Planetary Embryo Bow Shocks as a Mechanism for Chondrule Formation
Christopher R. Mann, Aaron C. Boley, and Melissa A. Morris The Astrophysical Journal 2016 ApJ 818 103 Published 2016 February 11 LINK update (18 May 2016): PDF (open access) “We use radiation hydrodynamics with direct…
A meteorite perspective on asteroid hazard mitigation
Derek W.G. Sears, Hazel Sears, Daniel R. Ostrowski, Kathryne L. Bryson, Jessie Dotson, Megan Syal, Damian C Swift Planetary and Space Science Review article In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 10 February 2016 doi:10.1016/j.pss.2016.01.016 LINK…
Lithologic variation within bright material on Vesta revealed by linear spectral unmixing
F. Zambon, F. Tosi, C. Carli, M.C. De Sanctis, D.T. Blewett, E. Palomba, A. Longobardo, A. Frigeri, E. Ammannito, C.T. Russell, C.A. Raymond Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 10 February 2016 LINK “Vesta’s…
Mineralogy of Presolar Silicate and Oxide Grains of Diverse Stellar Origins
Ann N. Nguyen, Lindsay P. Keller, and Scott Messenger Astrophysical Journal, Volume 818, Number 1 LINK “We report the chemical and structural analysis of nine presolar silicate grains and one presolar oxide grain from the…
EJBY – Eleven meteorites (H5/6, S2, 8982.4 g) found – Danekræ compensation paid – Fall on 6 February 2016 at 21:07:18-23 UTC in Ejby, Herlev, Glostrup, Rødovre, Vanløse, Sjælland, Denmark – Shattered meteorite main mass (6695.8 g) in Herlev – Finds in Ejby (58.8 g, 510.4 g, 437.7 g, 431 g, 350 g, 319 g, 38.5 g), Rødovre (58.5 g), Glostrup (64.6 g) and Vanløse (18.1 g) (UPDT: Jul 5, 2019)
An updated (2/2021) and extended version of this post has been established on this Ejby page (Last update of text below: 11 February 2018) Last update: 11 February 2018 (11:00 CET) According to a press…
A Core Dynamo on an Iron Meteorite Parent Body and the Magnetism of Metallic Asteroids
B. P. Weiss, J. F. J. Bryson, R. J. Harrison, J. A. Neufeld, L. T. Elkins-Tanton, C. T. Russell, C. A. Raymond, F. Nimmo, J. Herrero-Albillos, F. Kronast 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016),…
Paleomagnetic Evidence for a Partially Differentiated H Chondrite Parent Planetesimal
J. F. J. Bryson, B. P. Weiss, A. Scholl, A. T. Young, F. Nimmo 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1546 PDF
Does the Magnetization of CV Meteorites Record a Parent Body Core Dynamo?
J. A. Tarduno, T. M. O’Brien, A. V. Smirnov 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2609 PDF
Hydrogen Isotopic Evolution of Water and Organic Compounds on Chondritic Asteroids
L. Piani, L. Remusat, F. Robert, H. Yurimoto 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1707 PDF
Catching Constraints on the Parent Body Genesis of Mesosiderites and a Possible Link to HED (Howardite-Eucrite-Diogenite) Meteorites — A New Hope?
B. Baecker, B. A. Cohen 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2179 PDF
Mineralogy, Petrology, and Mineral Chemistry of Northwest Africa 8173: An Anomalous Enstatite Achondrite with Evidence for High-Temperature Silicate Sulphidation
D. D. Uribe, M. R. M. Izawa, P. J. A. McCausland, R. L. Flemming 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2797 PDF
The Diversity of Anomalous HEDs: Isotopic Constraints on the Connection of EET 92023, GRA 98098, and Dhofar 700 with Vesta
M. E. Sanborn, Q.-Z. Yin, D. W. Mittlefehldt 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2256 PDF
Petrography of Quebrada Chimborazo 001 — A New CBa Chondrite
T. E. Koch, F. E. Brenker, A. N. Krot, M. Bizzarro 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1968 PDF
Large Solar Cosmic Ray Effects on Oued Awlitis 001 Lunar Meteorite and Northwest Africa 10134 Shergottite
K. Nishiizumi, M. W. Caffee, A. J. T. Jull 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1669 PDF
40Ar/39Ar Ages vs. Meteoroid Depth in Murchison (CM2): A Test of the Solar Heating Hypothesis
J. S. Delaney, B. Turrin, F. N. Lindsay, J. Park, G. F. Herzog, C. C. Swisher III 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1569 PDF
Rationalizing the Composition and Alteration of Ceres
H. Y. McSween, J. Castillo-Rogez, J. P. Emery, M. C. De Sanctis, Dawn Science Team 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1258 PDF
