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)
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)
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
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
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
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
Widespread evidence for high-temperature formation of pentlandite in chondrites
Devin Schrader (SI), Tim McCoy (SI), Jemma Davidson (CIW) PDF 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
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),…
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
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…
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…
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
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
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
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
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
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…
Relationships between organics, water and early stages of aqueous alteration in the pristine CR3.0 chondrite MET 00426
Le Guillou C and Brearley A Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 131, 15 April 2014, Pages 344–367 LINK
The Paris meteorite, the least altered CM chondrite so far
Hewins RH, Zanda B, Leroux H, Barrat J-A, Humayun M, Göpel C, Greenwood RC, Franchi IA, Pont S, Lorand J-P, Cournède C, Gattacceca J, Rochette P, Kuga M, Marrocchi Y and Marty B (in press)…
EARLY STAGES OF HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION IN ANOMALOUS PRIMITIVE CCs NWA 5958 & PARIS
Elmaleh, A.; Zanda, B.; Hewins, R. H.; Göpel, C.; Fieni, C.; Pont, S.; Humayun, M. (09/2012) PDF LINK
