “Highlights • 7 silicates grains from…
In search of the Earth-forming reservoir: Mineralogical, chemical, and isotopic characterizations of the ungrouped achondrite NWA 5363/NWA 5400 and selected chondrites.
Burkhardt, C., Dauphas, N., Tang, H., Fischer-Gödde, M., Qin, L., Chen, J. H., Rout, S. S., Pack, A., Heck, P. R. and Papanastassiou, D. A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12834 LINK “High-precision isotope data…
In situ isotopic studies of the U-depleted Allende CAI Curious Marie: Pre-accretionary alteration and the co-existence of 26Al and 36Cl in the early solar nebula
Haolan Tang, Ming-Chang Liu, Kevin D. McKeegan, Francois L.H. Tissot, Nicolas Dauphas Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 18 March 2017 LINK “The isotopic composition of oxygen as well as 26Al-26Mg…
A gamma-ray spectroscopy survey of Omani meteorites.OPEN ACCESS
Weber, P., Hofmann, B. A., Tolba, T. and Vuilleumier, J.-L. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12847 LINK Update (31 May 2017): PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The gamma-ray activities of 33 meteorite samples (30 ordinary chondrites, 1…
Fluid evolution in CM carbonaceous chondrites tracked through the oxygen isotopic compositions of carbonatesOPEN ACCESS
P. Lindgren, M.R. Lee, N.A. Starkey, I.A. Franchi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 9 February 2017 dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2017.01.048 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “The oxygen isotopic compositions of calcite grains in four CM…
Oxygen Isotopic Heterogeneity in an Ultrarefractory Phase Bearing CAI from a Reduced Type CV3 Chondrite RBT 04143
T. Yoshizaki, D. Nakashima, T. Nakamura, C. Park, N. Sakamoto, H. Ishida, J. I. Lee 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #1378 LINK
Giant Planet Formation and the Evolution of Oxygen Isotopes in the Solar System
L. P. Keller, C. Snead, K. D. McKeegan 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #2457 LINK
Live(?) 60Fe During Aqueous Alteration of Chondrite Parent Bodies: Evidence from UOCs and CV Chondrites
P. H. Donohue, G. R. Huss, K. Nagashima, M. Telus 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #2307 LINK
Novosibirsk Meteorite: An FeNi-Rich, Highly Shocked H5 Ordinary Chondrite
L. E. McGraw, M. M. Jean, J. Emery, N. M. Podgornykh, L. A. Taylor 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #2460 PDF
Testing the Common Source Hypothesis for CV and CK Chondrites Parent Body Using Δ17O-ε54Cr Isotope Systematics
Q.-Z. Yin, M. E. Sanborn, K. Ziegler 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #1771 PDF
Oxygen Isotope Systematics of Chondrules from the Paris CM2 Chondrite
N. Chaumard, C. Defouilloy, N. T. Kita, A. Hertwig 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #1610 PDF
Linking Meteorites to Asteroids: How Many Parent Bodies Do We Sample in Our Meteorite Collections?
R. C. Greenwood, T. H. Burbine, I. A. Franchi 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #2515 PDF
Northwest Africa 5958: A Weakly Altered C2 Ungrouped Chondrite
E. Jacquet, F. Caste, J.-A. Barrat, P. Beck, J. Gattacceca, C. Sonzogni, M. Gounelle 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #1016 PDF
Northwest Africa 10769: An Ungrouped Chondrite Related to the “Supra-TFL” Chondrites
V. Moggi Cecchi, G. Pratesi, C. Maccelli, S. Caporali, M. Zoppi, R. C. Greenwood, I. A. Franchi 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #2696 PDF
Origin of mass-independent oxygen isotope variation among ureilites: Clues from chondrites and primitive achondrites
I. S. Sanders, E. R. D. Scott and J. S. Delaney Meteoritics & Planetary Science 27 JAN 2017 | DOI: 10.1111/maps.12820 LINK “Ureilite meteorites are abundant, carbon-rich, primitive achondrites made of coarse-grained, equilibrated olivine and…
Simulated Space Weathering of Fe- and Mg-rich Aqueously Altered Minerals Using Pulsed Laser IrradiationOPEN ACCESS
H.M. Kaluna, H.A. Ishii, J.P. Bradley, J.J. Gillis-Davis, P.G. Lucey Update (2 Jan 17): PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 29 December 2016 LINK “Highlights • We simulate space weathering on…
Extensive water ice within Ceres’ aqueously altered regolith: Evidence from nuclear spectroscopyOPEN ACCESS
by T. H. Prettyman, N. Yamashita, M. J. Toplis, H. Y. McSween, N. Schorghofer, S. Marchi, W. C. Feldman, J. Castillo-Rogez, O. Forni, D. J. Lawrence, E. Ammannito, B. L. Ehlmann, H. G. Sizemore, S….
