Rapid colonization of a space-returned Ryugu sample by terrestrial microorganismsOPEN ACCESS
Matthew J. Genge, Natasha Almeida, Matthias Van Ginneken, Lewis Pinault, Louisa J. Preston, Penelope J. Wozniakiewicz, Hajime Yano MAPS, Version of Record online: 13 November 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The presence of microorganisms…
Effects of hot desert weathering on highly siderophile elements in ordinary chondritesOPEN ACCESS
Kiran Shahood Almas, Richard D. Ash, Richard J. Walker MAPS, Version of Record online: 25 September 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Over 20,000 meteorites have been recovered from hot deserts. The effects of hot…
Mineralogical approach on laboratory weathering of uncontaminated Ryugu particles: Comparison with Orgueil and perspective for storage and analysisOPEN ACCESS
Naoya Imae, Naotaka Tomioka, Masayuki Uesugi, Makoto Kimura, Akira Yamaguchi, Motoo Ito, Richard C. Greenwood, Tatsuya Kawai, Naoki Shirai, Takuji Ohigashi, Cedric Pilorget, Jean-Pierre Bibring, Ming-Chang Liu, Kentaro Uesugi, Aiko Nakato, Kasumi Yogata, Hayato Yuzawa,…
Dense collection areas and terrestrial alteration of meteorites in the Atacama Desert
Gabriel A. Pinto, Adrien Tavernier, Jérôme Gattacceca, Alexandre Corgne, Millarca Valenzuela, Béatrice Luais, Laura Flores, Felipe Olivares, Yves Marrocchi MAPS, Version of Record online: 04 January 2024 LINK “In the last 15 years, more than 2700…
The water content of CM carbonaceous chondrite falls and finds, and their susceptibility to terrestrial contaminationOPEN ACCESS
Martin R. Lee, Lydia J. Hallis, Luke Daly, Adrian J. Boyce MAPSVersion of Record online: 12 November 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “CM carbonaceous chondrites can be used to constrain the abundance and H…
Multiscale Evidence for Weathering and the Preservation of Carbonaceous Material in an Antarctic MicrometeoriteOPEN ACCESS
Mark R. Boyd, Julia A. Cartwright, Jaspreet Singh, Paul A.J. Bagot, Charlotte L. Bays, Queenie H.S. Chan, Matthew J. Genge, Michael P. Moody Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 28 August 2023…
Fluid mobilization of rare earth elements, Th, and U during the terrestrial alteration of H chondrites
Ryoga Maeda, Steven Goderis, Akira Yamaguchi, Thibaut Van Acker, Frank Vanhaecke, Vinciane Debaille, Phillippe Claeys MAPSVersion of Record online: 28 June 2023 LINK “The chemical effects of terrestrial alteration, with a particular focus on lithophile…
Winchcombe: An example of rapid terrestrial alteration of a CM chondriteOPEN ACCESS
Laura E. Jenkins, Martin R. Lee, Luke Daly, Ashley J. King, Cameron J. Floyd, Pierre-Etienne Martin, Natasha V. Almeida, Matthew J. Genge MAPSVersion of Record online: 09 February 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Winchcombe is a CM chondrite that fell in…
Testing materials to mitigate terrestrial organic contamination of meteorites: Implications for collection, curation, and handling of astromaterials
Libby D. Tunney, Patrick J. A. Hill, Christopher D. K. Herd, Robert W. Hilts MAPSVersion of Record online: 13 January 2023 LINK “Organic matter in astromaterials can provide important information for understanding the chemistry of our solar system…
Terrestrial ages of seven meteorite strewn fields and two single unpaired meteorites from the Sultanate of Oman determined using 14C and 10BeOPEN ACCESS
Malgorzata U. Sliz, Beda A. Hofmann, Ingo Leya, Sönke Szidat, Christophe Espic, Jérôme Gattacceca, Régis Braucher, Daniel Borschneck, Edwin Gnos, ASTER Team MAPSVersion of Record online: 13 November 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Through…
Using Organic Contaminants to Constrain the Terrestrial Journey of the Martian Meteorite LafayetteOPEN ACCESS
Áine Clare O’Brien, Lydia Jane Hallis, Clement Regnault, Douglas Morrison, Gavin Blackburn, Andrew Steele, Luke Daly, Alastair Tait, Marissa Marie Tremblay, Darcy E.P. Telenko, Jacqueline Gunn, Eleanor McKay, Nicola Mari, Mohammad Ali Salik, Philippa Ascough,…
Artificial weathering of an ordinary chondrite: Recommendations for the curation of Antarctic meteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Matthias van Ginneken, Vinciane Debaille, Sophie Decrée, Steven Goderis, Alan B. Woodland, Penelope Wozniakiewicz, Marleen De Ceukelaire, Thierry Leduc, Philippe Claeys MAPSVersion of Record online: 05 May 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Meteorites are…
