Petrology, mineralogy, and oxygen isotope compositions of aluminum-rich chondrules from CV3 chondrites
Wang, Y., Hsu, W., Li, X., Li, Q., Liu, Y. and Tang, G. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12590 Article first published online: 18 DEC 2015 DOI: 10.1111/maps.12590 LINK “Bulk major element composition, petrography, mineralogy,…
Redistribution of alkaline elements in association with aqueous activity in the early solar system
Hiroshi Hidaka, Takuya Higuchi, and Shigekazu Yoneda The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 815, Number 1 Published 2015 December 10 LINK “It is known that the Sayama meteorite (CM2) shows an extensive signature for aqueous alteration on…
Oxygen isotope and petrological study of silicate inclusions in IIE iron meteorites and their relationship with H chondrites
Kathryn H. McDermott, Richard C. Greenwood, Edward R.D. Scott, Ian A. Franchi, Mahesh Anand Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 28 October 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.10.014 LINK “The origin of silicate-bearing irons, especially…
Nebular dead zone effects on the D/H ratio in chondrites and comets
M. Ali-Dib, R. G. Martin, J.-M. Petit, O. Mousis, P. Vernazza and J. I. Lunine A&A, Volume 583, November 2015 LINK “Context. Comets and chondrites show non-monotonic behavior of their deuterium-to-hydrogen (D/H) ratio as a…
Spectral Parameters for Dawn FC Color Data: Carbonaceous Chondrites and Aqueous Alteration Products as Potential Cerean Analog Materials
Tanja Schäfer, Andreas Nathues, Kurt Mengel, Matthew R.M. Izawa, Edward A. Cloutis, Michael Schäfer, Martin Hoffmann Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 23 October 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.10.005
Mn-Cr relative sensitivity factor in ferromagnesian olivines defined for SIMS measurements with a Cameca ims-1280 ion microprobe: Implications for dating secondary fayalite
Patricia M. Doyle, Kaori Jogo, Kazuhide Nagashima, Gary R. Huss, Alexander N. Krot Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 21 October 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.10.010 LINK “The short-lived radionuclide 53Mn, which decays to…
GEMS-like material in the matrix of the Paris meteorite and the early stages of alteration of CM chondrites
H. Leroux, P. Cuvillier, B. Zanda, R.H. Hewins Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 28 September 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.09.019 LINK “The Paris meteorite is a weakly altered CM chondrite that has been…
Impact-induced brittle deformation, porosity loss, and aqueous alteration in the Murchison CM chondrite
Romy D. Hanna, Richard A. Ketcham, Mike Zolensky, Whitney Behr Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 14 September 2015 LINK “X-ray computed tomographic scanning of a 44 g Murchison stone (USNM…
Bidirectional reflectance spectroscopy of carbonaceous chondrites: Implications for water quantification and primary composition
A. Garenne, P. Beck, G. Montes-Hernandez, O. Brissaud, B. Schmitt, E. Quirico, L. Bonal, C. Beck, K.T. Howard Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript Received 21 April 2015, Revised 2 September 2015, Accepted 2 September 2015,…
Screening and classification of ordinary chondrites by Raman spectroscopy.
Pittarello, L., Baert, K., Debaille, V. and Claeys, P. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12506 LINK “Classification of ordinary chondrite meteorites generally implies (1) determining the chemical group by the composition in endmembers of…
Indigenous aliphatic amines in the aqueously altered Orgueil meteorite.