Chemical Composition of Queen Alexandra Range 97008: An Organic-Rich Unequilibrated Ordinary Chondrite
M. Yesiltas, T. D. Glotch 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2536 PDF
D/H-Ratio and Microstructure of a Strongly Hydrated Microclast in the Rumuruti Chondrite Northwest Africa 6828
A. Greshake, P. Hoppe, R. Wirth 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1026 PDF
Allende Meteorite Remanence: Evidence for Magnetic Interactions
T. M. O’Brien, J. A. Tarduno 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2913 PDF
The Composition of the Flux of Micrometeorites after the L-Chondrite Parent Body Breakup ~470 Ma Ago: ≤1% H Chondritic, ≥99% L Chondritic
P. R. Heck, B. Schmitz, S. S. Rout, T. Tenner, K. Villalon, A. Cronholm, F. Terfelt, N. T. Kita 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1191 PDF
The Revealed Real Story of the Nagy-Vázsony Iron Meteorite
I. Kubovics, Zs. Kereszty, Sz. Bérczi, Gy. A. Gönczi 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1555 PDF
Mineralogy of Experimentally Heated Tagish Lake
A. Nakato, Q. H.-S. Chan, T. Nakamura, Y. Kebukawa, M. E. Zolensky 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1218 PDF
Characterizing Type 1 Aqueous Alteration in CM Carbonaceous Chondrites with Modal Mineral Abundances
A. J. King, P. F. Schofield, S. S. Russell 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1130 PDF
Stable Isotope Facilities at the Center for Stable Isotopes (CSI), University of New Mexico
K. Ziegler, Z. D. Sharp 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2717 PDF
Spectral Properties of Primitive Achondrite Meteorites: Establishing S-Type Asteroid-Meteorite Connections
M. P. Lucas, J. P. Emery, T. Hiroi, R. E. Milliken 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #3003 PDF
EURO-CARES: Project Roadmap of a European Sample Curation Facility
A. Hutzler, L. Ferrière, C. L. Smith, S. Russell, J. Aléon, L. Berthoud, J. R. Brucato, M. Gounelle, M. Grady, A. Meneghin, F. Westall, EURO-CARES Consortium 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1937…
Water and the Formation of the Northwest Africa 8114 Martian Regolith
J. L. MacArthur, J. C. Bridges, L. J. Hicks, R. Burgess, K. H. Joy 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2916 PDF
Ar Ages of Martian Meteorite Northwest Africa 7034
F. N. Lindsay, J. S. Delaney, B. D. Turrin, G. F. Herzog, J. Park, C. C. Swisher III 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #3013 PDF
Electron Probe Microanalysis, Micro X-Ray Diffraction, and Deuterium-Hydrogen Analysis of Hydrous Alteration in Martian Meteorites Northwest Africa 10416 and 8159
Z. Vaci, H. E. Newsom, C. B. Agee, A. J. Brearley, O. Tschauner, C. D. K. Herd 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2538 PDF
Metamorphism on Mars: A View from Eskolaite-Bearing Chromite-Magnetites in Northwest Africa (NWA) 7533
Y. Liu, C. Ma, J. Beckett, D. Flannery, A. Allwood 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1127 PDF
40Ar/39Ar Systematics and Noble Gas Components in the Early Amazonian Martian Meteorite Northwest Africa 8159
W. S. Cassata 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2118 PDF
Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd Isotopic Studies of Nakhlite Northwest Africa 10153
M. Righter, T. J. Lapen, R. Andreasen, A. J. Irving 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2780 PDF
Northwest Africa 4480 Revisited: Petrologic, Isotopic, and Noble Gas Studies of an Unshocked, Maskelynite-Free Mafic Shergottite with a Long Cosmic Ray Exposure Age
A. J. Irving, R. Andreasen, M. Righter, T. J. Lapen, H. Busemann, M. Izawa, D. E. Moser, P. P. Sipiera 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2330 PDF
EURO-CARES: The Education and Outreach Opportunities Offered by a European Sample Curation Facility
M. M. Grady, B. Dryer, S. S. Russell, J. Aléon, L. Berthoud, J. R. Brucato, L. Ferrière, M. Gounelle, A. Hutzler, A. Meneghin, C. L. Smith, F. Westall, EURO-CARES Consortium 47th Lunar and Planetary Science…
Hydrogen Isotopic Composition of Apatite in Northwest Africa 7034: A Record of the “Intermediate” H-Isotopic Reservoir in the Martian Crust?
