Convective activity in a Martian magma chamber recorded by P‐zoning in Tissint olivineOPEN ACCESS
N. Mari, L. J. Hallis, L. Daly, M. R. Lee Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online:07 May 2020 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Tissint Martian meteorite is an unusual depleted olivine‐phyric shergottite, reportedly…
Weak Magnetic Fields in the Outer Solar Nebula Recorded in CR Chondrites
Roger R. Fu, Pauli Kehayias, Benjamin P. Weiss, Devin L. Schrader, Xue‐Ning Bai, Jacob B. Simon JGR PlanetsVolume 125, 5 May 2020 LINK ” – Paleomagnetic measurements of carbonaceous chondrites can provide important constraints on…
Dynamic evolution of major element chemistry in protoplanetary disks and its implications for chondrite formationOPEN ACCESS
Yoshinori Miyazaki, Jun Korenaga PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Chondrites are the likely building blocks of Earth, and identifying the group of chondrite that best represents Earth is a key to resolving the state of the early…
The isotopic composition of volatiles in the unique Bench Crater carbonaceous chondrite impactor found in the Apollo 12 regolith
K.H. Joy, R. Tartèse, S. Messenger, M.E. Zolensky, Y. Marrocchi, D.R. Frank, D.A. Kring Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 540, 15 June 2020, 116265 LINK “Highlights • The lunar regolith has accumulated volatiles from impacting…
Concepts of the Small Body Sample Return Missions – the 1st 10 Million Year Evolution of the Solar System
Yangting Lin, Yonghe Zhang, Sen Hu, Yuchen Xu, Weijia Zhou, Shijie Li, Wei Yang, Yang Gao, Mingtao Li, Qingzhu Yin, Douglas Lin & Wing Ip Space Science Reviews, Volume 216, Article number: 45 (2020)Published: 20…
Hydrogen Isotopic Variations in the ShergottitesOPEN ACCESS
Shuai Wang and Sen Hu Geosciences 2020, 10(4), 148 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (DOWNLOAD) “Hydrogen isotopes in the shergottite Martian meteorites are among the most varied in Mars laboratory samples. By collating results of previous studies…
Hypervelocity cratering and disruption of the Northwest Africa 4502 carbonaceous chondrite meteorite: Implications for crater production, catastrophic disruption, momentum transfer and dust production on asteroids
George J. Flynn, Daniel D. Durda, Mason J. Molesky, Brian A. May, Spenser N. Congram, Colleen L. Loftus, Jacob R. Reagan, Melissa M. Strait, Robert J. Macke Planetary and Space ScienceIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available…
Meteorite transport—Revisited II
Jack Wisdom Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceFirst Published: 16 April 2020 LINK “In Wisdom (2017), I presented new simulations of meteorite transport from the chaotic zones associated with major resonances in the asteroid belt: the ν6…
Accretion of a large LL parent planetesimal from a recently formed chondrule populationOPEN ACCESS
Graham H. Edwards and Terrence Blackburn Science Advances 15 Apr 2020:Vol. 6, no. 16, eaay8641DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aay8641 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Chondritic meteorites, derived from asteroidal parent bodies and composed of millimeter-sized chondrules, record the…
Mineralogy and petrology of dark clasts in the Allan Hills 76005 polymict eucrite pairing group
Kevin Righter, Alexander P. Holmwood Meteoritics & Planetary Science LINK “The Allan Hills 76005 polymict eucrite pairing group consists of 15 paired masses recovered during six different field seasons in the Transantarctic Mountains. Although this…
Variations in initial 26Al/27Al ratios among fine-grained Ca-Al-rich inclusions from reduced CV chondrites
Noriyuki Kawasaki, Sohei Wada, Changkun Park, Naoya Sakamoto, Hisayoshi Yurimoto Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 8 April 2020 LINK “Fine-grained Ca-Al-rich inclusions (FGIs) in CV chondrites are suggested to be…
Evidence for Asteroid Scattering and Distal Solar System Solids From Meteorite PaleomagnetismOPEN ACCESS
James F. J. Bryson, Benjamin P. Weiss, Eduardo A. Lima, Jérôme Gattacceca, and William S. Cassata The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 892, Number 2 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Submitted: 22 October 2021 Asteroid-sized bodies are predicted…
Cascade Model for Planetesimal Formation by Turbulent Clustering
Thomas Hartlep and Jeffrey N. Cuzzi The Astrophysical Journal Volume 892, Number 2, 2020 April 1 LINK “We use a newly developed cascade model of turbulent concentration of particles in protoplanetary nebulae to calculate several…
The origin and fate of volatile elements on Earth revisited in light of noble gas data obtained from comet 67P/Churyumov-GerasimenkoOPEN ACCESS
David V. Bekaert, Michael W. Broadley & Bernard Marty Scientific Reports, Volume 10, Article number: 5796 (2020) LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The origin of terrestrial volatiles remains one of the most puzzling questions…
Alkali magmatism on a carbonaceous chondrite planetesimal
Jérôme Aléon, Alice Aléon-Toppani, Bernard Platevoet, Jacques-Marie Bardintzeff, Kevin D. McKeegan, and François Brisset PNAS, first published March 30, 2020 LINK “Recent isotopic and paleomagnetic data point to a possible connection between carbonaceous chondrites and…
Multiple early-formed water reservoirs in the interior of Mars
Jessica J. Barnes, Francis M. McCubbin, Alison R. Santos, James M. D. Day, Jeremy W. Boyce, Susanne P. Schwenzer, Ulrich Ott, Ian A. Franchi, Scott Messenger, Mahesh Anand & Carl B. Agee Nature Geoscience (2020)…
The effect of progressive space weathering on the organic and inorganic components of a carbonaceous chondrite
M.S. Thompson, R.V. Morris, S.J. Clemett, M.J. Loeffler, D. Trang, L.P. Keller, R. Christoffersen, D.G. Agresti Icarus In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 27 March 2020 LINK “Highlights • Progressive space weathering of a carbonaceous…
A refractory inclusion with solar oxygen isotopes and the rarity of such objects in the meteorite record
Levke Kööp, Kazuhide Nagashima, Andrew M. Davis, Alexander N. Krot Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 27 March 2020 LINK “NASA’s Genesis mission revealed that the Sun is enriched in 16O compared to the Earth…
Supply of phosphate to early Earth by photogeochemistry after meteoritic weathering
Dougal J. Ritson, Stephen J. Mojzsis & John. D. Sutherland Nature Geoscience (2020) Published: 23 March 2020 LINK “During terrestrial differentiation, the relatively small amount of phosphorus that migrated to the lithosphere was incorporated into…
Potassium Isotope Compositions of Carbonaceous and Ordinary Chondrites: Implications on the Origin of Volatile Depletion in the Early Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS
Hannah Bloom, Katharina Lodders, Heng Chen, Chen Zhao,Zhen Tian, Piers Koefoed, Mária K.Pető, Yun Jiang, Kun Wang (王昆) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 23 March 2020 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK…
Mass-independent fractionation of titanium isotopes and its cosmochemical implications
François Robert, Romain Tartèse, Guillaume Lombardi, Peter Reinhardt, Mathieu Roskosz, Béatrice Doisneau, Zhengbin Deng & Marc Chaussidon Nature Astronomy (2020) LINK “Isotopes of heavy elements are produced in various amounts by nuclear processes in stars….
