Calcium isotope evidence for the formation of early condensates in the Solar System from unmixed reservoirs with distinct nucleosynthetic originsOPEN ACCESS
Yuki Masuda, Martin Schiller, Martin Bizzarro, Tetsuya Yokoyama Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 15 November 2024 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Calcium-aluminum rich inclusions (CAIs) are the oldest condensates in the…
Formation and evolution of a protoplanetary disk: combining observations, simulations and cosmochemical constraintsOPEN ACCESS
Alessandro Morbidelli,Yves Marrocchi,Adnan Ali Ahmad,Asmita Bhandare,Sebastien Charnoz,Benoit Commercon,Cornellis P. Dullemond,Tristan Guillot,Patrick Hennebelle,Yueh-Ning Lee,Francesco Lovascio,Raphael Marschall,Bernard Marty,Anaelle Maury,Okamoto Tamami In press in Astronomy and Astrophysics PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We present a plausible and coherent view of…
Condensate evolution in the solar nebula inferred from combined Cr, Ti, and O isotope analyses of amoeboid olivine aggregatesOPEN ACCESS
Christian A. Jansen, Christoph Burkhardt, Yves Marrocchi, Jonas M. Schneider, Elias Wölfer, Thorsten Kleine Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 627, 1 February 2024, 118567 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlight First combined O, Ti, and Cr isotopic…
A common isotopic reservoir for amoeboid olivine aggregates (AOAs) and calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions (CAIs) revealed by Ti and Cr isotopic compositions
Zachary A. Torrano, Conel M.O’D. Alexander, Richard W. Carlson, Jan Render, Gregory A. Brennecka, Emma S. Bullock Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 627, 1 February 2024, 118551 LINK “Amoeboid olivine aggregates (AOAs) are the most…
Chondrule-like objects and Ca-Al-rich inclusions in Ryugu may potentially be the oldest Solar System materialsOPEN ACCESS
Daisuke Nakashima, Tomoki Nakamura, Mingming Zhang, Noriko T. Kita, Takashi Mikouchi, Hideto Yoshida, Yuma Enokido, Tomoyo Morita, Mizuha Kikuiri, Kana Amano, Eiichi Kagawa, Toru Yada, Masahiro Nishimura, Aiko Nakato, Akiko Miyazaki, Kasumi Yogata, Masanao Abe,…
Refractory inclusions as Type IA chondrule precursors: Constraints from melting experiments
Scott A. Whattam, Roger H. Hewins, Jieun Seo, Bertrand Devouard Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 29 December 2021 LINK “The formation of chondrules involved major processes in the protoplanetary disk and…
Investigating the Origin of Oxygen Isotopic Variations in Meteorites
Burbine T. H., Greenwood R. C. 84th Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society 2021 (abstract # 6210) PDF We are currently undertaking modeling to investigate how the oxygen isotopic variations seen in meteorites can be…
Shape and porosity of refractory inclusions in CV3 chondrites: A micro‐computed tomography (µCT) study
Mingming Zhang, Brett Clark, Ashley J. King, Sara S. Russell, Yangting Lin Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online:17 March 2021 LINK “Refractory calcium‐aluminum‐rich inclusions (CAIs) and amoeboid olivine aggregates (AOAs) in chondritic meteorites are…
Oxygen isotopic heterogeneity in the early Solar System inherited from the protosolar molecular cloudOPEN ACCESS
Alexander N. Krot, Kazuhide Nagashima, James R. Lyons, Jeong-Eun Lee, Martin Bizzarro Science Advances 16 Oct 2020:Vol. 6, no. 42, eaay2724DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aay2724 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Sun is 16O-enriched (Δ17O = −28.4 ±…
Correlated isotopic and chemical evidence for condensation origins of olivine in comet 81P/Wild 2 and in AOAs from CV and CO chondrites
Kohei Fukuda, Donald E. Brownlee, David J. Joswiak, Travis J. Tenner, Makoto Kimura, Noriko T. Kita Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 8 October 2020 LINK “Magnesium stable isotope ratios and minor…
Oxygen-isotope heterogeneity in the Northwest Africa 3358 (H3.1) refractory inclusions – Fluid-assisted isotopic exchange on the H-chondrite parent body
Samuel Ebert, Kazuhide Nagashima, Alexander N. Krot, Addi Bischoff Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 21 May 2020 LINK “The nature of oxygen-isotope heterogeneity in refractory inclusions [Ca,Al-rich inclusions (CAIs) and amoeboid…
Episodic formation of refractory inclusions in the Solar System and their presolar heritageOPEN ACCESS
K.K. Larsen, D. Wielandt, M. Schiller, A.N. Krot, M. Bizzarro Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 535, 1 April 2020, 116088 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (download) “Highlights • Mg isotopes show multiple populations of refractory…
Origin of Al-rich chondrules in CV chondrites: Incorporation of diverse refractory components into the ferromagnesian chondrule-forming region
Mingming Zhang, Yangting Lin, Guoqiang Tang, Yu Liu, Ingo Leya Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 26 December 2019 LINK “Aluminum-rich (Al2O3 > 10 wt%) chondrules (ARCs) are important chondritic components that…
Rapid condensation of the first Solar System solidsOPEN ACCESS
Yves Marrocchi, Johan Villeneuve, Emmanuel Jacquet, Maxime Piralla, and Marc Chaussidon PNAS first published November 4, 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Chondritic meteorites are composed of primitive components formed during the evolution of…