F. M. McCubbin, J. J. Barnes, A. R. Santos, J. W. Boyce, M. Anand, I. A. Franchi, C. B. Agee 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1326 PDF
Meteorite Hills (MET) 00526: An Unequilibrated Ordinary Chondrite with High Presolar Grain Abundances
C. Floss, P. Haenecour 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1030 PDF
New Kind of Chondrite: A Clast with Carbonaceous, Ordinary, and Unique Characteristics in the Northwest Africa 10214 LL3 Breccia
A. E. Rubin, J. P. Breen, J. Isa, S. Tutorow 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1048 PDF
Famenin, Iran Ordinary Chondrite 2015 Fall: Non-Destructive Analysis
P. J. A. McCausland, R. L. Flemming, M. J. Mazur, J. Umoh, D. W. Holdsworth, J. Wengenroth 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #3064 PDF
A Space Oddity: A Nanosims Study of a Primitive Ultracarbonaceous Clast and Fine-Grained Matrix in the LaPaz Icefield 02342 CR Chondrite
C. E. Moyano-Cambero, L. R. Nittler, J. M. Trigo-Rodríguez, C. M. O’D. Alexander, J. Davidson, R. M. Stroud 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2537 PDF
The Origin and Significance of the CCAM Line: Evidence from Chondrules and Dark Inclusions in Allende (CV3)
R. C. Greenwood, I. A. Franchi, M. E. Zolensky, P. C. Buchanan 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2153 PDF
Oxygen and Carbon Isotopic Ratios of Carbonates in the Nogoya CM Chondrite
W. Fujiya, K. Fukuda, M. Koike, A. Ishida, Y. Sano 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1712 PDF
Micro-Inclusions in a Layered Clast in Semarkona
D. S. Ebel, M. K. Weisberg, E. Dobrica, J. N. Bigolski, A. J. Brearley, K. Ziegler 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1779 PDF
A CAI in the Highly Unequilibrated Ordinary Chondrite Northwest Africa 8276: Implications for CAI Formation and Processing
S. S. Russell, S. Itoh, T. Salge, Y. Higashi, N. Kawasaki, N. Sakamoto 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1989 PDF
Continuing the Search for the Most Primitive CO Chondrites: The Oxygen Isotope Perspective
R. C. Greenwood, I. A. Franchi, C. M. O’D. Alexander, K. T. Howard 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2206 PDF
Northwest Africa 5400/6077: Deciphering the Origin of the Mysterious Achondrite with a New Look at the Isotopic Composition
M. E. Sanborn, Q.-Z. Yin, B. Schmitz, Y. Amelin 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2309 PDF
First Report of Aldehydes and Ketones in the Tagish Lake Meteorite: Optimized Methodology and Preliminary Results
D. N. S. Simkus, R. W. Hilts, C. D. K. Herd, J. C. Aponte, J. E. Elsila 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2370 PDF
P-Rich Olivines in the Impact Melt Lithology of the Chelyabinsk Meteorite
I. B. Baziotis, L. Ferrière, P. D. Asimow, D. Topa, F. Brandstätter 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1437 LINK
Northwest Africa 8535 and Northwest Africa 10463: New Insights into the Angrite Parent Body
A. R. Santos, C. B. Agee, C. K. Shearer, F. M. McCubbin 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2590 PDF
Mass Deficiency Problem in Large Meteorite Falls
N. A. Artemieva, V. V. Shuvalov 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1749 LINK
CAIs in Semarkona (LL3.0)
R. K. Mishra, J. I. Simon, D. K. Ross, K. K. Marhas 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2750 PDF
Refining Theories of Accretion in the Early Solar System: Petrographic, Major-, Platinum-Group Element, and Osmium Isotope Characteristics of Angrite Metals
A. J. V. Riches, K. W. Burton, G. M. Nowell, C. W. Dale, A. J. Irving, A. R. Santos 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2858 PDF
A Comparative Study of the Zaklodzie and Northwest Africa 4301 Anomalous Enstatite Achondrites
D. D. Uribe, P. J. A. McCausland, M. R. M. Izawa 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #3071 PDF
Pristine Pre-Accretionary Signatures in CM Chondrite Silicates: A Common Parent-Body with the CO Chondrites?
D. L. Schrader, J. Davidson 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1288 PDF
Water Abundance in the Tagish Lake Meteorite from TGA and IR Spectroscopy: Evaluation of Aqueous Alteration
C. M. Gilmour, C. D. K. Herd, E. A. Cloutis, M. Cuddy, P. Mann 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1765 PDF
A Real Space Rosetta Stone — The Almahata Sitta Meteorite
V. H. Hoffmann, M. Kaliwoda, R. Hochleitner, M. Funaki, S. Decker 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1874 PDF
Choteau Makes Three: A Characterization of the Third Member of the Vermillion Subgroup
J. D. Gregory, R. G. Mayne, J. S. Boesenberg, M. Humayun, A. P. Silver, R. C. Greenwood, I. A. Franchi 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2393 PDF
Synchrotron Radiation XRD Analysis of Indialite in Yamato-82094 Ungrouped Carbonaceous Chondrite
T. Mikouchi, K. Hagiya, N. Sawa, M. Kimura, K. Ohsumi, M. Komatsu, M. Zolensky 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1919 PDF
Assessing the Formation of Ungrouped Achondrite Northwest Africa 8186: Residue, Crystallization Product, or Recrystallized Chondrite?