Aponte, J. C., Dworkin, J. P. and Elsila, J. E. (2015), Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12507 Article first published online: 8 SEP 2015 LINK “The CI1 Orgueil meteorite is a highly aqueously altered carbonaceous…
A systematic for oxygen isotopic variation in meteoritic chondrules
Yves Marrocchi, Marc Chaussidon Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 430, 15 November 2015, Pages 308–315 Received 30 May 2015, Revised 22 August 2015, Accepted 24 August 2015, Available online 2 September 2015 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.08.032 LINK
The confines of triple oxygen isotope exponents in elemental and complex mass-dependent processes
Huiming Bao, Xiaobin Cao, Justin A. Hayles Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 22 August 2015 LINK
26Al-26Mg chronology and oxygen isotope distributions of multiple melting for a Type C CAI from Allende
Noriyuki Kawasaki, Chizu Kato, Shoichi Itoh, Shigeyuki Wakaki, Motoo Ito, Hisayoshi Yurimoto Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 12 August 2015 LINK
Fe-Mg interdiffusion profiles in rimmed forsterite grains in the Allende matrix: Time–temperature constraints for the parent body metamorphism.
Cuvillier, P., Leroux, H., Jacob, D. and Hirel, P. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12493 LINK
Petrology and geochemistry of chondrules and metal in nwa 5492 and gro 95551: a new type of metal-rich chondrite
Michael K. Weisberg, Denton S. Ebel, Daisuke Nakashima, Noriko T. Kita, Munir Humayun Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta available online 22 July 2015 LINK
Geochemistry and oxygen isotope composition of main-group pallasites and olivine-rich clasts in mesosiderites: Implications for the “Great Dunite Shortage” and HED-mesosiderite connection
Richard C. Greenwood, Jean-Alix Barrat, Edward R.D. Scott, Henning Haack, Paul C. Buchanan, Ian.A. Franchi, Akira Yamaguchi, Diane Johnson, Alex W.R. Bevan, Thomas H. Burbine Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online…
Early aqueous activity on the ordinary and carbonaceous chondrite parent bodies recorded by fayalite
Patricia M. Doyle, Kaori Jogo, Kazuhide Nagashima, Alexander N. Krot, Shigeru Wakita, Fred J. Ciesla, Ian D. Hutcheon Nature Communications 6, Article number: 7444 doi:10.1038/ncomms8444 published: 23 June 2015 LINK Supplementary Information (PDF)
Nature’s Starships II: Simulating the Synthesis of Amino Acids in Meteorite Parent Bodies
Alyssa K. Cobb, Ralph E. Pudritz, Ben K. D. Pearce Accepted for publication in ApJ arXiv:1506.06740 PDF LINK abstract Carbonaceous chondrite meteorites are known for having high water and organic material contents, including amino acids….
Shedding Light on the Origin of the Quasicrystal-Bearing Khatyrka Meteorite
Meier M. M. M. * Bindi L. Busemann H. Heck P. R. Isch Neander A. Maden C. Spring N. H. Steinhardt P. J. Wieler R. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5035…
Chips Off the Old Block: Enstatite Chondrites as Samples of the Proto-Earth
Gaidos E. * Yin Q.-Z. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5145 abstract (PDF)
Chronology of Aqueous Activity and Sources of Water on the Chondrite Parent Bodies: Testing the Grand Tack Model
Krot A. N. * Doyle P. M. Nagashima K. Jogo K. Wakita S. Ciesla F. J. Alexander C. M. O’D. Bonal L. Fujiya W. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5150 abstract…
The Closely Linked Timing of Chondrule and Chondrite Formation
Alexander C. M. O’D. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5369 abstract (PDF)
The Presolar Grain Inventory of CM Chondrites
Leitner J. * Hoppe P. Metzler K. Haenecour P. Floss C. Vollmer C. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5178 abstract (PDF)
Tafassasset: Evidence of early incipient differentiation on a metal-rich chondritic parent body
Thomas Breton, Ghylaine Quitté, Michael J. Toplis, Marc Monnereau, Jean-Louis Birck, Christa Göpel, Cyril Charles Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 425, 1 September 2015, Pages 193–203 LINK
Anomalous Oxygen Isotopic Compositions of Unequilibrated but Supposedly Ordinary Chondrites, Including Ungrouped Silica-Bearing Chondrite Jiddat Al Harasis 846
Ziegler K., Irving A. J., Kuehner S. M., Sipiera P. P. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015) Berkeley, USA July 27-31 2015 PDF (abstract)
F3/4 Chondrite Northwest Africa 7135: Further Assessment of Its Relationship to Clasts in the Cumberland Falls Aubrite
Kuehner S. M., Irving A. J., Ziegler K., Sanborn M. E., Yin Q. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015) Berkeley, USA July 27-31 2015 PDF (abstract)
