Shock synthesis of amino acids from impacting cometary and icy planet surface analogues
Howard et al. (2013) Nature Geoscience 6, 1018–1022 (2013) doi:10.1038/ngeo1996 LINK (abstract)
Transmission infrared spectra (2-25 microns) of carbonaceous chondrites (CI, CM, CV-CK, CR, C2 ungrouped): mineralogy, water, and asteroidal processes
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Magnesium diffusion in plagioclase: Dependence on composition, and implications for thermal resetting of the 26Al–26Mg early solar system chronometer
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Impact Theory Gets Whacked
Daniel Clery Science 11 October 2013: Vol. 342 no. 6155 pp. 183-185 DOI: 10.1126/science.342.6155.183 LINK
No Martian soil component in shergottite meteorites
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Mineralogy, reflectance spectra, and physical properties of the Chelyabinsk LL5 chondrite – insight into shock-induced changes in asteroid regoliths
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Vesta, vestoids, and the HED meteorites: Interconnections and differences based on Dawn Framing Camera observations
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Vesta and extensively melted asteroids: Why HED meteorites are probably not from Vesta
John T. Wasson Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 381, 1 November 2013, Pages 138–146 DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.09.002 Available online 25 September 2013 LINK
Unique chemistry of a diamond-bearing pebble from the Libyan Desert Glass strewnfield, SW Egypt: Evidence for a shocked comet fragment
Jan D. Kramers, Marco A.G. Andreoli, Maria Atanasova, Georgy A. Belyanin, David L. Block, Chris Franklyn, Chris Harris, Mpho Lekgoathi, Charles S. Montross, Tshepo Ntsoane, Vittoria Pischedda, Patience Segonyane, K.S. (Fanus) Viljoen, Johan E. Westraadt…
Biomass preservation in impact melt ejecta
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Hydrogen Isotopes in Lunar Volcanic Glasses and Melt Inclusions Reveal a Carbonaceous Chondrite Heritage
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The Provenances of Asteroids, and Their Contributions to the Volatile Inventories of the Terrestrial Planets
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Uranium isotope compositions of the basaltic angrite meteorites and the chronological implications for the early Solar System
Gregory A. Brennecka and Meenakshi Wadhwa NAS 2012 109 (24) 9299-9303; published ahead of print May 30, 2012, doi:10.1073/pnas.1114043109 PDF LINK LINK (Supporting Information) LINK (abstract) Abstract Events occurring within the first 10 million years…
Stardust in meteorites
Stardust in meteorites Andrew M. Davis PNAS 2011 108 (48) 19142-19146; published ahead of print November 21, 2011, doi:10.1073/pnas.1013483108 PDF LINK LINK (abstract) Primitive meteorites, interplanetary dust particles, and comets contain dust grains that formed…
Cosmochemical evidence for astrophysical processes during the formation of our solar system
Cosmochemical evidence for astrophysical processes during the formation of our solar system Glenn J. MacPherson and Alan Boss PNAS 2011 108 (48) 19152-19158; published ahead of print November 21, 2011, doi:10.1073/pnas.1110051108 PDF LINK LINK (abstract)…
Terrestrial planet formation
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Establishing a molecular relationship between chondritic and cometary organic solids
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