P. Srinivasan, F. M. McCubbin, C. B. Agee 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1620 PDF
Highly Siderophile Element and 187Re-187Os Isotopic Systematics of Ungrouped Achondrite Northwest Africa 6704
G. J. Archer, R. J. Walker, A. J. Irving, Y. Amelin 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2578 PDF
Silicon Isotope Composition of Ungrouped Achondrite Northwest Africa 7325
X. Chen, T. J. Lapen, R. Andreasen, M. Righter, A. J. Irving, H. S. Chafetz 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2812 PDF
The Chemical Composition of Matrix, Chondrules and Bulk Meteorite of the CM Chondrite Jbilet Winselwan
P. Friend, D. C. Hezel, J.-A. Barrat, J. Zipfel, H. Palme 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1893 PDF
Samarium Isotopic Constraints for an Early Compaction Age of Northwest Africa 7533
M. Humayun, H. Hidaka, S. Yoneda, C. Göpel, B. Zanda, R. H. Hewins 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1725 PDF
Formation and Preservation of Methane in Aqueously Altered and Shocked CM Carbonaceous Chondrites
P. Lindgren, N. J. F. Blamey, J. Parnell, M. R. Lee 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1133 PDF
Nitrogen and Carbonaceous Isotopic Variations in Several Carbonaceous Chondrites — A Hunt for the Carrier Phases
M. Bose, T. J. Zega, K. Domanik 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1671 PDF
Possible Relationship Between Organic Abundance and Aqueous Alteration of CM2 Carbonaceous Chondrites
M. P. Callahan 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1691 PDF
Redistribution of Alkaline Elements in Chondrules of the Sayama (CM2) Meteorite: Possible Alteration Effect in Association with Aqueous Activity in the Early Solar System
H. Hidaka, T. Higuchi, S. Yoneda 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1782 PDF
Mineralogy and Oxygen Isotopic Composition of Exotic F6 Chondrite Clasts in the Cumberland Falls Aubrite
S. M. Kuehner, J. H. Wittke, K. Ziegler, A. J. Irving 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2304 PDF
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…
The initial abundance and distribution of 92Nb in the Solar System
Tsuyoshi Iizuka, Yi-Jen Lai, Waheed Akram, Yuri Amelin, Maria Schönbächler Earth and Planetary Science Letters Available online 11 February 2016 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2016.02.005 Updated: February 11, 2016 PDF (open access) abstract “Niobium-92 is an extinct proton-rich nuclide,…
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…
Thermal evolution and sintering of chondritic planetesimals III. Modelling the heat conductivity of porous chondrite material
Stephan Henke, Hans-Peter Gail, Mario Trieloff updated: 12 April 2016 A&A Volume 589, May 2016 Published online: 12 April 2016 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527687 LINK PDF (open access) abstract “The construction of models for the internal constitution…
Mobility of Iron and Nickel at Low Temperatures: Implications for 60Fe-60Ni Systematics of Chondrules from Unequilibrated Ordinary Chondrites
Myriam Telus, Gary R. Huss, Ryan C. Ogliore, Kazuhide Nagashima, Daryl L. Howard, Matthew G. Newville, Andrew G. Tomkins Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 1 February 2016 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.11.046 LINK “The…
Astronomy through the microscope: A workshop during the opening night of the 2016 IMC;-)
Netjes, G. J.; de Vet, S. Proceedings of the International Meteor Conference, Egmond, the Netherlands, 2-5 June 2016, Eds.: Roggemans, A.; Roggemans, P., ISBN 978-2-87355-030-1, pp. 205-208 Publication Date: 01/2016 PDF “During the IMC workshop…
Transmission electron microscopic study of the fine-grained vein matrix in the Suizhou L6 meteorite
Xie Xiande , Wang Jianbo, Gu Xiangping, Xiong Yi, Jia Shuangfeng Acta Geochimica June 2016, Volume 35, Issue 2, pp 105-110 LINK “The mineralogy of shock vein matrix in the Suizhou meteorite has been investigated…
Oxygen isotopic evidence for vigorous mixing during the Moon-forming giant impact
By Edward D. Young, Issaku E. Kohl, Paul H. Warren, David C. Rubie, Seth A. Jacobson, Alessandro Morbidelli Science 29 Jan 2016: Vol. 351, Issue 6272, pp. 493-496 DOI: 10.1126/science.aad0525 update (16 March): PDF (open…
Chronological study of oxygen isotope composition for the solar protoplanetary disk recorded in a fluffy Type A CAI from Vigarano
Noriyuki Kawasaki, Shoichi Itoh, Naoya Sakamoto, Hisayoshi Yurimoto Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 28 January 2016 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.12.031 LINK “Fluffy Type A Ca-Al-rich inclusions (CAIs) containing reversely zoned melilite crystals are…
I-Xe systematics of the impact plume produced chondrules from the CB carbonaceous chondrites: Implications for the half-life value of 129I and absolute age normalization of 129I-129Xe chronometer
O. Pravdivtseva, A. Meshik, C.M. Hohenberg, A.N. Krot Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 28 January 2016 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2016.01.012 LINK “It is inferred that magnesian non-porphyritic chondrules in the CB (Bencubbin-type) carbonaceous…
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…
40 Ar/ 39 Ar and cosmic ray exposure ages of plagioclase-rich lithic fragments from Apollo 17 regolith, 78461
J. Das, S. Baldwin, J. Delano Earth, Planets and Space 2016, 68:11 (26 January 2016) PDF (open access) abstract “Argon isotopic data is used to assess the potential of low-mass samples collected by sample return…
Noble gases in 18 Martian meteorites and angrite Northwest Africa 7812—Exposure ages, trapped gases, and a re-evaluation of the evidence for solar cosmic ray-produced neon in shergottites and other achondrites
Wieler, R., Huber, L., Busemann, H., Seiler, S., Leya, I., Maden, C., Masarik, J., Meier, M. M. M., Nagao, K., Trappitsch, R. and Irving, A. J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science doi: 10.1111/maps.12600 Article first published…
Chemistry and oxygen isotopic composition of cluster chondrite clasts and their components in LL3 chondrites
Metzler, K. and Pack, A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science doi: 10.1111/maps.12592 Article first published online: 25 JAN 2016 LINK “Cluster chondrites are characterized by close-fit textures of deformed and indented chondrules, taken as evidence for…
Determination of volatile concentrations in fluorapatite of Martian shergottite NWA 2975 by combining synchrotron FTIR, Raman spectroscopy, EMPA, and TEM, and inferences on the volatile budget of the apatite host-magma.