Early silica crust formation in planetesimals by metastable silica-rich liquid immiscibility or cristobalite crystallisation: the possible origin of silica-rich chondrulesOPEN ACCESS
François Faure Scientific Reports 10, Article number: 4765 (2020) LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The formation and differentiation processes of planetesimals—small bodies in the solar system—remain actively debated. Planetesimal differentiation is known to have…
Highly porous nature of a primitive asteroid revealed by thermal imaging
Tatsuaki Okada, Tetsuya Fukuhara, Satoshi Tanaka, Makoto Taguchi, Takehiko Arai, Hiroki Senshu, Naoya Sakatani, Yuri Shimaki, Hirohide Demura, Yoshiko Ogawa, Kentaro Suko, Tomohiko Sekiguchi, Toru Kouyama, Jun Takita, Tsuneo Matsunaga, Takeshi Imamura, Takehiko Wada, Sunao…
The orbital clusters among the near Earth asteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Tadeusz J. Jopek PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Fifteen orbital clusters (associations) were identified among∼20000near-Earth asteroids(NEAs). All associations were found with a high statisticalreliability using a single link-age cluster analysis algorithm and three orbital similarity functions. The…
Subsolar Al/Si and Mg/Si ratios of non-carbonaceous chondrites reveal planetesimal formation during early condensation in the protoplanetary diskOPEN ACCESS
A. Morbidelli, G. Libourel, H. Palme, S.A. Jacobson, D.C. Rubie Accepted for publication in EPSL PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Al/Si and Mg/Si ratios in non-carbonaceous chondrites are lower than the solar (i.e., CI-chondritic) values, in…
Primordial formation of major silicates in a protoplanetary disc with homogeneous 26Al/27AlOPEN ACCESS
Timothy Gregory, Tu-Han Luu, Christopher D. Coath, Sara S. Russell and Tim Elliott Science Advances 11 Mar 2020: Vol. 6, no. 11, eaay9626 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aay9626 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Understanding the spatial variability…
Ruthenium isotope vestige of Earth’s pre-late-veneer mantle preserved in Archaean rocks
Mario Fischer-Gödde, Bo-Magnus Elfers, Carsten Münker, Kristoffer Szilas, Wolfgang D. Maier, Nils Messling, Tomoaki Morishita, Martin Van Kranendonk & Hugh Smithies Nature, Volume 579, pages 240–244 (2020) Published: 11 March 2020 LINK “The accretion of…
Distinct oxygen isotope compositions of the Earth and Moon
Erick J. Cano, Zachary D. Sharp & Charles K. Shearer Nature Geoscience (2020) LINK “The virtually identical oxygen isotope compositions of the Earth and Moon revealed by Apollo return samples have been a challenging constraint…
Visible–near infrared spectral indices for mapping mineralogy and chemistry with OSIRIS‐REx
Hannah H. Kaplan, Victoria E. Hamilton, Ellen S. Howell, Scott F. Anderson, M. Antonella Barrucci, John Brucato, Thomas H. Burbine, Beth E. Clark, Ed A. Cloutis, Harold C. Connolly Jr., Elisabetta Dotto, Joshua P. Emery,…
Disk-resolved photometric modeling and properties of asteroid (101955) BennuOPEN ACCESS
D.R. Golish, D.N. DellaGiustina, J.-Y. Li, B.E. Clark, X.-D.Zoub, P.H.Smith, J.L.Rizos, P.H. Hasselmann, C.A.Bennett, S.Fornasier, R.-L.Ballouz, C. Drouet d’Aubigny, B.Rizk, M.G.Daly, O.S. Barnouin, L.Philpott, M.M.Al Asad, J.A.Seabrook, D.S.Laurett Icarus LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • The…
Accretion of the Earth—Missing Components?OPEN ACCESS
K. Mezger, M. Schönbächler & A. Bouvier Space Science Reviews, Volume 216, Article number: 27 (2020) Published: 04 March 2020 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Primitive meteorites preserve the chemical and isotopic composition of…
The brecciated texture of polymict eucrites: Petrographic investigations of unequilibrated meteorites from the Antarctic Yamato collectionOPEN ACCESS
Christian Vollmer, Stella Rombeck, Julia Roszjar, Adam R. Sarafian, Stephan Klemme Meteoritics & Planetary Science LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We report on the petrography and mineralogy of five Yamato polymict eucrites to better…
Formation of ferroan dacite by lunar silicic volcanism recorded in a meteorite from the MoonOPEN ACCESS
Hiroshi Nagaoka, Timothy J. Fagan, Masahiro Kayama, Yuzuru Karouji, Nobuyuki Hasebe & Mitsuru Ebihara Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, Volume 7, Article number: 12 (2020) LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “An igneous clast…
Volatile element chemistry during accretion of the earth
Bruce Fegley Jr, Katharina Lodders, Nathan S.Jacobson Geochemistry Review LINK “We review some issues relevant to volatile element chemistry during accretion of the Earth with an emphasis on historical development of ideas during the past…
Photometry of Kuiper belt object (486958) Arrokoth from New Horizons LORRIOPEN ACCESS
Jason D. Hofgartner, Bonnie J. Buratti, Susan D. Benecchi, Ross A. Beyer, Andrew Chenge, James T. Keane, Tod R. Lauer, Catherine B. Olkin, Joel W. Parker, Kelsi N. Singer, John R. Spencer , S. Alan…
Heavy halogen geochemistry of martian shergottite meteorites and implications for the halogen composition of the depleted shergottite mantle source
Patricia L. Clay; Katherine H. Joy; Brian O’Driscoll; Henner Busemann; Lorraine Ruzié-Hamilton; Ray Burgess; Jonathan Fellowes; Bastian Joachim-Mrosko; John Pernet-Fisher; Stanislav Strekopytov; Christopher J. Ballentine American Mineralogist, March 01, 2020, Vol.105, 289-306 LINK “Volatile elements…
The solar nebula origin of (486958) Arrokoth, a primordial contact binary in the Kuiper BeltOPEN ACCESS
By W. B. McKinnon, D. C. Richardson, J. C. Marohnic, J. T. Keane, W. M. Grundy, D. P. Hamilton, D. Nesvorný, O. M. Umurhan, T. R. Lauer, K. N. Singer, S. A. Stern, H. A….