Modal mineralogy of CI and CI-like chondrites by X-ray diffraction
A.J. King, P.F. Schofield, K.T. Howard, S.S. Russell Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 30 May 2015 LINK
Redistribution of chondrules in a carbonaceous chondrite parent body: A model
Kazushige Tomeoka, Ichiro Ohnishi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, available online 16 May 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.05.012 LINK
Oxygen isotopic composition of relict olivine grains in cosmic spherules: Links to chondrules from carbonaceous chondrites
N.G. Rudraswami, M. Shyam Prasad, K. Nagashima, R.H. Jones Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, available online 12 May 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.05.004 LINK
Mineralogical anatomy and implications of a Ti-Sc-rich ultrarefractory inclusion from Sayh al Uhaymir 290 CH3 chondrite
Ai-Cheng Zhang, Chi Ma, Naoya Sakamoto, Ru-Cheng Wang, Wei-Biao Hsu, Hisayoshi Yurimoto Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, available online 6 May 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.04.052 LINK
Near-infrared Spectroscopy of 3:1 Kirkwood Gap Asteroids III
Sherry K. Fieber-Beyer, Michael J. Gaffey Icarus In Press, available online 5 May 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.04.034 LINK
Triple oxygen isotope exchange between chondrule melt and water vapor: an experimental study
Tommaso Di Rocco, Andreas Pack Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, available online 30 April 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.04.038 LINK
Oxygen Isotopic Composition of coarse- and fine-grained material from Comet 81P/Wild 2
Ryan C. Ogliore, Kazuhide Nagashima, Gary R. Huss, Andrew J. Westphal, Zack Gainsforth, Anna L. Butterworth Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 24 April 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.04.028 LINK Individual particles from comet…
Variability, absorption features, and parent body searches in “spectrally featureless” meteorite reflectance spectra: Case study – Tagish Lake
M.R.M. Izawa, M.A. Craig, D.M. Applin, J.A. Sanchez, V. Reddy, L. LeCorre, P. Mann, E.A. Cloutis Icarus doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.04.013 published online 15 April 2015 LINK
Comprehensive study of carbon and oxygen isotopic compositions, trace element abundances, and cathodoluminescence intensities of calcite in the Murchison CM chondrite
Wataru Fujiya, Naoji Sugiura, Yves Marrocchi, Naoto Takahata, Peter Hoppe, Kotaro Shirai, Yuji Sano, Hajime Hiyagon Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.04.010 in Press, available online 13 April 2015 LINK
Widespread oxidized and hydrated amorphous silicates in CR chondrites matrices: Implications for alteration conditions and H2 degassing of asteroids
Corentin Le Guillou, Hitesh G. Changela, Adrian J. Brearley Earth and Planetary Science Letters available online 3 April 2015 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.02.031 LINK
Thermal evolution and sintering of chondritic planetesimals II. Improved treatment of the compaction process
Hans-Peter Gail, Stephan Henke and Mario Trieloff A&A Volume 576, April 2015 LINK
Neutral Na in Cometary Tails as a Remnant of Early Aqueous Alteration
Y. Ellinger, F. Pauzat, O. Mousis, A. Guilbert-Lepoutre, F. Leblanc, M. Ali-Dib, M. Doronin, E. Zicler, and A. Doressoundiram The Astrophysical Journal Letters Volume 801 Number 2 ApJ 801 L30. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/801/2/L30 LINK
Formation and transformations of Fe-rich serpentines by asteroidal aqueous alteration processes: A nanoscale study of the Murray chondrite
Agnès Elmaleh, Franck Bourdelle, Florent Caste, Karim Benzerara, Hugues Leroux, Bertrand Devouard Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.03.007 available online 12 March 2015 LINK
Processing in a transitional environment of CV and CK chondrites’ parent bodies in the light of mineralogical and petrological analysis of NWA 1465 CV3 meteorite
A. Kereszturi, Sz. Ormandi, S. Jozsa Planetary and Space Science available online 3 March 2015 doi:10.1016/j.pss.2015.02.016 LINK
A new classification of Nyirábrany, an ordinary chondrite from Hungary
Mészáros M., Kereszturi A., Ditrói-Puskás Z. Meteorites Vol. 3, Nos. 1–2, 2014, 19–32 DOI 10.5277/met140102 PDF (full text) Meteorites (Vol. 3) Publishers: Wrocław University of Technology, Faculty of Geoengineering, Mining and Geology; Polish Meteorite Society
Fe and O isotope composition of meteorite fusion crusts: possible natural analogues to chondrule formation?