Słaby, E., Koch-Müller, M., Förster, H.-J., Wirth, R., Rhede, D., Schreiber, A. and Schade, U. Meteoritics & Planetary Science doi: 10.1111/maps.12598 Article first published online: 25 JAN 2016 LINK “We combined the focused ion beam…
Moshampa is officially registered as LL5 in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database
Moshampa is officially registered as LL5 in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database More information on the fall can be found HERE MetBull writeup 36° 57′ 57″N, 47° 41′ 28″E Zanjan, Iran Confirmed fall: 2015 Classification: Ordinary…
Petrography and classification of NWA 7402: A new sulfide-rich unequilibrated ordinary chondriteOPEN ACCESS
Christine E. Jilly-Rehak, Gary R. Huss, Lydie Bonal, Eric Twelker Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry doi:10.1016/j.chemer.2016.01.001 Received 26 January 2015, Revised 1 September 2015, Accepted 4 January 2016, Available online 23 January 2016 LINK PDF…
A search for H-chondritic chromite grains in sediments that formed immediately after the breakup of the L-chondrite parent body 470 Ma ago
Philipp R. Heck, Birger Schmitz, Surya S. Rout, Travis Tenner, Krysten Villalon, Anders Cronholm, Fredrik Terfelt, Noriko T. Kita Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.11.042 In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 23 January 2016 LINK “A…
The chlorine isotope composition of Martian meteorites 2. Implications for the early solar system and the formation of Mars
Sharp, Z., Williams, J., Shearer, C., Agee, C. and McKeegan, K. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12591 Article first published online: 22 JAN 2016 LINK “We determined the chlorine isotope composition of 16 Martian meteorites…
On time variations of the intensity of galactic cosmic rays for the recent billion years from the data on exposure ages of iron meteorites
V. A. Alexeev Solar System Research January 2016, Volume 50, Issue 1, pp 24-32 First online: 22 January 2016 (Original Russian Text © V.A. Alexeev, 2016, published in Astronomicheskii Vestnik, 2016, Vol. 50, No. 1,…
Determination of the height of the “meteoric explosion”
V. V. Shuvalov, O. P. Popova, V. V. Svettsov, I. A. Trubetskaya… Solar System Research January 2016, Volume 50, Issue 1, pp 1-12 First online: 22 January 2016 (Original Russian Text © V.V. Shuvalov, O.P….
Tafassasset has been reclassified as “primitive achondrite”
Writeup from MB 105: Meteoritical Bulletin Database / Writeup from MB 105 “Tafassasset, reclassification Agadez, Niger Find: 2000 Classification: Primitive achondrite History: A comparison of the overall petrography, modal mineralogy, mineral compositions, oxidation state, and…
Spectral variability on primitive asteroids of the Themis and Beagle families: space weathering effects or parent body heterogeneity? (updated: Jan. 21)
S. Fornasier, C. Lantz, D. Perna, H. Campins, M.A. Barucci, D. Nesvorny Icarus Available online 15 January 2016 Last update (21 January 2016): PDF (open access) LINK “Themis is an old and statistically robust asteroid…
First finding of impact melt in the IIE Netschaëvo meteorite
van Roosbroek, N., Pittarello, L., Greshake, A., Debaille, V. and Claeys, P. Meteoritics & Planetary Science doi: 10.1111/maps.12596 first published online: 12 JAN 2016 LINK “About half of the IIE nonmagmatic iron meteorites contain silicate…
Abundance of 60Fe inferred from nanoSIMS study of QUE 97008 (L3.05) chondrules
Ritesh Kumar Mishra, Kuljeet Kaur Marhas, Sameer Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 436 Available online 11 January 2016 LINK “60Fe–60Ni relative chronometry (t1/2=2.62 Mat1/2=2.62 Ma) studies within silicate phases of two chondrules (Ch1b, Ch5)…
2D condensation model for the inner Solar Nebula: an enstatite-rich environment
Francesco C. Pignatale, Kurt Liffman, Sarah T. Maddison, Geoffrey Brooks Accepted in MNRAS on 2015 December 23. Received 2015 December 16; in original form 2015 May 04 Published online on 7 Jan 2016 PDF (open…
High crustal diversity preserved in the lunar meteorite Mount DeWitt 12007 (Victoria Land, Antarctica)
Collareta, A., D’Orazio, M., Gemelli, M., Pack, A. and Folco, L. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12597 Article first published online: 8 JAN 2016 LINK The meteorite Mount DeWitt (DEW) 12007 is a polymict regolith…
Complexities in pyroxene compositions derived from absorption band centers: Examples from Apollo samples, HED meteorites, synthetic pure pyroxenes, and remote sensing data
Moriarty, D. P. and Pieters, C. M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12588 Article first published online: 8 JAN 2016 LINK
Microchondrules in three unequilibrated ordinary chondrites
Bigolski, J. N., Weisberg, M. K., Connolly, H. C. and Ebel, D. S. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12585 Article first published online: 8 JAN 2016 LINK “We report on a suite of microchondrules from…
Effect of a synchrotron X-ray microtomography imaging experiment on the amino acid content of a CM chondrite.