Oxygen isotope characteristics of chondrules from the Yamato-82094 ungrouped carbonaceous chondrite: Further evidence for common O-isotope environments sampled among carbonaceous chondrites.
Tenner, T. J., Kimura, M. and Kita, N. T. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12791 LINK “High-precision secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) was employed to investigate oxygen three isotopes of phenocrysts in 35 chondrules from…
Mn-Cr ages and formation conditions of fayalite in CV3 carbonaceous chondrites: Constraints on the accretion ages of chondritic asteroids
Kaori Jogo, Tomoki Nakamura, Motoo Ito, Shigeru Wakita, Mikhail Yu. Zolotov, Scott R. Messenger Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 21 November 2016 LINK “Chondritic planetesimals are among the first planetary…
Oxygen isotope constraints on the alteration temperatures of CM chondrites
Maximilien J. Verdier-Paoletti, Yves Marrocchi, Guillaume Avice, Mathieu Roskosz, Andrey Gurenko, Matthieu Gounelle Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 15 November 2016 LINK “Highlights • Carbonate O-isotope compositions of 9…
Melting and differentiation of early-formed asteroids: The perspective from high precision oxygen isotope studiesOPEN ACCESS
Richard C. Greenwood, Thomas H. Burbine, Martin F. Miller, Ian. A. Franchi Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry Review article In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 14 November 2016 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “A number of distinct…
Amazonian chemical weathering rate derived from stony meteorite finds at Meridiani Planum on MarsOPEN ACCESS
Christian Schröder, Phil A. Bland, Matthew P. Golombek, James W. Ashley, Nicholas H. Warner & John A. Grant Nature Communications 7 Article number: 13459 (2016) doi:10.1038/ncomms13459 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Little is known…
Modeling orbital gamma-ray spectroscopy experiments at carbonaceous asteroids
Lucy F. Lim, Richard D. Starr, Larry G. Evans, Ann M. Parsons, Michael E. Zolensky and William V. Boynton Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12786 Version of Record online: 6 NOV 2016 LINK “To evaluate…
New constraints on the magnetic history of the CV parent body and the solar nebula from the Kaba meteorite
Jérôme Gattacceca, Benjamin P. Weiss, Matthieu Gounelle Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 6 October 2016 LINK “Highlights • Kaba meteorite is a high-fidelity recorder of the CV parent body…
Molybdenum isotopic evidence for the origin of chondrules and a distinct genetic heritage of carbonaceous and non-carbonaceous meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Gerrit Budde, Christoph Burkhardt, Gregory A. Brennecka, Mario Fischer-Gödde, Thomas S. Kruijer, Thorsten Kleine Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 3 October 2016 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Nucleosynthetic…
Modeling Orbital Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy Experiments at Carbonaceous AsteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Lucy F. Lim, Richard D. Starr, Larry G. Evans, Ann M. Parsons, Michael E. Zolensky, William V. Boynton Accepted to Meteoritics and Planetary Science, September 2016 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) abstract “To evaluate the feasibility of…
53Mn-53Cr Radiometric Dating of Secondary Carbonates in CR Chondrites: Timescales for Parent Body Aqueous AlterationOPEN ACCESS
Christine E. Jilly-Rehak, Gary R. Huss, Kazuhide Nagashima Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 28 September 2016 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We present 53Mn-53Cr ages of secondary carbonates in Renazzo-like (CR)…
Preservation of ancient impact ages on the R chondrite parent body: 40Ar/39Ar age of hornblende-bearing R chondrite LAP 04840.