Preservation of Terrestrial Microorganisms and Organics Within Alteration Products of Chondritic Meteorites from the Nullarbor Plain, AustraliaOPEN ACCESS
Alastair W. Tait, Siobhan A. Wilson, Andrew G. Tomkins, Jessica L. Hamilton, Emma J. Gagen, Alex I. Holman, Kliti Grice, Louisa J. Preston, David J. Paterson, and Gordon Southam Astrobiology, Vol. 22, No. 4Published Online:…
Distinguishing between terrestrial and extraterrestrial organic compounds in the CM2 Aguas Zarcas carbonaceous chondrite: Implications for intrinsic organic matter
Libby D. Tunney, Patrick J. A. Hill, Christopher D. K. Herd, Robert W. Hilts, Miranda C. Holt MAPSVersion of Record online: 15 March 2022 LINK “Soluble organic matter analyses of astromaterials can provide valuable information…
Organic compounds in the Tarda C2 ungrouped carbonaceous chondrite: Evaluating the sources of contamination in a desert fall
Libby D. Tunney, Patrick J. A. Hill, Christopher D. K. Herd, Robert W. Hilts MAPSVersion of Record online: 03 March 2022 LINK “Studying organic compounds in meteorites provides important insight into the chemical processes that…
Tracing Organic Contamination from Collection to Curation: Best Practices for the Recovery and Contamination Mitigation of Meteorites
Tunney L. D. Hill P. J. A. Herd C. D. K. Hilts R. W. PDF LPSC 2022 abstract [#2103] “In this study, we derive six key recommendations for recovering, handling, and curating freshly fallen meteorites.”
Organics and Their Relationship to Phyllosilicates in Ryugu, Orgueil and Ivuna: In Situ TEM and XANES Study
Le Guillou C. Bernard S. Leroux H. Noguchi T. Yurimoto H. et al. PDF LPSC 2022 abstract [#2099] “Organics in Ryugu are less oxygenated than CI chondrites. Either terrestrial weathering or parent body alteration conditions…
Blaubeuren, Cloppenburg, and Machtenstein—Three recently recognized H-group chondrite finds in Germany with distinct terrestrial ages and weathering effectsOPEN ACCESS
Addi Bischoff, Jakob Storz, Jean-Alix Barrat, Dieter Heinlein, A. J. Timothy Jull, Silke Merchel, Andreas Pack, Georg Rugel MAPSVersion of Record online: 17 January 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “In the last 7 years, three…
Anaerobic Microscopic Analysis of Ferrous Saponite and its Sensitivity to Oxidation by Earth’s Air: Lessons Learned for Analysis of Returned Samples from Mars and Carbonaceous AsteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Natsumi Noda, Shohei Yamashita, Yoshio Takahashi, Megumi Matsumoto, Yuma Enokido, Kana Amano, Takahiro Kawai, Hiroshi Sakuma, Keisuke Fukushi, Yasuhito Sekine, Tomoki Nakamura Minerals 2021, 11(11), 1244 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (DOWNLOAD) “Ferrous saponite is a secondary…
Meteorite terrestrial ages in Oman based on gamma spectrometry and sediment dating, focusing on the Ramlat Fasad dense collection areaOPEN ACCESS
Åke V. Rosén, Beda A. Hofmann, Frank Preusser, Edwin Gnos, Urs Eggenberger, Marc Schumann, Sönke Szidat Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 04 November 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We combine the search…
The pre-atmospheric hydrogen inventory of CM carbonaceous chondritesOPEN ACCESS
Martin R. Lee, Benjamin E. Cohen, Adrian J. Boyce, Lydia J. Hallis, Luke Daly Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 19 June 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • Up to half of…
The effects of Antarctic alteration and sample heterogeneity on Sm-Nd and Lu-Hf systematics in H chondrites
Ryoga Maeda, Steven Goderis, Vinciane Debaille, Hamed Pourkhorsandi, Geneviève Hublet, Philippe Claeys Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 12 May 2021 LINK “Long-lived radioactive isotope systematics, such as Sm-Nd and Lu-Hf, are…
Aqueous alteration and bioalteration of a synthetic enstatite chondriteOPEN ACCESS
Caroline Avril, Valérie Malavergne, Eric D. van Hullebusch, Fabrice Brunet, Stephan Borensztajn, Jérôme Labanowski, Louis Hennet, François Guyot Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 28 March 2021 LINK Update: PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Understanding the…
Benford’s law: Applications to ordinary‐chondrite mass distributions
Alan E. Rubin Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 09 March 2021 LINK “For ordinary‐chondrite (OC) mass distributions, Benford’s law applies to the set of individual objects that survive intact on the Earth’s surface…
CM carbonaceous chondrite falls and their terrestrial alterationOPEN ACCESS