Friedrich, J. M., Glavin, D. P., Rivers, M. L. and Dworkin, J. P. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12595 Article first published online: 8 JAN 2016 LINK
MURRILI meteorite (H5/S2-5, 1.68 kg) fallen on Nov 27, 2015 (10:43:44.50 UTC) was found at Kati Thanda (Lake Eyre South), South Australia – Success of Desert Fireball Network
Last update: 15 February, 2021 Chasing Meteors ABC Radio National, Earshot, 5 December 2016 AUDIO (MP3) “I just went out on our little veranda for a smoke and a relax after work and there is…
A catalog of video records of the 2013 Chelyabinsk superbolide
Introductory comment: At last Nikita Loskutov’s excellent work in documenting the videos of the fall since 2013 has been acknowledged! I do welcome the publication of this paper and the online database very much! It…
Xenon and iodine reveal multiple distinct exotic xenon components in Efremovka “nanodiamonds”
J.D. Gilmour, G. Holland, A.B. Verchovsky, A.V. Fisenko, S.A. Crowther, G. Turner Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 31 December 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.12.028 LINK
Diepenveen (CM2-an) is officially registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin
LINK “Diepenveen 52° 17′ 35″N, 6° 7′ 30″E Overijssel, Netherlands Probable fall: 1873 Classification: Carbonaceous chondrite (CM2, anomalous) History: (M. Langbroek, Naturalis and DMS, N. de Kort, KNVWS): A single 68-g stone in private ownership…
Thermal recalcitrance of the organic D-rich component of ordinary chondrites
L. Remusat, L. Piani, S. Bernard Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 435 Available online 29 December 2015 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.12.009 LINK “Carbonaceous and ordinary chondrites (CCs and OCs) contain insoluble organic matter (IOM) with large D-excess…
Cosmochemical and spectroscopic properties of Northwest Africa 7325—A consortium study
Weber, I., Morlok, A., Bischoff, A., Hiesinger, H., Ward, D., Joy, K. H., Crowther, S. A., Jastrzebski, N. D., Gilmour, J. D., Clay, P. L., Wogelius, R. A., Greenwood, R. C., Franchi, I. A. and…
P-O-rich sulfide phase in CM chondrites: Constraints on its origin on the CM parent body.
Zhang, A.-C., Itoh, S., Yurimoto, H., Hsu, W.-B., Wang, R.-C. and Taylor, L. A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12583 Article first published online: 20 DEC 2015 DOI: 10.1111/maps.12583 LINK “CM chondrites are a group…
Evidence from Tm anomalies for non-CI refractory lithophile element proportions in terrestrial planets and achondrites
J.A. Barrat, N. Dauphas, P. Gillet, C. Bollinger, J. Etoubleau, A. Bischoff, A. Yamaguchi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 19 December 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.12.004 LINK “Thulium is a heavy rare earth…
Petrology, mineralogy, and oxygen isotope compositions of aluminum-rich chondrules from CV3 chondrites
Wang, Y., Hsu, W., Li, X., Li, Q., Liu, Y. and Tang, G. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12590 Article first published online: 18 DEC 2015 DOI: 10.1111/maps.12590 LINK “Bulk major element composition, petrography, mineralogy,…
Grosvenor Mountains 95 howardite pairing group: Insights into the surface regolith of asteroid 4 Vesta.