Righter, K., Cosca, M. A. and Morgan, L. E. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12692 LINK “The hornblende- and biotite-bearing R chondrite LAP 04840 is a rare kind of meteorite possibly containing outer solar system…
Magnetite in the unequilibrated CK chondrites: Implications for metamorphism and new insights into the relationship between the CV and CK chondrites.
Dunn, T. L., Gross, J., Ivanova, M. A., Runyon, S. E. and Bruck, A. M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12691 LINK “Bulk isotopic and elemental compositions of CV and CK chondrites have led to…
Weathering of ordinary chondrites from Oman: Correlation of weathering parameters with 14C terrestrial ages and a refined weathering scale.
Zurfluh, F. J., Hofmann, B. A., Gnos, E., Eggenberger, U. and Jull, A. J. T. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12690 LINK “We have investigated 128 14C-dated ordinary chondrites from Oman for macroscopically visible weathering…
A plausible link between the asteroid 21 Lutetia and CH carbonaceous chondritesOPEN ACCESS
Carles E. Moyano-Cambero, Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez, Jordi Llorca, Sonia Fornasier, Maria A. Barucci, Albert Rimola Meteoritics and Planetary Science, manuscript #2225 (2016) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) update (1 August 2016): Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12703…
Evidence for Oxygen-Isotope Exchange in Chondrules and Refractory Inclusions During Fluid-Rock Interaction on the CV Chondrite Parent Body
Krot A. N. * Nagashima K. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6014 LINK
Evidence for a Long Duration of the 16O-Rich Reservoir in the Solar Nebula
Ushikubo T. * Tenner T. J. Hiyagon H. Kita N. T. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6080 LINK
Search for Correlations Between Size and Oxygen Isotopy of OC Chondrules
Metzler K. Pack A. Hezel D. C. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6441 LINK
Chondrule Oxygen Isotope Systematics Among Different Chondrite Groups: Variety of Isotope Reservoirs in the Protoplanetary Disk
Kita N. T. Tenner T. J. Ushikubo T. Hertwig A. Chaumard N. Defouilloy C. Nakashima D. Rudraswami N. G. Weisberg M. K. Kimura M. Nagahara H. Bischoff A. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society…
Evaluating the Evidence for Magnetic Dynamos in Chondritic Parent Bodies
Fu R. R. * Weiss B. P. Krot A. N. Kehayias P. Glenn D. R. Fintor K. Pál-Molnár E. Bryson J. F. J. Walsworth R. L. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6078…
Oxygen Isotopes and Origin of Opal in an Antarctic Ureilite
Downes H. Beard A. D. Franchi I. A. Greenwood R. C. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) [#6141] abstract updated (27 June, 2016): NAM2016 press release (27 June 2016)
Effects of Aqueous Alteration on Primordial Noble Gases in Tagish Lake (C2-ungr.)
Riebe M. E. I. * Busemann H. Alexander C. M. O’D. Herd C. D. K. Maden C. Wieler R. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6211 LINK
Lut Desert (Iran) Meteorites: Distribution, Classification and Weathering
Pourkhorsandi H. Rochette P. Gattacceca J. D’Orazio M. Mirnejad H. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6195 LINK
SIMS Oxygen Isotope Study of Chondrules in the Least Metamorphosed CV3 Chondrite Kaba
Hertwig A. * Defouilloy C. Kita N. T. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6472 LINK
Oxygen Isotopes in Chondrules from the Murchison CM2 Chondrite and Evidence for a CO-CM Link
Chaumard N. * Defouilloy C. Kita N. T. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) [#6408] LINK
A new type of solar-system material recovered from Ordovician marine limestoneOPEN ACCESS
B. Schmitz, Q. -Z. Yin, M. E. Sanborn,M. Tassinari,C. E. Caplan & G. R. Huss Nature Communications 7, Article number:ncomms11851 doi:10.1038/ncomms11851 Published 14 June 2016 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “From mid-Ordovician ~470 Myr-old limestone…
Elephant Moraine 96029, a very mildly aqueously altered and heated CM carbonaceous chondrite: implications for the drivers of parent body processingOPEN ACCESS
Martin R. Lee, Paula Lindgren, Ashley J. King, Richard C. Greenwood, Ian A. Franchi, Robert Sparkes Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 10 May 2016 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)…
Oxygen isotopic variations in the outer margins and Wark-Lovering rims of refractory inclusionsOPEN ACCESS
Justin I. Simon, Jennifer E.P. Matzel, Steven B. Simon, D. Kent Ross, Peter K. Weber, Lawrence Grossman Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 2 May 2016 LINK (open access) “Oxygen isotopic…
New constraints on the relationship between 26Al and oxygen, calcium, and titanium isotopic variation in the early Solar System from a multielement isotopic study of spinel-hibonite inclusions
Levke Kööp, Daisuke Nakashima, Philipp R. Heck, Noriko T. Kita, Travis J. Tenner, Alexander N. Krot, Kazuhide Nagashima, Changkun Park, Andrew M. Davis Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Available online 20 April 2016 LINK…
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…
Aqueous alteration of chondrules from the Murchison CM carbonaceous chondrite: Replacement, pore filling, and the genesis of polyhedral serpentine.