Color, composition, and thermal environment of Kuiper Belt object (486958) Arrokoth
By W. M. Grundy, M. K. Bird, D. T. Britt, J. C. Cook, D. P. Cruikshank, C. J. A. Howett, S. Krijt, I. R. Linscott, C. B. Olkin, A. H. Parker, S. Protopapa, M. Ruaud,…
The geology and geophysics of Kuiper Belt object (486958) Arrokoth
By J. R. Spencer, S. A. Stern, J. M. Moore, H. A. Weaver, K. N. Singer, C. B Olkin, A. J. Verbiscer, W. B. McKinnon, J. Wm. Parker, R. A. Beyer, J. T. Keane, T….
In situ analysis of platinum group elements in equilibrated ordinary chondrite kamacite and taenite
Cosette M. Gilmour, Christopher D. K. Herd Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 29 February 2020 LINK “Platinum group element (PGE) concentrations have been determined in situ in ordinary chondrite kamacite and taenite grains via…
Iron whiskers on asteroid Itokawa indicate sulfide destruction by space weatheringOPEN ACCESS
Toru Matsumoto, Dennis Harries, Falko Langenhorst, Akira Miyake & Takaaki Noguchi Nature Communications, Volume 11, Article number: 1117 (2020) LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Extraterrestrial iron sulfide is a major mineral reservoir of the…
Observations, meteorites, and models: A pre‐flight assessment of the composition and formation of (16) Psyche
L.T. Elkins‐Tanton, E. Asphaug, J. F. Bell III, H. Bercovici, B. Bills, R. Binzel, W. F. Bottke, S. Dibb, D. J. Lawrence, S. Marchi, T. J. McCoy, R. Oran, R. S. Park, P. N. Peplowski,…
Formation of lunar highlands anorthosites
Xiaoqing Xu, Hejiu Hui, Wei Chen, Shichun Huang, Clive R. Neal, Xisheng Xu Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 536, 15 April 2020, 116138 LINK “Highlights • We report major and trace element contents of…
Unique angrite-like fragments in a CH3 chondrite reveal a new basaltic planetesimal
Ai-Cheng Zhang, Noriyuki Kawasaki, Minami Kuroda, Yang Li, Hua-Pei Wang, Xue-Ning Bai, Naoya Sakamoto, Qing-Zhu Yin, Hisayoshi Yurimoto Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 19 February 2020 LINK “Most meteorites are…
Dwell time at high pressure of meteorites during impact ejection from Mars
T.J. Bowling, B.C. Johnson, S.E. Wiggins, E.L. Walton, H.J.Melosh, T.G. Sharp Icarus In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 13 February 2020 LINK “Highlights • We simulate impacts to investigate the dwell time of Martian meteorites….
Iron isotope evidence for very rapid accretion and differentiation of the proto-EarthOPEN ACCESS
Martin Schiller, Martin Bizzarro, and Julien Siebert Science Advances 12 Feb 2020: Vol. 6, no. 7, eaay7604 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aay7604 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Nucleosynthetic isotope variability among solar system objects provides insights into…
A compositionally heterogeneous martian mantle due to late accretionOPEN ACCESS
Simone Marchi, Richard J. Walker and Robin M. Canup Science Advances 12 Feb 2020: Vol. 6, no. 7, eaay2338 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aay2338 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The approximately chondritic estimated relative abundances of highly…
Velocity distribution of larger meteoroids and small asteroids impacting EarthOPEN ACCESS
Esther Drolshagen, Theresa Ott, Detlef Koschny, Gerhard Drolshagen, Anna Kristiane Schmidt, Björn Poppe Planetary and Space Science In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 11 February 2020 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • The velocity distribution…
Linking asteroids and meteorites to the primordial planetesimal populationOPEN ACCESS
Richard C. Greenwood, Thomas H. Burbine, Ian A. Franchi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 11 February 2020 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Meteorites provide a unique insight into early…
The violent collisional history of aqueously evolved (2) Pallas
Michaël Marsset, Miroslav Brož, Pierre Vernazza, Alexis Drouard, Julie Castillo-Rogez, Josef Hanuš, Matti Viikinkoski, Nicolas Rambaux, Benoît Carry, Laurent Jorda, Pavel Ševeček, Mirel Birlan, Franck Marchis, Edyta Podlewska-Gaca, Erik Asphaug, Przemyslaw Bartczak, Jérôme Berthier, Fabrice…
Atom probe tomography of space‐weathered lunar ilmenite grain surfacesOPEN ACCESS
Jennika Greer, Surya. S. Rout, Dieter Isheim, David N. Seidman, Rainer Wieler, Philipp R. Heck Meteoritics & Planetary Science First published: 06 February 2020 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The surfaces of airless bodies,…
Examining the compositions of impactors striking the Moon using Apollo impact melt coats and anorthositic regolith breccia meteorites
Eleanor C. McIntosh, James M.D. Day, Yang Liu, Courtney Jiskoot Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Available online 1 February 2020 LINK “Impactors striking the Moon since the formation of its crust have left an indelible imprint…
A Water-Rich Proto-Planet Inferred by Tridymite and Pyroxene in the Oldest Igneous Achondrite Northwest Africa 11119
A. Cernok, K. Tait, M. Anand, I. Nicklin, L. White, T. Kizovski, X. Zhao, I. A. Franchi 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2020), Abstract #1900 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The meteorite Northwest Africa (NWA) 11119…
Mid-infrared spectroscopic investigation of meteorites and perspectives for thermal infrared observations at the binary asteroid Didymos
