Fe-Ni and Al-Mg isotope records in UOC chondrules: Plausible stellar source of 60Fe and other short-lived nuclides in the early Solar System
Mishra RK and Goswami JN (in press) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 132, 1 May 2014, Pages 440–457 LINK Model stellar nucleosynthesis yields suggest that both a high mass (5–6.5 M⊙) Asymptotic Giant Branch (AGB)…
Localized sources of water vapour on the dwarf planet (1) Ceres
Küppers et al. Nature 505, 525–527 (23 January 2014) doi:10.1038/nature12918 LINK
Vanadium isotopic difference between the silicate Earth and meteorites
Nielsen SG, Prytulak J, Wood BJ and Halliday AN (2014) Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 389, 1 March 2014, Pages 167–175 LINK
Highly Siderophile Elements and 187Re-187Os Isotopic Systematics of the Allende Meteorite: Evidence for Primary Nebular Processes and Late-stage Alteration
Archer GJ, Ash RD, Bullock ES and Walker RJ Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 131, 15 April 2014, Pages 402–414 LINK
On the Injection of Short-lived Radionuclides from a Supernova into the Solar Nebula: Constraints from the Oxygen Isotopes
Liu, Ming-Chang (2014) The Astrophysical Journal – Letters 781:L28. ApJ 781 L28. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/781/2/L28 LINK
Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy of Components in Chondrites: Search for Processed Materials in Young Solar Systems and Comets
Morlok A., Liss C., Mason AB, Bullock E. and Grady MM. Icarus Volume 231, 1 March 2014, Pages 338–355 LINK
I-Xe ages of Campo del Cielo silicates as a record of the complex early history of the IAB parent body
Pravdivtseva, O., Meshik, A., Hohenberg, C. M. and Kurat, G. (2013) Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 48: 2480–2490. doi: 10.1111/maps.12233 LINK
Origin and age of the earliest Martian crust from meteorite NWA 7533
Humayun M et al. (2013) Nature 503, 513–516 (28 November 2013) doi:10.1038/nature12764 LINK
Major and trace elements of zircons from basaltic eucrites: Implications for the formation of zircons on the eucrite parent body
Haba MK, Yamaguchi A, Horie K and Hidaka H Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 387, 1 February 2014, Pages 10–21 LINK
Composition and petrology of HED polymict breccias: The regolith of (4) Vesta
Mittlefehldt DW, Herrin JS, Quinn JE, Mertzman SA, Cartwright JA, Mertzman KR and Peng ZX (in press) Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 48: 2105–2134. doi: 10.1111/maps.12182 LINK
Dawn; the Vesta–HED connection; and the geologic context for eucrites, diogenites, and howardites
McSween HY et al. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 48: 2090–2104. doi: 10.1111/maps.12108 LINK
Planetary science: A chunk of ancient Mars
McSween H.Y. Nature 503, 473–474 (28 November 2013) doi:10.1038/nature12836 LINK
Near-infrared Spectroscopy of 3:1 Kirkwood Gap Asteroids II: Probable and Plausible Parent Bodies; Primitive and Differentiated
Fieber-Beyer SK and Gaffey MJ Icarus Volume 229, February 2014, Pages 99–108 LINK
Instrumental neutron activation analyses of the most Earth-like meteorites
Gerd Weckwerth Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry January 2014, Volume 299, Issue 1, pp 221-228 LINK C1-carbonaceous chondrites are known to have the highest meteoritic content of volatile elements. Nevertheless, most volatile elements, such…
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
Beck P, Garenne A, Quirico E, Bonal L, Montes-Hernandez G, Moynier F and Schmitt B Icarus Volume 229, February 2014, Pages 263–277 LINK
Magnesium diffusion in plagioclase: Dependence on composition, and implications for thermal resetting of the 26Al–26Mg early solar system chronometer
Van Orman JA, Cherniak DJ and Kita NT Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 385, 1 January 2014, Pages 79–88 LINK
Introduction to Chemistry and Applications in Nature of Mass Independent Isotope Effects Special Feature
Thiemens MH (2013) PNAS 110:17631-17637 LINK
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
Barrat JA, Jambon A, Ferrière L, Bollinger C, Langlade JA, Liorzou C, Boudouma O and Fialin M (in press) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 125, 15 January 2014, Pages 23–33 LINK
Mineralogy, reflectance spectra, and physical properties of the Chelyabinsk LL5 chondrite – insight into shock-induced changes in asteroid regoliths
Kohout T, Gritsevich M, Grokhovsky VI, Yakovlev GA, Haloda J, Halodova P, Michallik RM, Penttilä A and Muinonen K Icarus Volume 228, 15 January 2014, Pages 78–85 LINK
Vesta, vestoids, and the HED meteorites: Interconnections and differences based on Dawn Framing Camera observations
Buratti BJ, Dalba PA, Hicks MD, Reddy V, Sykes MV, McCord TB, O’Brien DP, Pieters CM, Prettyman TH, McFadden LA, Nathues A, Le Corre L, Marchi S, Raymond C, Russell C (in press) Journal of…
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
Martins Z, Price MC, Goldman N, Sephton MA and Burchell MJ (2013) Nature Geoscience 6, 1045–1049 (2013) doi:10.1038/ngeo1930 LINK (abstract)
Hydrogen Isotopes in Lunar Volcanic Glasses and Melt Inclusions Reveal a Carbonaceous Chondrite Heritage
A.E. Saal et al. Published Online May 9 2013 Science 14 June 2013: Vol. 340 no. 6138 pp. 1317-1320 DOI: 10.1126/science.1235142 LINK Water is perhaps the most important molecule in the solar system, and determining…
The Provenances of Asteroids, and Their Contributions to the Volatile Inventories of the Terrestrial Planets
C. M. O’D. Alexander, R. Bowden, M. L. Fogel, K. T. Howard, C. D. K. Herd, L. R. Nittler Published Online July 12 2012 Science 10 August 2012: Vol. 337 no. 6095 pp. 721-723 DOI:…
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
K. Righter and D. P. O’Brien PNAS 2011 108 (48) 19165-19170; published ahead of print June 27, 2011, doi:10.1073/pnas.1013480108 PDF LINK LINK (Supporting Information)
Establishing a molecular relationship between chondritic and cometary organic solids
George D. Cody, Emily Heying, Conel M. O. Alexander, Larry R. Nittler, A. L. David Kilcoyne, Scott A. Sandford and Rhonda M. Stroud PNAS 2011 108 (48) 19171-19176; published ahead of print April 4, 2011,…
Meteoritical Bulletin updates
- Minfeng 005 (Diogenite-pm)
- Oued Tilemsi 003 (Lunar (troct. anorth. melt breccia))
- Northwest Africa 18440 (Pallasite)
- Northwest Africa 18438 (Howardite)
- Northwest Africa 18446 (Howardite)
- Dhofar 2127 (CK5)
- Northwest Africa 18431 (CV3)
- Northwest Africa 18432 (CVred3)
- Northwest Africa 18177 (L3.05)
- Northwest Africa 18295 (Ureilite)
- Northwest Africa 18292 (CR2)
- Northwest Africa 18290 (CM2)
- Northwest Africa 18289 (Mesosiderite)
- Oguîlet Merzoug 001 (Pallasite, PMG)
- Northwest Africa 18271 (Eucrite-br)
- Northwest Africa 18268 (Winonaite)
- Northwest Africa 18266 (Mesosiderite-A3)
- Northwest Africa 18258 (CV3)
- Northwest Africa 18262 (Howardite)
- Northwest Africa 18240 (Angrite)