Hezel, D. C., Poole, G. M., Hoyes, J., Coles, B. J., Unsworth, C., Albrecht, N., Smith, C., Rehkämper, M., Pack, A., Genge, M. and Russell, S. S. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12414 LINK
Small Near-Earth Asteroids as a Source of Meteorites
Jiří Borovička, Pavel Spurný, Peter Brown in Asteroids IV (chapter, accepted ) PDF LINK (full text) LINK
Petrology and Cosmochemistry of a Suite of R Chondrites
Z. A. Torrano, D. W. Mittlefehldt, Z. X. Peng 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1229 PDF LINK
Processes Affecting the CR Chondrites Parent Body: Petrology, Mineralogy and Chemical Composition of the Matrices of Antarctic CR Carbonaceous Chondrites
N. M. Abreu 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2561 PDF LINK
Magnetite in CK and CV Chondrites: Evidence for Two Parent Bodies?
T. L. Dunn, J. Gross 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1105 PDF LINK
Oxygen Isotope Systematics of Chondrules in R3 Clasts: A Genetic Link to Ordinary Chondrites
N. T. Kita, T. J. Tenner, C. Defouilloy, D. Nakashima, T. Ushikubo, A. Bischoff 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2053 PDF LINK
Tracking the Earliest Stages of Aqueous Alteration in the Mildly Altered CM Chondrite EET 96029
P. Lindgren, M. R. Lee 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1760 PDF LINK
Water in Martian Meteorites: Oxygen Isotope Compositions
O. V. Maltsev, K. Ziegler, Z. D. Sharp, C. B. Agee 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2268 PDF LINK
Oxygen Isotopes in Microchondrules and Rine Grained Rims: Co-Gentic Origin of Chondrules, Micro-Chondrules and Rims in UOCs?