Lee, M. R. and Lindgren, P. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12644 LINK (open access) “Forsterite and clinoenstatite in type IAB chondrules from the Murchison CM carbonaceous chondrite have been partially serpentinized, and the mechanisms…
Multiple precursors of secondary mineralogical assemblages in CM chondrites.
Pignatelli, I., Marrocchi, Y., Vacher, Lionel. G., Delon, R. and Gounelle, M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12625 LINK “We report a petrographic and mineralogical survey of tochilinite/cronstedtite intergrowths (TCIs) in Paris, a new CM…
Cluster analysis on the bulk elemental compositions of Antarctic stony meteorites.
Miyamoto, H., Niihara, T., Kuritani, T., Hong, P. K., Dohm, J. M. and Sugita, S. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12634 abstract “Remote sensing observations by recent successful missions to small bodies have revealed the…
Refractory and semi-volatile organics at the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko: Insights from the VIRTIS/ROSETTA Imaging Spectrometer
E. Quirico, L.V. Moroz, B. Schmitt, G. Arnold, M. Faure, P. Beck, L. Bonal, M. Ciarniello, F. Capaccioni, G. Filacchione, S. Erard, C. Leyrat, D. Bockelée-Morvan, A. Zinzi, E. Palomba, P. Drossart, F. Tosi, M.T….
Oxygen isotopes in the early protoplanetary disk inferred from pyroxene in a classical type B CAI
Jérôme Aléon Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 440, 15 April 2016, Pages 62–70 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2016.02.007 LINK “A major unanswered question in solar system formation is the origin of the oxygen isotopic dichotomy between the Sun…
Mineralogy of Presolar Silicate and Oxide Grains of Diverse Stellar Origins
Ann N. Nguyen, Lindsay P. Keller, and Scott Messenger Astrophysical Journal, Volume 818, Number 1 LINK “We report the chemical and structural analysis of nine presolar silicate grains and one presolar oxide grain from the…
Does the Magnetization of CV Meteorites Record a Parent Body Core Dynamo?
J. A. Tarduno, T. M. O’Brien, A. V. Smirnov 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2609 PDF
Characterizing Type 1 Aqueous Alteration in CM Carbonaceous Chondrites with Modal Mineral Abundances
A. J. King, P. F. Schofield, S. S. Russell 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1130 PDF
Stable Isotope Facilities at the Center for Stable Isotopes (CSI), University of New Mexico
K. Ziegler, Z. D. Sharp 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2717 PDF
New Kind of Chondrite: A Clast with Carbonaceous, Ordinary, and Unique Characteristics in the Northwest Africa 10214 LL3 Breccia
A. E. Rubin, J. P. Breen, J. Isa, S. Tutorow 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1048 PDF
Oxygen and Carbon Isotopic Ratios of Carbonates in the Nogoya CM Chondrite
W. Fujiya, K. Fukuda, M. Koike, A. Ishida, Y. Sano 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1712 PDF
Continuing the Search for the Most Primitive CO Chondrites: The Oxygen Isotope Perspective
R. C. Greenwood, I. A. Franchi, C. M. O’D. Alexander, K. T. Howard 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2206 PDF
Pristine Pre-Accretionary Signatures in CM Chondrite Silicates: A Common Parent-Body with the CO Chondrites?