A. Skulteti, A. Kereszturi, M. Szabo, Zs Kereszty, F. Cipriani Planetary and Space Science In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 30 January 2020 LINK “Near future missions to Near Earth Asteroids could provide new information…
FIB‐TEM analysis of cometary material in 10 Stardust foil craters
Brendan A. Haas, Christine Floss, Rhonda M. Stroud, Ryan C. Ogliore Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 27 January 2020 LINK “Aluminum foils from the Stardust cometary dust collector contain impact craters formed during the…
Si-Mg isotopes in enstatite chondrites and accretion of reduced planetary bodiesOPEN ACCESS
Jinia Sikdar & Vinai K. Rai Scientific Reports 10 , 1–12 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Among the primitive meteorite classes, Enstatite Chondrites (EC) are believed to share a common origin with the Earth…
Xenon Isotopes Identify Large-scale Nucleosynthetic Heterogeneities across the Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS
G. Avice, M. Moreira, and J. D. Gilmour The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 889, Number 1 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Nucleosynthetic isotopic anomalies in meteorites and planetary objects contribute to our understanding of the formation of…
Physical properties of Taurid meteoroids of various sizesOPEN ACCESS
Jiří Borovička, Pavel Spurný Planetary and Space Science Available online 24 January 2020 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “Highlights • Atmospheric fragmentation of Taurid meteoroids was modeled. • The strength of large Taurids is lower than…
Timing of the magmatic activity and upper crustal cooling of differentiated asteroid 4 Vesta
F. Jourdan, T. Kennedy, G.K. Benedix, E. Eroglu, C. Mayer Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 24 January 2020 LINK “Eucrites are extraterrestrial basalts and cumulate gabbros formed, and subsequently more…
Geochemically heterogeneous Martian mantle inferred from Pb isotope systematics of depleted shergottites
Ryota Moriwaki, Tomohiro Usui, Minato Tobita, Tetsuya Yokoyama Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 24 January 2020 LINK “Radiogenic isotopic compositions of shergottite meteorites suggest that early planetary differentiation processes, which…
D/H Ratio in the Interiors of Rocky Protoplanets Accreting in the Solar Nebula
Hiroaki Saito and Kiyoshi Kuramoto Astrophysical Journal, Published 2020 January 23 LINK “The deuterium/hydrogen (D/H) ratio of primordial water partitioned into a planetary interior seems to be different on Earth and Mars. Water from volcanic…
Atmospheric CO2 levels from 2.7 billion years ago inferred from micrometeorite oxidationOPEN ACCESS
O. R. Lehmer, D. C. Catling, R. Buick, D. E. Brownlee and S. Newport Science Advances 22 Jan 2020: Vol. 6, no. 4, eaay4644 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aay4644 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Earth’s atmospheric composition…
Magnesium isotopes of the bulk solar wind from genesis diamond‐like carbon filmsOPEN ACCESS
A. J. G. Jurewicz, K. D. Rieck, R. Hervig, D. S. Burnett, M. Wadhwa, C. T. Olinger, R. C. Wiens, J. M. Laming, Y. Guan, G. R. Huss, D. B. Reisenfeld, P. Williams Meteoritics &…
The composition of Mars
Takashi Yoshizaki, William F. McDonough Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Available online 21 January 2020 LINK “Comparing compositional models of the terrestrial planets provides insights into physicochemical processes that produced planet-scale similarities and differences. The widely…
Data‐driven taxonomy matching of asteroid and meteorite
Yuki Saito, Peng K. Hong, Takafumi Niihara, Hideaki Miyamoto, Kenji Fukumizu Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 19 January 2020 LINK “The matching of asteroids and meteorites is a significant step toward a better understanding…
Heterogeneous accretion of Earth inferred from Mo-Ru isotope systematicsOPEN ACCESS
Timo Hopp, Gerrit Budde, Thorsten Kleine Earth and Planetary Science Letters (17 January 2020) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “The Mo and Ru isotopic compositions of meteorites and the bulk silicate Earth (BSE) hold…
A Fireball and Potentially Hazardous Binary Near-Earth Asteroid (164121) 2003 YT1
Toshihiro Kasuga,Mikiya Sato, Masayoshi Ueda, Yasunori Fujiwara, Chie Tsuchiya, and Jun-ichi Watanabe The Astronomical Journal, Volume 159, Number 2 LINK “We present a fireball detected in the night sky over Kyoto, Japan on UT 2017…
The partitioning of the inner and outer Solar System by a structured protoplanetary disk
R. Brasser & S. J. Mojzsis Nature Astronomy (2020) Published: 13 January 2020 LINK “Mass-independent isotopic anomalies define two cosmochemically distinct regions: the carbonaceous and non-carbonaceous meteorites, implying that the non-carbonaceous (terrestrial) and carbonaceous (Jovian)…
Geochemical constraints on core-mantle differentiation in Mercury and the aubrite parent body
E.S. Steenstra, W. van Westrenen Icarus In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 11 January 2020 LINK “Highlights • Geochemical models constraining the interior compositions of Mercury and the AuPB • The cores of Mercury and…
The end of the lunar dynamoOPEN ACCESS