B. Jacobsen, J. N. Bigolski, E. Dobrică, M. K. Weisberg, A. J. Brearley, I. D. Hutcheon 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2929 PDF LINK
Fine-Grained Rims and Matrix in Unequilibrated Ordinary Chondrites: A Comparative Study of Northwest Africa 5717 (Ung. 3.05) and Semarkona (LL3.00)
J. N. Bigolski, M. E. Zolensky, R. Christoffersen, M. K. Weisberg, Z. Rahman 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2126 PDF LINK
High-Precision SIMS Chondrule Oxygen Isotope Ratios from the Yamato 82094 Ungrouped Carbonaceous Chondrite
T. J. Tenner, M. Kimura, N. T. Kita 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2162 PDF LINK
Northwest Africa 7135: An Unusual Reduced, Unequilibrated Chondrite Containing Oldhamite, Daubreelite, Schreibersite and Djerfisherite, and with a Unique Oxygen Isotopic Composition
A. J. Irving, S. M. Kuehner, K. Ziegler, F. Kuntz, P. P. Sipiera 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2437 PDF LINK
Petrologic and Isotopic Classification of Ungrouped Achondrite NWA 8186: Implications for a CK/CV Asteroidal Origin
P. Srinivasan, F. M. McCubbin, C. B. Agee, K. Ziegler, M. E. Sanborn, Q.-Z. Yin 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1472 PDF LINK
26Al-26Mg Systematics in Chondrules of an Ungrouped Type 3.05 Chondrite NWA 5717
H. Tang, M.-C. Liu, K. D. McKeegan, N. Dauphas 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2245 PDF LINK
On-the-Fly Calibration for Rapid Raman Chondrite Classification
L. C. Welzenbach 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2771 PDF LINK
Carbonate abundances and isotopic compositions in chondrites
C. M. O’D. Alexander, R. Bowden, M. L. Fogel and K. T. Howard Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12410 LINK We report the bulk C abundances, and C and O isotopic compositions of carbonates in…
Oxygen-isotope compositions of chondrule phenocrysts and matrix grains in Kakangari K-grouplet chondrite: Implication to a chondrule-matrix genetic relationship
Kazuhide Nagashima, Alexander N. Krot, Gary R. Huss Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 151, 15 February 2015, Pages 49–67 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2014.12.012 LINK
Widespread evidence for high-temperature formation of pentlandite in chondrites
Devin Schrader (SI), Tim McCoy (SI), Jemma Davidson (CIW) PDF LINK
High-Precision Oxygen-Isotope Measurements with SHRIMP SI
Trevor Ireland (ANU), Marian Sapah (ANU), Janaina Avila (ANU), Peter Holden (ANU), and Peter Lanc (ANU) PDF LINK
26Al-Mg chronology and oxygen isotope distributions of multiple melting of a Type C CAI from Allende CV3
Noriyuki Kawasaki (Hokkaido University), Chizu Kato (Hokkaido University), Shoichi Itoh (Hokkaido University), Shigeyuki Wakaki (Hokkaido University), Motoo Ito (JAMSTEC), Hisayoshi Yurimoto (Hokkaido University) PDF LINK
An experimental study of the formation of cubanite (CuFe2S3) in primitive meteorites
Berger, E. L., Keller, L. P. and Lauretta, D. S. (2014), Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12399 LINK
Widespread surface weathering on early Mars: A case for a warmer and wetter climate
John Carter, Damien Loizeau, Nicolas Mangold, François Poulet, Jean-Pierre Bibring Icarus, doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.11.011, available online 15 November 2014 LINK
A kinetic study of the formation of organic solids from formaldehyde: Implications for the origin of extraterrestrial organic solids in primitive solar system objects
Yoko Kebukawa, George D. Cody Icarus available online 15 November 2014 LINK
Ground-based IR observation of oxygen isotope ratios in the Venus atmosphere
N. Iwagami, G.L. Hashimoto, S. Ohtsuki, S. Takagi, S. Robert Planetary and Space Science available online 12 November 2014 LINK Correlation plot of δ17O and δ18O in Earth-Moon, Mars and Venus
Presolar materials and isotope anomalies in the unique carbonaceous chondrite Miller Range 07687
J. Davidson, L. R. Nittler, and C. M. O’D. Alexander. Goldschmidt 2014, Abstract #503 LINK
Classification of hydrous meteorites (CR, CM and C2 ungrouped) by phyllosilicate fraction: PSD-XRD modal mineralogy and planetesimal environments