Martin R. Lee, Luke Daly, Cameron Floyd, Pierre‐Etienne Martin Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 18 January 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The CM carbonaceous chondrites provide unique insights into the composition of…
The effects of terrestrial weathering on samarium‑neodymium isotopic composition of ordinary chondritesOPEN ACCESS
Hamed Pourkhori, Vinciane Debaille, Rosalind M.G. Armytage, Matthias van Ginneken, Pierre Rochette, Jérôme Gattacceca Chemical GeologyAvailable online 4 January 2021 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Submitted: 13 January 2021 “Following their fall to Earth, meteorites experience…
Oxygen and carbon stable isotope composition of the weathering Mg‐carbonates formed on the surface of the LEW 85320 ordinary chondrite: Revisited
Mohammed I. El‐Shenawy, Paul B. Niles, Doug W. Ming, Rick Socki, Kevin Righter Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceFirst Published: 26 September 2020 LINK “New δ13C and δ18O values were measured to constrain the formation mechanisms of…
Advances in Cosmochemistry Enabled by Antarctic MeteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Meenakshi Wadhwa, Timothy J. McCoy, and Devin L. Schrader Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences Vol. 48:233-258 (Volume publication date May 2020)First published as a Review in Advance on January 8, 2020 LINK (OPEN…
Terrestrial Alteration Mineral Assemblages in the NWA 10416 Olivine Phyric Shergottite
J.D. Piercy, J.C. Bridges, L.J. Hicks, J.L. MacArthur, R.C. Greenwood, I.A. Franchi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 4 April 2020 LINK “We report on the alteration history of the olivine-phyric,…
Characteristics of the Sahara as a meteorite recovery surface
Maria Aboulahris, Hasnaa Chennaoui Aoudjehane, Pierre Rochette, Jérôme Gattacceca, A. J. Timothy Jull, Nejia Laridhi Ouazaa, Luigi Folco Svend Buhl Meteoritics & Planetary Science LINK “We describe the geological, geomorphological, and paleoclimatic setting of the…
Analytical methodology to evaluate the Terrestrial Weathering of Libyan Desert Glasses and Darwin Glasses after their formation
Leticia Gómez-Nubla, Julene Aramendia, Silvia Fdez-Ortiz de Vallejuelo, Kepa Castro, Juan Manuel Madariaga Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry pp 1–9, First Online: 07 November 2019 LINK “Libyan Desert Glasses (LDGs) and Darwin Glasses (DGs) are impact…
Terrestrial modification of the Ivuna meteorite and a reassessment of the chemical composition of the CI type specimenOPEN ACCESS
A. J. King, K. J. H. Phillips, S. Strekopytov, C. Vita-Finzi, S. S. Russell Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The rare CI carbonaceous chondrites are the most…
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…
Meteorite “Hocheppan” – a Forensic Study
Karl Wimmer published: 5 July 2018 LINK According to Meteoritic Bulletin entry “Hocheppan” an H5 chondrite of 1.236 kg with mostly intact fusion crust was found in October 2016 on a hillside covered with scree…
Meteorite reconnaissance in Saudi Arabia
Beda A. Hofmann, Edwin Gnos, A. J. Timothy Jull, Sönke Szidat, Ayman Majoub, Khalid Al Wagdani, Siddiq N. Habibullah, Mohammed Halawani, Mohammed Hakeem, Mahmoud Al Shanti, Abdulaziz Al Solami Meteoritics & Planetary Science First published:…
Terrestrial Ages of Meteorites Using in situ C-14 and Be-10 Measurements
Sliz M. U., Braucher R., Gattacceca J., Hofmann B. A., Jull A. J. T., Leya I., Szidat S., ASTER Team 81st Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society 2018 [#6297] abstract “We present the preliminary 14C/10Be…
Rapid effects of terrestrial alteration on highly siderophile elements in the Sutter’s Mill meteorite
Richard J. Walker, Qing‐Zhu Yin, Philipp R. Heck Meteoritics & Planetary Science Meteorit Planet Sci. . doi:10.1111/maps.13102 LINK “The 187Re‐187Os isotopic systematics of many bulk chondrites plot well beyond analytical uncertainties of a primordial isochron….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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
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…
“Sweating meteorites”—Water-soluble salts and temperature variation in ordinary chondrites and soil from the hot desert of Oman
Zurfluh FJ, Hofmann BA, Gnos E and Eggenberger U (in press) Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 48: 1958–1980. doi: 10.1111/maps.12211 LINK