Saied Mighani, Huapei Wang, David L. Shuster, Cauȇ S. Borlina, Claire I. O. Nichols, Benjamin P. Weiss Science Advances 01 Jan 2020: Vol. 6, no. 1, eaax0883 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aax0883 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Transport of impact ejecta from Mars to its moons as a means to reveal Martian historyOPEN ACCESS
Ryuki Hyodo, Kosuke Kurosawa, Hidenori Genda, Tomohiro Usui & Kazuhisa Fujita Scientific Reports volume 9, Article number: 19833 (2019) LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Throughout the history of the solar system, Mars has experienced…
Primordial organic matter in the xenolithic clast in the Zag H chondrite: Possible relation to D/P asteroids
Yoko Kebukawa, Michael E. Zolensky, Motoo Ito, Nanako O. Ogawa, Yoshinori Takano, Naohiko Ohkouchi, Aiko Nakato, Hiroki Suga, Yasuo Takeichi, Yoshio Takahashi, Kensei Kobayashi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Available online 19 December 2019 LINK “Some…
The combined Zr and Hf isotope inventory of bulk rock and sequentially leached chondrite samples
Bo-Magnus Elfers, Sprung Peter, Messling Nils, Münker Carsten Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 17 December 2019 LINK “The stepwise acid digestion of primitive chondritic meteorites allows the identification of nucleosynthetic…
The great isotopic dichotomy of the early Solar System
Thomas S. Kruijer, Thorsten Kleine & Lars E. Borg Nature Astronomy , 1–9 (2019) LINK “The isotopic composition of meteorites and terrestrial planets holds important clues about the earliest history of the Solar System and…
Occurrence and implications of secondary olivine veinlets in lunar highland breccia Northwest Africa 11273OPEN ACCESS
Xiaojia Zeng, Shijie Li, Katherine H. Joy, Xiongyao Li, Jianzhong Liu, Yang Li, Rui Li, Shijie Wang Meteoritics & Planetary Science LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Lunar breccias preserve the records of geologic processes…
Origin of Earth’s water: sources and constraintsOPEN ACCESS
Karen Meech, Sean N. Raymond Review; Chapter to appear in Planetary Astrobiology PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We review the state of knowledge on the origin of Earth’s water. Empirical constraints come from chemical and isotopic measurements…
Mare basalt meteorites, magnesian-suite rocks and KREEP reveal loss of zinc during and after lunar formation
James M.D. Day, Elishevah M.M.E. van Kooten, Beda A. Hofmann, Frederic Moynier Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 10 December 2019 LINK “Isotopic compositions of reservoirs in the Moon can…
Calcium Isotopic Composition of the Lunar Crust, Mantle, and Bulk Silicate Moon:A Preliminary Study
Wei Wu, Yi-Gang Xu, Zhao-Feng Zhang, XinLi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta LINK “Calcium isotopes have the potential to explore genetic links between the Moon and Earth. Here, we constrain calcium isotopic composition of the bulk…
The origin of s-process isotope heterogeneity in the solar protoplanetary diskOPEN ACCESS
Mattias Ek, Alison C. Hunt, Maria Lugaro & Maria Schönbächler Nature Astronomy , 1–9 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “Rocky asteroids and planets display nucleosynthetic isotope variations that are attributed to the heterogeneous distribution of stardust…
Where Did They Come From, Where Did They Go. Grazing FireballsOPEN ACCESS
P.M. Shober, T. Jansen-Sturgeon, E.K. Sansom, H.A.R. Devillepoix, M.C. Towner, P.A. Bland, M. Cupák, R.M. Howie, B.A.D. Hartig Submitted to The Astrophysical Journal PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “For centuries extremely-long grazing fireball displays have fascinated observers…
Solar Elemental AbundancesOPEN ACCESS
Katharina Lodders review paper in The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Planetary Science, Oxford University Press (2020) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Review of the history of solar system elemental abundances with a new assessment of elemental and…
Constraining the Evolutionary History of the Moon and the Inner Solar System: A Case for New Returned Lunar SamplesOPEN ACCESS
Romain Tartèse, Mahesh Anand, Jérôme Gattacceca, Katherine H. Joy, James I. Mortimer, John F. Pernet-Fisher, Sara Russell, Joshua F. Snape, Benjamin P. Weiss Space Science Reviews November 2019, 215:54 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Tracing martian surface interactions with the triple O isotope compositions of meteoritic phosphates
J.J. Bellucci, M.J. Whitehouse, A.A. Nemchin, J.F. Snape, G.G. Kenny, R.E. Merle, P.A. Bland, G.K.Benedix Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 27 November 2019 LINK “Highlights • A novel methodology…
Distribution and spectrophotometric classification of basaltic asteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Jad-Alexandru Mansour, Marcel Popescu, Julia de León, Javier Licandro MNRAS 000, 1–13 (2019) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We aim to determine the distribution of basaltic asteroids (classified as V-types) based on the spectrophotometric data reported in…
Discovery of fossil asteroidal ice in primitive meteorite Acfer 094OPEN ACCESS
Megumi Matsumoto, Akira Tsuchiyama, Aiko Nakato, Junya Matsuno, Akira Miyake, Akimasa Kataoka, Motoo Ito, Naotaka Tomioka, Yu Kodama, Kentaro Uesugi, Akihisa Takeuchi, Tsukasa Nakano and Epifanio Vaccaro Science Advances 20 Nov 2019: Vol. 5, no….