K.T. Howard, C.M.O’D. Alexander, D.L. Schrader, K.A. Dyl DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.10.025 available online 4 November 2014 LINK Here we report the bulk mineralogies and degrees of hydration in 37 different carbonaceous chondrites: Renazzo-like (CR), Mighei-like (CM),…
Early accretion of water in the inner solar system from a carbonaceous chondrite–like source
Adam R. Sarafian,Sune G. Nielsen,Horst R. Marschall,Francis M. McCubbin, and Brian D. Monteleone Science 31 October 2014: Vol. 346 no. 6209 pp. 623-626 DOI: 10.1126/science.1256717 LINK Materials and Methods – Supplementary Text (PDF) Earth’s Water…
Replacement of olivine by serpentine in the Queen Alexandra Range 93005 carbonaceous chondrite (CM2): Reactant-product compositional relations, and isovolumetric constraints on reaction stoichiometry and elemental mobility during aqueous alteration
Michael A. Velbel, Eric K. Tonui, Michael E. Zolensky Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, available online 30 October 2014 LINK
Oxygen isotope ratios of FeO-poor chondrules in CR3 chondrites: Influence of dust enrichment and H2O during chondrule formation
Travis J. Tenner, Daisuke Nakashima, Takayuki Ushikubo, Noriko T. Kita, Michael K. Weisberg Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, available online 15 October 2014 DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.09.025 LINK
Calcium-48 isotopic anomalies in bulk chondrites and achondrites: Evidence for a uniform isotopic reservoir in the inner protoplanetary disk
Nicolas Dauphas, James H. Chen, Junjun Zhang, Dimitri A. Papanastassiou, Andrew M. Davis, Claudia Travaglio Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 407, 1 December 2014, Pages 96–108 LINK The Earth has identical 48Ca isotopic composition…
A water–ice rich minor body from the early Solar System: The CR chondrite parent asteroid
Devin L. Schrader, Jemma Davidson, Richard C. Greenwood, Ian A. Franchi, Jenny M. Gibson Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 407, 1 December 2014, Pages 48–60 DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.09.030 LINK Update (11 October): PDF LINK (free…
Oxygen isotopes in cosmic spherules and the composition of the near Earth interplanetary dust complex
Carole Cordier, Luigi Folco Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 5 October 2014 DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.09.038 LINK
Aqueous Alteration on Asteroids: Linking the Mineralogy and Spectroscopy of CM and CI Chondrites
M.M. McAdam, J.M. Sunshine, K.T. Howard, T.M. McCoy Icarus DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.09.041 LINK Abstract CM/CI meteorites range in degree of aqueous alteration suggesting differences in initially accreted materials including water ice and possible spatial heterogeneities within…
Calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions with fractionation and unknown nuclear effects (FUN CAIs): I. Mineralogy, petrology, and oxygen isotopic compositions
Alexander N. Krot, Kazuhide Nagashima, Gerald J. Wasserburg, Gary R. Huss, Dimitri Papanastassiou, Andrew M. Davis, Ian D. Hutcheone, Martin Bizzarro Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.09.027 Available online 2 October 2014 LINK Abstract We…
The paradox between low shock-stage and evidence for compaction in CM carbonaceous chondrites explained by multiple low-intensity impacts
Paula Lindgren, Romy D. Hanna, Katherine J. Dobson, Tim Tomkinson, Martin R. Lee Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2014.09.014 (in press) Available online 18 September 2014 LINK
An oxygen isotope study of Wark–Lovering rims on type A CAIs in primitive carbonaceous chondrites
Jean-David Bodénan, Natalie A. Starkey, Sara S. Russell, Ian P. Wright, Ian A. Franchi Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 401, 1 September 2014, Pages 327-336 LINK Calcium–aluminium-rich Inclusions (CAIs) and the thin Wark–Lovering (WL)…
Aragonite, breunnerite, calcite and dolomite in the CM carbonaceous chondrites: High fidelity recorders of progressive parent body aqueous alteration
Martin R. Lee, Paula Lindgren, Mahmood R. Sofe Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Available online 28 August 2014 LINK