MINERALOGY, PETROGRAPHY, AND OXYGEN ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS OF ULTRAREFRACTORY INCLUSIONS FROM CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITES
A.N. Krot, C. Ma, K. Nagashima, A.M. Davis, J.R. Beckett, S.B. Simon, M. Komatsu, T.J. Fagan, F. Brenker, M.A. Ivanova, A.Bischoff Geochemistry Available online 15 August 2019 LINK “We report on the mineralogy, petrography, and…
Formation of CV chondrules by recycling of amoeboid olivine aggregate-like precursors
Yves Marrocchi, Romain Euverte, Johan Villeneuve, Valentina Batanova, Benoit Welsch, Ludovic Ferrière, Emmanuel Jacquet Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 3 January 2019 LINK “We have studied porphyritic olivine-rich chondrules of…
Evidence for oxygen-isotope exchange in refractory inclusions from Kaba (CV3.1) carbonaceous chondrite during fluid-rock interaction on the CV parent asteroidOPEN ACCESS
Alexander N. Krot, Kazuhide Nagashima, Krisztián Fintor, Elemér Pál-Molnár Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We report on the mineralogy, petrology, and in situ measured oxygen-isotope compositions of three Fluffy Type…
First evidence for silica condensation within the solar protoplanetary disk
Mutsumi Komatsu, Timothy J. Fagan, Alexander N. Krot, Kazuhide Nagashima, Michail I. Petaev, Makoto Kimura, and Akira Yamaguchi PNAS July 2, 2018. 201722265; published ahead of print July 2, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1722265115 LINK “The oldest solar…
Chondritic ingredients: II. Reconstructing early solar system history via refractory lithophile trace elements in individual objects of the Leoville CV3 chondrite
Andrea Patzer, Dominik C. Hezel, Verena Bendel, Andreas Pack Meteorit Planet Sci. . doi:10.1111/maps.13084 LINK “We performed a LA‐ICP‐MS study of refractory lithophile trace elements in 32 individual objects selected from a single section of…
Origins of mass-dependent and mass-independent Ca isotope variations in meteoritic components and meteorites
K.R. Bermingham, N. Gussone, K. Mezger, J. Krause In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 8 February 2018 LINK “The Ca isotope composition of meteorites and their components may vary due to mass-dependent and/or -independent isotope…
Chondrule heritage and thermal histories from trace element and oxygen isotope analyses of chondrules and amoeboid olivine aggregatesOPEN ACCESS
Jacquet, E. and Marrocchi, Y. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12985 First published: 26 September 2017 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We report combined oxygen isotope and mineral-scale trace element analyses of amoeboid olivine aggregates (AOA)…
Refractory materials in comet samples.OPEN ACCESS
Joswiak, D. J., Brownlee, D. E., Nguyen, A. N., Messenger, S. Meteorit Planet Sci. doi:10.1111/maps.12877 LINK “Transmission electron microscope examination of more than 250 fragments, >1 μm from comet Wild 2 and a giant cluster…
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…
Model Calculations for Evaporation of AOA and CAI Melts: Implications for the Bulk CAIs Compositions of CV3 and CH-CB Chondrites
M. A. Ivanova, S. I. Shornikov, K. P. Ryazantsev, O. I. Yakovlev 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #1363 LINK
Ultra-Refractory Calcium-Aluminum-Rich Inclusion in an AOA in CR Chondrite Yamato-793261
M. Komatsu, T. J. Fagan, A. Yamaguchi, T. Mikouchi, M. Yasutake, M. E. Zolensky 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #2009 PDF
Chondrule Pyroxene Embedded in Cores of Amoeboid Olivine Aggregates from Allende: Evidence of Overlapping Formation Times of AOAs and Chondrules
Fagan T. J. * Komatsu M. Nishijima E. Fukushima H. Yasuda T. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6292 LINK
Microstructural constraints on complex thermal histories of refractory CAI-like objects in an amoeboid olivine aggregate from the ALHA77307 CO3.0 chondrite
Jangmi Han, Adrian J. Brearley Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 12 April 2016 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2016.04.011 LINK “We have carried out a FIB/TEM study of refractory CAI-like objects in one AOA from…
Genetic relationship between Na-rich chondrules and Ca,Al-rich inclusions? – Formation of Na-rich chondrules by melting of refractory and volatile precursors in the Solar Nebula
Samuel Ebert, Addi Bischoff Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 28 January 2016 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2016.01.014 LINK “Al-rich objects (Ca,Al-rich inclusions (CAIs), Al-rich chondrules, Al-rich fragments) occur in all chondrite classes. These objects…
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
Microstructural evidence for complex formation histories of amoeboid olivine aggregates from the ALHA77307 CO3.0 chondrite
Jangmi Han and Adrian J. Brearley Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12439 Article first published online: 22 APR 2015 LINK
An Amoeboid Olivine Aggregate Surrounded by an Igneous Ferroan Olivine-Rich Rim from CO3.0 Chondrite DOM 08006
K. Nagashima, A. N. Krot, C. Park 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2477 PDF LINK
Amoeboid olivine aggregates from CH carbonaceous chondrites
Krot AN, Park C and Nagashima K. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 139, 15 August 2014, Pages 131–153 LINK