Linking mineralogy and spectroscopy of highly aqueously altered CM and CI carbonaceous chondrites in preparation for primitive asteroid sample returnOPEN ACCESS
H. C. Bates, A. J. King, K. L. Donaldson Hanna, N. E. Bowles, S. S. Russell Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 19 November 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The highly hydrated, petrologic…
Origin of the Short-lived Radionuclide 10Be and Its Implications for the Astronomical Setting of CAI Formation in the Solar Protoplanetary Disk
Kohei Fukuda, Hajime Hiyagon, Wataru Fujiya, Naoto Takahata, Takanori Kagoshima, and Yuji Sano The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 886, Number 1 Published 2019 November 15 LINK “We report Li–Be–B and Al–Mg isotopic compositions of Ca-Al-rich inclusions…
A new type of isotopic anomaly in shergottite sulfides
Heather B. Franz, Nanping Wu, James Farquhar, Anthony J. Irving Meteoritics & Planetary Science LINK “The isotopic composition and abundance of sulfur in extraterrestrial materials are of interest for constraining models of both planetary and…
Volatiles in the martian crust and mantle: Clues from the NWA 6162 shergottite
Sen Hu, Yangting Lin, Jianchao Zhang, Jialong Hao, Akira Yamaguchi, Ting Zhang, Wei Yang, Hitesh Changela Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 11 November 2019 LINK “Highlights • The martian…
Revolutionizing Our Understanding of the Solar System via Sample Return from Mercury
Kathleen E. Vander Kaaden, Francis M. McCubbin, Paul K. Byrne, Nancy L. Chabot, Carolyn M. Ernst, Catherine L. Johnson, Michelle S. Thompson Space Science Reviews November 2019, 215:49 LINK “Data from Mariner 10, MESSENGER, and…
Primordial water and dust of the Solar System: Insights from in-situ oxygen measurements of CI chondrites
Maxime Piralla, Yves Marrocchi, Maximilien J. Verdier-Paoletti, Lionel G. Vacher, Johan Villeneuve, Laurette Piani, David V. Bekaert, Matthieu Gounelle Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 6 November 2019 LINK “As the…
Momentum transfer in hypervelocity cratering of meteorites and meteorite analogs: Implications for orbital evolution and kinetic impact deflection of asteroids
George J. Flynn, Daniel D. Durda, Mason J. Molesky, Brian A. May, Spenser N. Congram, Colleen L. Loftus, Jacob R. Reagan, Melissa M. Strait, Robert J. Macke International Journal of Impact Engineering Volume 136, February…
Mineral chemistry and in situ UPb geochronology of the mare basalt Northwest Africa 10597: Implications for low-Ti mare volcanism around 3.0 Ga
Yunhua Wu, Weibiao Hsu Icarus In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 4 November 2019 LINK “Highlights • NWA 10597 is a newly found unbrecciated low-Ti mare basalt, most likely paired with NWA 4734. • In…
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…
Search for the H Chondrite Parent Body among the Three Largest S-type Asteroids: (3) Juno, (7) Iris, and (25) Phocaea
John W. Noonan, Vishnu Reddy, Walter M. Harris, William F. Bottke, Juan A. Sanchez, Roberto Furfaro, Zarah Brown, Rachel Fernandes, Theodore Kareta, Cassandra Lejoly The Astronomical Journal, Volume 158, Number 5 LINK “Linking meteorites to…
A carbonaceous chondrite and cometary origin for icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn
Adrien Néri, François Guyot, Bruno Reynard, Christophe Sotin Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 30 October 2019 LINK “Highlights • Mineralogy and equation of state (EoS) are calculated for CI…
New lunar meteorite NWA 10986: A mingled impact melt breccia from the highlands—A complete cross section of the lunar crust
S. E. Roberts, M. C. McCanta, M. M. Jean, L. A. Taylor Meteoritics & Planetary Science LINK “Northwest Africa (NWA) 10986 is a new mingled lunar meteorite found in 2015 in Western Sahara. This impact…
Space weathering by simulated micrometeorite bombardment on natural olivine and pyroxene: A coordinated IR and TEM study
Iris Weber, Aleksandra N. Stojic, Andreas Morlok, Maximilian P. Reitze, Kathrin Markus, Harald Hiesinger, Sergey G. Pavlov, Richard Wirth, Anja Schreiber, Martin Sohn, Heinz-Wilhelm Hübers, Jörn Helbert Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected…
Iron isotopic composition of very low-titanium basalt deduced from the iron isotopic signature in Luna 16, 20, and 24 soils
Satoki Okabayashi, Tetsuya Yokoyama, Takafumi Hirata, Kazuo Terakado, Erik M.Galimov Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Available online 23 October 2019 LINK “Isotopic analysis of Fe has proved to be a productive tool for the study of…
A Unified Model for Hydrogen in the Earth and Moon: No one expects the Theia ContributionOPEN ACCESS
Steven J. Desch, Katharine L. Robinson Geochemistry In Press, Corrected Proof , Available online 22 October 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Moon is thought to have formed after a planetary embryo, known…
Space weathering induced formation of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and hydrogen disulfide (H2S2) in the Murchison meteorite
Cheng Zhu, Sándor Góbi, Matthew J. Abplanalp, Robert Frigge, Jeffrey J. Gillis‐Davis, Ralf I. Kaiser JGR Planets First published: 21 October 2019 LINK “Theoretical calculations and experimental simulations indicate that the surprisingly low sulfur abundance…
Molecular Cloud Origin for Oxygen Isotopic Heterogeneity Recorded by a Primordial Spinel-rich Refractory Inclusion
Justin I. Simon, D. Kent Ross, Ann N. Nguyen, Steven B. Simon, and Scott Messenger The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 884, Number 2 LINK “A spinel-rich, layered calcium- aluminum-rich spherule from the MIL 090019 CO3…
Fingerprints of the Protosolar Cloud Collapse in the Solar System. I. Distribution of Presolar Short-lived 26Al
Francesco C. Pignatale, Emmanuel Jacquet, Marc Chaussidon, and Sébastien Charnoz The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 884, Number 1 LINK “The short-lived radionuclide 26Al is widely used to determine the relative ages of chondrite components and timescales…
Fingerprints of the Protosolar Cloud Collapse in the Solar System. II. Nucleosynthetic Anomalies in MeteoritesOPEN ACCESS
Emmanuel Jacquet, Francesco C. Pignatale, Marc Chaussidon, and Sébastien Charnoz The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 884, Number 1 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “The isotopic heterogeneity of the solar system shown by meteorite analyses is more pronounced…
Dy, Er, and Yb isotope compositions of meteorites and their components: Constraints on presolar carriers of the rare earth elementsOPEN ACCESS
Quinn R. Shollenberger, Gregory A. Brennecka Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 529, 1 January 2020, 115866 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • We present new methods to measure Dy isotopes by MC-ICPMS. • Bulk meteorites…
Regenerative water sources on surfaces of airless bodies
Cheng Zhu, Sándor Góbi, Matthew J. Abplanalp, Robert Frigge, Jeffrey J. Gillis-Davis, Gerardo Dominguez, Katarina Miljković & Ralf I. Kaiser Nature Astronomy (2019) Published: 07 October 2019 LINK “Spectroscopic signatures of water and hydroxyl radicals…