Oxygen Isotopic Composition of an Unusual Clast in the Paris CM Meteorite
Mostefaoui, S.; Caillet Komorowski, C.; Boudouma, O.; Godard, G.; Fialin, M. 77th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, held September 7–12, 2014 in Casablanca, Morocco. LPI Contribution No. 1800, id.5267 PDF LINK
The Paris CM chondrite: Secondary minerals and asteroidal processing
Yves Marrocchi, Matthieu Gounelle, Ingrid Blanchard, Florent Caste, Anton T. Kearsley Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 49: 1232–1249. doi: 10.1111/maps.12329 LINK
Ion irradiation of Allende meteorite probed by visible, IR, and Raman spectroscopies
Brunetto et al. (in press) Icarus Volume 237, 15 July 2014, Pages 278–292 LINK
Olivine-rich rims surrounding chondrules in the Mokoia CV3 carbonaceous chondrite: Further evidence for parent-body processes
Tomeoka K and Ohnishi I Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 137, 15 July 2014, Pages 18–34 LINK
The abundance and stability of “water” in type 1 and 2 carbonaceous chondrites (CI, CM and CR)
Garenne A, Beck P, Montes-Hernandez G, Chiriac R, Toche F, Quirico E, Bonal L and B. Schmitt B (in press) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 137, 15 July 2014, Pages LINK
Coordinated Chemical and Isotopic Imaging of Bells (CM2) Meteorite Matrix
S. J. Clemett, S. Messenger, K. Nakamura-Messenger and K. L. Thomas-Keprta Meteoritic organic matter is a complex conglomeration of species formed in distinct environments and processes in circumstellar space, the interstellar medium, the Solar Nebula…
Degree of Aqueous Alteration in CM2 Paris and the Petrography of its Refractory and Amoeboid Olivine Inclusions
Rubin, A. E. 45th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held 17-21 March, 2014 at The Woodlands, Texas. LPI Contribution No. 1777, p.1130 PDF LINK
39Ar-40Ar chronology of the enstatite chondrite parent bodies
Hopp J, Trieloff M, Ott U, Korochantseva EV and Buykin AI Meteoritics & Planetary Science Volume 49, Issue 3, pages 358–372, March 2014 LINK
Testing variations within the Tagish Lake meteorite—I: Mineralogy and petrology of pristine samples
Blinova AI, Zega TJ, Herd CDK and Stroud RM (in press) Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 49: 473–502. doi: 10.1111/maps.12271 LINK
Aqueous alteration on main belt primitive asteroids: results from visible spectroscopy
Fornasier S, Lantz C, Barucci MA and Lazzarin M. Icarus Volume 233, 1 May 2014, Pages 163–178 LINK
Variations in the O-isotope composition of gas during the formation of chondrules from the CR chondrites
Schrader DL, Nagashima K, Krot AN, Ogliore RC and Hellebrand E (in press) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 132, 1 May 2014, Pages 50–74 LINK The compositional and O-isotope data suggest that BO chondrules experienced…
The fate of magmas in planetesimals and the retention of primitive chondritic crusts
Fua RR and Elkins-Tanton LT (2014) Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 390, 15 March 2014, Pages 128–137 LINK High abundances of short-lived radiogenic isotopes in the early solar system led to interior melting and…
On the Injection of Short-lived Radionuclides from a Supernova into the Solar Nebula: Constraints from the Oxygen Isotopes
Liu, Ming-Chang (2014) The Astrophysical Journal – Letters 781:L28. ApJ 781 L28. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/781/2/L28 LINK
Evolution of organic matter in Orgueil, Murchison and Renazzo during parent body aqueous alteration: in-situ investigations
Le Guillou C, Bernard S, Brearley AJ and Remusat L Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 131, 15 April 2014, Pages 368–392 DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.11.020 LINK (abstract) In contrast to Renazzo, organic grains in Murchison and Orgueil…
Nepheline and sodalite in the matrix of the Ningqiang carbonaceous chondrite: Implications for formation through parent-body processes
Matsumoto M, Tomeoka K, Seto Y, Miyake A and Sugita M Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 126, 1 February 2014, Pages 441–454 LINK
Relationships between organics, water and early stages of aqueous alteration in the pristine CR3.0 chondrite MET 00426
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