Lunning, N. G., Welten, K. C., McSween, H. Y., Caffee, M. W. and Beck, A. W. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12580 Article first published online: 16 DEC 2015 LINK “Regolithic howardites are analogs for…
Lithium isotopes and light lithophile element abundances in shergottites: Evidence for both magmatic degassing and subsolidus diffusion
Udry, A., McSween, H. Y., Hervig, R. L. and Taylor, L. A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12582 Article first published online: 16 DEC 2015 LINK “Degassed magmatic water was potentially the major source of…
Low Temperature Formation of Nitrogen-substituted Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PANHs)- Barrierless Routes to Dihydro(iso)quinolines
Dorian S. N. Parker, Tao Yang, Beni B. Dangi, Ralf. I. Kaiser, Partha P. Bera, and Timothy J. Lee The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 815, Number 2 Published 2015 December 16 LINK “Meteorites contain bio-relevant molecules…
Geochemistry, thermal evolution, and cryovolcanism on Ceres with a muddy ice mantle
Marc Neveu, Steven J. Desch Geophysical Research Letters 10.1002/2015GL066375 published: 12 December 2015 LINK “We present a model of the internal evolution of Ceres consistent with pre-Dawn observations and preliminary data returned by Dawn. We…
Mineralogy and petrology of lunar meteorite Northwest Africa 2977 consisting of olivine cumulate gabbro including inverted pigeonite
Hiroshi Nagaoka, Yuzuru Karouji, Hiroshi Takeda, Timothy Fagan, Mitsuru Ebihara, Nobuyuki Hasebe Earth Earth, Planets and Space 2015, 67:200 (12 December 2015) doi:10.1186/s40623-015-0368-y LINK (open access) “nar meteorite Northwest Africa (NWA) 2977 is identified as…
Accretion Timescale and Impact History of Mars Deduced from the Isotopic Systematics of Martian Meteorites
Lars E. Borg, Gregory A. Brennecka, Steven J.K. Symes Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 12 December 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.12.002 LINK Update (24 June 2016): Evolution of the Solar System Inferred from…
Redistribution of alkaline elements in association with aqueous activity in the early solar system
Hiroshi Hidaka, Takuya Higuchi, and Shigekazu Yoneda The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 815, Number 1 Published 2015 December 10 LINK “It is known that the Sayama meteorite (CM2) shows an extensive signature for aqueous alteration on…
Three-dimensional spectral analysis of compositional heterogeneity at Arruntia crater on (4) Vesta using Dawn FC
Guneshwar Thangjam, Andreas Nathues, Kurt Mengel, Michael Schäfer, Martin Hoffmann, Edward A. Cloutis, Paul Mann, Christian Müller, Thomas Platz, Tanja Schäfer manuscript accepted for publication (Icarus/YICAR11819) PDF (full text) abstract
Noble gases in oxidized residue prepared from the Saratov L4 chondrite and Raman spectroscopic study of residues to characterize phase Q
Matsuda, J.-i., Morishita, K., Nara, M. and Amari, S. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12587 LINK “We analyzed noble gases in an oxidized residue prepared from a HF-HCl residue of the Saratov L4 chondrite. The…
Characterising the CI and CI-like carbonaceous chondrites using thermogravimetric analysis and infrared spectroscopy
Ashley King, Jake Solomon, Paul Schofield, Sara Russell Earth, Planets and Space 2015, 67:198 (9 December 2015) doi:10.1186/s40623-015-0370-4 LINK (open access) “The CI and CI-like chondrites provide a record of aqueous alteration in the early…
Ammoniated phyllosilicates with a likely outer Solar System origin on (1) Ceres
M. C. De Sanctis, E. Ammannito, A. Raponi, S. Marchi, T. B. McCord + et al. Nature 528, 241–244 (09 December 2015) | doi:10.1038/nature16172 LINK “Studies of the dwarf planet (1) Ceres using ground-based and…
The building blocks of Earth and Mars: A close genetic link
Caroline Fitoussi, Bernard Bourdon, Xueying Wang Earth and Planetary Science Letters Available online 8 December 2015 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.11.036 LINK “The Earth formed in a swarm of Moon- to Mars-sized objects that collided together to build our…
A New Mechanism for Chondrule Formation: Radiative Heating by Hot Planetesimals
William Herbst, James P. Greenwood Accepted Nov. 16, 2015 for publication as a Research Note in Icarus PDF (full text) abstract updated on December 10: LINK “We propose that chondrules are formed by radiative heating…
Annealing of radiation damage in zircons from Apollo 14 impact breccia 14311: Implications for the thermal history of the breccia.