A reassessment of the iron isotope composition of the Moon and its implications for accretion and differentiation of terrestrial planets
Franck Poitrasson, Thomas Zambardi, Tomas Magna, Clive R. Neal Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Available online 30 September 2019 LINK “The Fe isotope composition of planetary bodies may provide constraints on their accretion modes and/or differentiation…
The geologic history of Vesta inferred from combined 207Pb/206Pb and 40Ar/39Ar chronology of basaltic eucrites
Tsuyoshi Iizuka, Fred Jourdan, Akira Yamaguchi, Piers Koefoed, Yuki Hibiya, Kengo T. M. Ito, Yuri Amelin Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 26 September 2019 LINK “Eucrites represent samples of mafic…
Heterogeneous evolution of the galaxy and the origin of the short-lived nuclides in the early solar systemOPEN ACCESS
T. Kaur, S. Sahijpal Accepted for MNRAS PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We present galactic chemical evolution (GCE) models of the short-lived radionuclides (SLRs), 26Al, 36Cl, 41Ca, 53Mn and 60Fe, across the entire Milky Way galaxy. The…
Nanodeformation in enstatite single crystals: simulation of micrometeoroid impacts by femtosecond pulsed laser experiments
Doreen Schmidt, Kilian Pollok, Gabor Matthäus, Stefan Nolte, Falko Langenhorst Geochemistry In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 21 September 2019 LINK “Space weathering by micrometeoroid bombardment is a cosmic phenomenon on atmosphere-free celestial bodies, a…
An extraterrestrial trigger for the mid-Ordovician ice age: Dust from the breakup of the L-chondrite parent bodyOPEN ACCESS
Birger Schmitz, Kenneth A. Farley, Steven Goderis, Philipp R. Heck, Stig M. Bergström, Samuele Boschi, Philippe Claeys, Vinciane Debaille, Andrei Dronov, Matthias van Ginneken, David A.T. Harper, Faisal Iqbal, Johan Friberg, Shiyong Liao, Ellinor Martin,…
The composition of MarsOPEN ACCESS
Takashi Yoshizaki, William F. McDonough PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Comparing compositional models of the terrestrial planets provides insights into physicochemical processes that produced planet-scale similarities and differences. The widely accepted compositional model for Mars assumes Mn…
The origin of unequilibrated EH chondrites – constraints from in-situ analysis of Si isotopes, major and trace elements in silicates and metal
Yogita Kadlag, Michael Tatzel, Daniel A. Frick, Harry Becker Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 16 September 2019 LINK “Various lines of evidence suggest that material isotopically similar to enstatite chondrites…
Ferrovolcanism on metal worlds and the origin of pallasitesOPEN ACCESS
Brandon C. Johnson, Michael M. Sori & Alexander J. Evans Nature Astronomy, 1–4, published: 16 September 2019 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “As differentiated planetesimals cool, their cores can solidify from the outside in1, as evidenced…
Interstellar Visitors: A Physical Characterization of Comet C/2019 Q4 (Borisov) with OSIRIS at the 10.4 m GTC
Julia de Leon, Javier Licandro, Miquel Serra-Ricart, Antonio Cabrera-Lavers, Joan Font Serra, Riccardo Scarpa, Carlos de la Fuente Marcos,.and Raúl de la Fuente Marcos Draft version September 13, 2019preprint, AAS20106 PDF (download) AV data “Comet…
Differentiation and magmatic history of Vesta: Constraints from HED meteorites and dawn spacecraft data
Harry Y. McSween, Carol A. Raymond, Edward M. Stolper, David W. Mittlefehldt, Michael B.Baker, Nicole G.Lunning, Andrew W.Beck, Timothy M. Hahn Geochemistry In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 14 September 2019 LINK “Quantifying the amounts…
Aluminum-26 chronology of dust coagulation and early solar system evolutionOPEN ACCESS
M.-C. Liu, J. Han, A. J. Brearley and A. T. Hertwig Science Advances 11 Sep 2019: Vol. 5, no. 9, eaaw3350 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aaw3350 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Dust condensation and coagulation in the…
Water vapour in the atmosphere of the habitable-zone eight-Earth-mass planet K2-18 bOPEN ACCESS
Angelos Tsiaras, Ingo P. Waldmann, Giovanna Tinetti, Jonathan Tennyson & Sergey N. Yurchenko Nature Astronomy (2019) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “In the past decade, observations from space and the ground have found water to be…
The water and fluorine content of 4 Vesta
Adam R. Sarafian, Sune G. Nielsen, Horst R. Marschall, Glenn A. Gaetani, Kevin Righter, Eve L. Berger Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta LINK “The processes that controlled accretion of water and volatiles to the inner solar…
Composition, mineralogy and chronology of mare basalts and non-mare materials in Von Kármán crater: Landing site of the Chang’E−4 mission
Zongcheng Ling, Le Qiao, Changqing Liu, Haijun Cao, Xiangyu Bi, Xuejin Lu, Jiang Zhang, Xiaohui Fu, Bo Li, Jianzhong Liu Planetary and Space Science Available online 10 September 2019, 104741 LINK “Highlights • Detailed spectroscopic…
The Properties of Planetesimal Collisions under Jupiter’s Perturbation and the Application to Chondrule Formation via Impact JettingOPEN ACCESS
Shoichi Oshino, Yasuhiro Hasegawa, Shigeru Wakita, Yuji Matsumoto The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 884, Number 1 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “Understanding chondrule formation provides invaluable clues about the origin of the solar system. Recent studies suggest…
Detection of Crystalline and Fine-grained Calcic Plagioclases on Vesta
E. Palomba, E. D’Aversa, T. M. Sato, A. Longobardo, F. Dirri, S. Aoki, G. Orton, G. Sindoni, F. Oliva, G. Carrozzo, and Y. Kasaba The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 882, Number 2 LINK “Plagioclase feldspars…
Critically testing olivine‐hosted putative martian biosignatures in the Yamato 000593 meteorite—Geobiological implications
Nicola McLoughlin, Eugene G. Grosch, Per Erik Vullum, Paul Guagliardo, Martin Saunders, David Wacey Geobiology. 2019; 00: 1– 17. LINK “On rocky planets such as Earth and Mars the serpentinization of olivine in ultramafic crust…
Origin and abundances of H2O in the terrestrial planets, Moon, and asteroids
Francis M. McCubbin, Jessica J. Barnes Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 526, 15 November 2019, 115771 LINK “Highlights • Interstellar ices were added to the inner and outer Solar System within 4 Ma of…
Chondrule Formation by the Jovian Sweeping Secular ResonanceOPEN ACCESS
Munan Gong, Xiaochen Zheng, Douglas N.C. Lin, Kedron Silsbee, Clement Baruteau, Shude Mao Accepted for publication by ApJ PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “Chondrules are silicate spheroids found in meteorites, serving as important fossil records of…
Images from the surface of asteroid Ryugu show rocks similar to carbonaceous chondrite meteorites
R. Jaumann, N. Schmitz, T.-M. Ho, S. E. Schröder, K. A. Otto, K. Stephan, S. Elgner, K. Krohn, F. Preusker, F. Scholten, J. Biele, S. Ulamec, C. Krause, S. Sugita, K.-D. Matz, T. Roatsch, R….