D. L. Schrader, J. Davidson 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1288 PDF
Water Abundance in the Tagish Lake Meteorite from TGA and IR Spectroscopy: Evaluation of Aqueous Alteration
C. M. Gilmour, C. D. K. Herd, E. A. Cloutis, M. Cuddy, P. Mann 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1765 PDF
Formation and Preservation of Methane in Aqueously Altered and Shocked CM Carbonaceous Chondrites
P. Lindgren, N. J. F. Blamey, J. Parnell, M. R. Lee 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1133 PDF
Possible Relationship Between Organic Abundance and Aqueous Alteration of CM2 Carbonaceous Chondrites
M. P. Callahan 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1691 PDF
Redistribution of Alkaline Elements in Chondrules of the Sayama (CM2) Meteorite: Possible Alteration Effect in Association with Aqueous Activity in the Early Solar System
H. Hidaka, T. Higuchi, S. Yoneda 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1782 PDF
The weathering of micrometeorites from the Transantarctic Mountains
Matthias van Ginneken, Matthew J. Genge, Luigi Folco, Ralph P. Harvey Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 3 February 2016 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.11.045 LINK “Micrometeorites are cosmic dust particles recovered from the Earth’s…
A gamma-ray spectroscopy survey of Omani meteorites
Patrick Weber, Beda A Hoffmann, Tamer Tolba, Jean-Luc Vuilleumier submitted to Meteoritics ans Planetary Science PDF (open access) abstract “The gamma-ray activities of 33 meteorite samples (30 ordinary chondrites, 1 Mars meteorite, 1 iron, 1…
Thermal evolution and sintering of chondritic planetesimals III. Modelling the heat conductivity of porous chondrite material
Stephan Henke, Hans-Peter Gail, Mario Trieloff updated: 12 April 2016 A&A Volume 589, May 2016 Published online: 12 April 2016 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527687 LINK PDF (open access) abstract “The construction of models for the internal constitution…
Mobility of Iron and Nickel at Low Temperatures: Implications for 60Fe-60Ni Systematics of Chondrules from Unequilibrated Ordinary Chondrites
Myriam Telus, Gary R. Huss, Ryan C. Ogliore, Kazuhide Nagashima, Daryl L. Howard, Matthew G. Newville, Andrew G. Tomkins Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 1 February 2016 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.11.046 LINK “The…
Oxygen isotopic evidence for vigorous mixing during the Moon-forming giant impact
By Edward D. Young, Issaku E. Kohl, Paul H. Warren, David C. Rubie, Seth A. Jacobson, Alessandro Morbidelli Science 29 Jan 2016: Vol. 351, Issue 6272, pp. 493-496 DOI: 10.1126/science.aad0525 update (16 March): PDF (open…
Chronological study of oxygen isotope composition for the solar protoplanetary disk recorded in a fluffy Type A CAI from Vigarano
Noriyuki Kawasaki, Shoichi Itoh, Naoya Sakamoto, Hisayoshi Yurimoto Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 28 January 2016 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.12.031 LINK “Fluffy Type A Ca-Al-rich inclusions (CAIs) containing reversely zoned melilite crystals are…
Spectral variability on primitive asteroids of the Themis and Beagle families: space weathering effects or parent body heterogeneity? (updated: Jan. 21)
S. Fornasier, C. Lantz, D. Perna, H. Campins, M.A. Barucci, D. Nesvorny Icarus Available online 15 January 2016 Last update (21 January 2016): PDF (open access) LINK “Themis is an old and statistically robust asteroid…
P-O-rich sulfide phase in CM chondrites: Constraints on its origin on the CM parent body.
Zhang, A.-C., Itoh, S., Yurimoto, H., Hsu, W.-B., Wang, R.-C. and Taylor, L. A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12583 Article first published online: 20 DEC 2015 DOI: 10.1111/maps.12583 LINK “CM chondrites are a group…