Pidgeon, R. T., Merle, R. E., Grange, M. L., Nemchin, A. A. and Whitehouse, M. J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12572 LINK
Petrology and provenance of a very-low-titanium picrite clast in lunar highland regolith breccia 15295
Sonzogni, Y., Kramer, G. Y. and Treiman, A. H. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12579 LINK
An occurrence of tuite, γ-Ca3(PO4)2, partly transformed from Ca-phosphates in the Suizhou meteorite
Xie, X., Gu, X. and Chen, M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12577 LINK “Tuite is a high-pressure γ-form of Ca3(PO4)2. An occurrence of tuite partly transformed from merrillite and chlorapatite was observed in the…
Ancient stardust in fine-grained chondrule dust rims from carbonaceous chondrites
Jan Leitner, Christian Vollmer, Christine Floss, Jutta Zipfel, Peter Hoppe Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 3 December 2015 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.11.028 LINK “Carbonaceous chondrites are fragments from primitive parent asteroids, which…
Magnesium isotopic composition of achondrites
Fatemeh Sedaghatpour, Fang-Zhen Teng Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 2 December 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.11.016 LINK “Magnesium isotopic compositions of 22 well-characterized differentiated meteorites including 7 types of achondrites and pallasite meteorites…
A Pb isotopic resolution to the Martian meteorite age paradox
J.J. Bellucci, A.A. Nemchin, M.J. Whitehouse, J.F. Snape, R.B. Kielman, P.A. Bland, G.K. Benedix Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 1 December 2015 LINK “Determining the chronology and quantifying various…
Santa Lucia (2008) (L6) Chondrite, a Recent Fall: Composition, Noble Gases, Nitrogen and Cosmic Ray Exposure Age
Ramakant R. Mahajan, Maria Eugenia Varela, Jean Louis Joron Earth, Moon, and Planets April 2016, Volume 117, Issue 2, pp 65-76 First online: 27 November 2015 LINK “The Santa Lucia (2008)—one the most recent Argentine…
The UV signature of carbon in the solar system.
Hendrix, A. R., Vilas, F. and Li, J.-Y. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12575 LINK “Carbon compounds are ubiquitous in the solar system but are challenging to study using remote sensing due to the mostly…
Episodic carbonate precipitation in the CM chondrite ALH 84049: An ion microprobe analysis of O and C isotopes
Mark Tyra, Adrian Brearley, Yunbin Guan Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 27 November 2015 LINK “We have determined the O and C isotope compositions of dolomite grains and the C…
Simulating the formation of carbon-rich molecules on an idealized graphitic surface
David W. Marshall and H. R. Sadeghpour MNRAS (January 21, 2016) 455 (3): 2889-2900. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stv2524 First published online November 25, 2015 LINK “There is accumulating evidence for the presence of complex molecules, including carbon-bearing…
Spectral characterization of V-type asteroids – II. A statistical analysis
S. Ieva, E. Dotto, D. Lazzaro, D. Perna, D. Fulvio4 and M. Fulchignoni MNRAS (January 21, 2016) 455 (3): 2871-2888. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stv2510 First published online November 25, 2015 LINK “In recent years, several small basaltic…
The early thermal evolution of Mars
Bhatia, G. K. and Sahijpal, S. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12573 LINK “Hf-W isotopic systematics of Martian meteorites have provided evidence for the early accretion and rapid core formation of Mars. We present the…
The path of reduced nitrogen toward early earth: the cosmic trail and its solar shortcuts
Sandra Pizzarello and Maitrayee Bose The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 814, Number 2 LINK “Large isotopic anomalies are found in meteoritic insoluble organic materials (IOMs) and, for nitrogen, show 15N-excesses up to ${\delta }^{15}$N ~ 5000‰….
I-Xe ages of enstatite chondrites
Jens Hopp, Mario Trieloff, Ulrich Ott Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 23 November 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.11.014 LINK “In order to elucidate the early thermal history of enstatite chondrite parent bodies we…
The Pb isotopic evolution of the Martian mantle constrained by initial Pb in Martian meteorites
Bellucci, J. J., Nemchin, A. A., Whitehouse, M. J., Snape, J. F., Bland, P., Benedix, G.K. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets Accepted manuscript online: 21 November 2015 DOI: 10.1002/2015JE004809 LINK “The Pb isotopic compositions of…
Chemical composition and crystal structure of merrillite from the Suizhou meteorite
Xiande Xie, Hexiong Yang, Xiangping Gu and Robert T. Downs American Mineralogist doi: 10.2138/am-2015-5488 Volume 100 no. 11-12 p. 2753-2756 LINK
Quasicrystals at extreme conditions: The role of pressure in stabilizing icosahedral Al63Cu24Fe13 at high temperature
Vincenzo Stagno, Luca Bindi, Changyong Park, Sergey Tkachev, Vitali B. Prakapenka, H.-K. Mao, Russell J. Hemley, Paul J. Steinhardt and Yingwei Fei American Mineralogist doi: 10.2138/am-2015-5412 Volume 100 no. 11-12 p. 2412-2418 LINK “Icosahedrite, the…
Petrology on Mars
Harry Y. McSween Jr. American Mineralogist doi: 10.2138/am-2015-5257 Volume 100 no. 11-12 p. 2380-2395 INVITED CENTENNIAL ARTICLE / REVIEW PDF (full text) abstract “Petrologic investigations of martian rocks have been accomplished by mineralogical, geochemical, and…
Nickeliferous pyrite tracks pervasive hydrothermal alteration in Martian regolith breccia: A study in NWA 7533
Lorand, J.-P., Hewins, R. H., Remusat, L., Zanda, B., Pont, S., Leroux, H., Marinova, M., Jacob, D., Humayun, M., Nemchin, A., Grange, M., Kennedy, A. and Göpel, C. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12565 LINK…