GAUSS — A Sample Return Mission to CeresOPEN ACCESS
Xian Shi, Julie Castillo-Rogez, Henry Hsieh, Hejiu Hui, Wing-Huen Ip, Hanlun Lei, Jian-Yang Li, Federico Tosi, Liyong Zhou, Jessica Agarwal, Antonella Barucci, Pierre Beck, Adriano Campo Bagatin, Fabrizio Capaccioni, Andrew Coates, Gabriele Cremonese, Rene Duffard,…
Interstellar 60Fe in Antarctica
Dominik Koll, Gunther Korschinek, Thomas Faestermann, J. M. Gómez-Guzmán, Sepp Kipfstuhl, Silke Merchel, and Jan M. Welch Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 072701 – Published 12 August 2019 LINK “Earth is constantly bombarded with extraterrestrial dust containing…
Abundance of highly siderophile elements in lunar basalts controlled by iron sulfide melt
James M. Brenan, James E. Mungall & Neil R. Bennett Nature Geoscience, 1–6 Published: 19 August 2019 LINK “The Moon accreted meteoritic material towards the end of Solar System formation. Quantification of this late accretion…
MINERALOGY, PETROGRAPHY, AND OXYGEN AND ALUMINUM-MAGNESIUM ISOTOPE SYSTEMATICS OF GROSSITE-BEARING REFRACTORY INCLUSIONS
Alexander N. Krot, Kazuhide Nagashima, Steven B. Simon, Chi Ma, Harold C. Connolly Jr., Gary R. Huss, Andrew M. Davis, Martin Bizzarro Geochemistry Available online 15 August 2019 LINK “Grossite (CaAl4O7) is one of the…
Pb isotope evidence for rapid accretion and differentiation of planetary embryosOPEN ACCESS
J.N. Connelly, M. Schiller, M. Bizzarro Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 525, 1 November 2019, 115722 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • We report a Pb-Pb age of 4565.47 ± 0.30 Ma…
Cr isotopes in physically separated components of the Allende CV3 and Murchison CM2 chondrites: Implications for isotopic heterogeneity in the solar nebula and parent body processesOPEN ACCESS
Yogita Kadlag, Harry Becker, Andreas Harbott Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 12 August 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Chromium isotopic data of physically separated components (chondrules, CAIs, variably magnetic size fractions) of…
Selenium isotopes as tracers of a late volatile contribution to Earth from the outer Solar System
María Isabel Varas-Reus, Stephan König, Aierken Yierpan, Jean-Pierre Lorand & Ronny Schoenberg Nature Geoscience, 1–4, Published: 12 August 2019 LINK “The origin of Earth’s volatiles has been attributed to a late addition of meteoritic material…
Cosmic dust fluxes in the atmospheres of Earth, Mars, and VenusOPEN ACCESS
Juan Diego Carrillo-Sánchez, Juan Carlos Gómez-Martín, David L. Bones, David Nesvorný, Petr Pokorný, Mehdi Benna, George J. Flynn, John M.C. Plane Icarus Available online 2 August 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The ablation…
An ancient reservoir of volatiles in the Moon sampled by lunar meteorite Northwest Africa 10989OPEN ACCESS
A. Stephant, M. Anand, H.O. Ashcroft, X. Zhao, S. Hu, R.L. Korotev, S.Strekopytov, R.C. Greenwood, E. Humphreys-Williams, Y. Liu, G. Tang, Q.Li, I.A. Franchi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 7…
Mid-infrared spectroscopy of laser-produced basalt melts for remote sensing application
Andreas Morlok, Christopher Hamann, Dayl Martin, Iris Weber, Katherine H.Joy, Harald Hiesinger, Roy Wogelius, Aleksandra Stojic, Joern Helbert Icarus Available online 7 August 2019 LINK “Highlights • Mid-Infrared spectroscopy of laser generated basaltic melts •…
Origin of alkylphosphonic acids in the interstellar mediumOPEN ACCESS
Andrew M. Turner, Matthew J. Abplanalp, Alexandre Bergantini, Robert Frigge, Cheng Zhu, Bing-Jian Sun, Chun-Ta Hsiao, Agnes H. H. Chang Cornelia Meinert, and Ralf I. Kaiser Science Advances 07 Aug 2019: Vol. 5, no. 8,…
