46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in The Woodlands, Texas (March 16–20, 2015) PROGRAM ONLINE
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High-Precision U-Pb and Pb-Pb Geochronology at UC Davis — First Results for EarlyTime Standards
M.H. Huyskens, M.E. Sanborn and Q.-Z. Yin 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2340 PDF LINK
Magnetic Fields in the Late-Stage Solar Nebula Recorded in CR Chondrites
Fu R. R., Weiss B. P., Schrader D. L. PDF LINK
NEBULAR SHOCKS: CHONDRULE FORMATION OR DESTRUCTION?
Emmanuel Jacquet, and Christopher Thompson PDF LINK
Onset of a Planetesimal Dynamo and the Lifetime of the Solar Nebular Magnetic Field
H. Wang, B. P. Weiss, B. G. Downey, J. Wang , Y. K. Chen-Wiegart , J. Wang , C. R.Suavet, R. R. Fu, E. A. Lima, and M. E. Zucolotto PDF LINK
Evidence for a Widespread Basaltic Breccia Component in the Martian Low-Albedo Regions from the Reflectance Spectrum of Northwest Africa 7034
Kevin M. Cannon, John F. Mustard, Carl B. Agee Icarus, available online 29 January 2015 LINK Meteorite may represent ‘bulk background’ of Mars’ battered crust Brown University (January 30, 2015)
Formation of iddingsite veins in the martian crust by centripetal replacement of olivine: Evidence from the nakhlite meteorite Lafayette (OPEN ACCESS PDF)
M.R. Lee, T. Tomkinson, L.J. Hallis, D.F. Mark Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 154, 1 April 2015, Pages 49–65 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.01.022 available online 28 January 2015 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)
Petrology and Cosmochemistry of a Suite of R Chondrites
Z. A. Torrano, D. W. Mittlefehldt, Z. X. Peng 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1229 PDF LINK
Refractory Inclusions Recycled During Formation of Porphyritic Chondrules from CH Carbonaceous Chondrites
A. N. Krot, K. Nagashima, E. M. M. E. van Kooten, M. Bizzarro 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1596 PDF LINK
Cooling Rates of Type I Chondrules from the Renazzo CR2 Chondrite: Implications for Chondrule Formation
N. Chaumard, M. Humayun, B. Zanda, R. H. Hewins 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1907 PDF LINK
Primary Feldspar in Semarkona (LL3.00) Chondrules
J. A. Lewis, R. H. Jones 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2067 PDF LINK
Analyzing Unclassified Meteorites
R. G. Mayne, S. Crossley, J. Gregory 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2118 PDF LINK
A Short Time Interval for the Formation of Chondrules’ Precursors
T. H. Luu, E. D. Young, M. Gounelle, M. Chaussidon 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2110 PDF LINK Short time interval for condensation of high-temperature silicates in the solar accretion disk Han…
Atypical Amino Acid Structural and Isotopic Compositions in the CR2 Chondrite Miller Range 090001 and the CH3 Chondrite Sayh al Uhaymir 290
A. S. Burton, J. E. Elsila, E. T. Parker, D. P. Glavin, J. P. Dworkin, R. Bartoschewitz 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2242 PDF LINK
Processes Affecting the CR Chondrites Parent Body: Petrology, Mineralogy and Chemical Composition of the Matrices of Antarctic CR Carbonaceous Chondrites
N. M. Abreu 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2561 PDF LINK
Measurement of Thermal Properties of the Ordinary Chondrites Relevant to Planet-Forming Processes
K. A. McCain, F. J. Ciesla, P. R. Heck, S. S. Rout, M. Pellin, C. Malliakas, J. F. Mitchell 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2730 PDF LINK
Magnetite in CK and CV Chondrites: Evidence for Two Parent Bodies?
T. L. Dunn, J. Gross 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1105 PDF LINK
A 33S Anomaly in CM Chondrites
J. Labidi, J. Farquhar, D. L. Eldridge, H. Oduro, C. Alexander, G. Cody 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1869 PDF LINK
Oxygen Isotope Systematics of Chondrules in R3 Clasts: A Genetic Link to Ordinary Chondrites
N. T. Kita, T. J. Tenner, C. Defouilloy, D. Nakashima, T. Ushikubo, A. Bischoff 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2053 PDF LINK
Hafnium-Tungsten Age of Allende Chondrules and Matrix
G. Budde, T. Kleine, T. S. Kruijer, K. Metzler 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2262 PDF LINK
Miller Range 090657: A Very Pristine Renazzo-Like (CR) Carbonaceous Chondrite
J. Davidson, C. M. O’D. Alexander, D. L. Schrader, L. R. Nittler, R. Bowden 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1603 PDF LINK
Impact Melting of CV and CM Chondrites
N. G. Lunning, C. M. Corrigan, H. Y. McSween, T. J. Tenner, N. T. Kita 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2076 PDF LINK
Multiple Aqueous Events in the Nakhlite Meteorite North West Africa (NWA) 817
H. Breton, M. R. Lee, D. F. Mark 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1929 PDF LINK
Evidence for Late-Stage Magmatic or Subsolidus Reduction in Paired Anomalous Lodranites Northwest Africa 8410 and 8422
S. M. Kuehner, A. J. Irving, K. Ziegler, M. Jost, A. Aaronson 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2411 PDF LINK
Study of Soluble Organic Compounds from Martian Regolith Breccia NWA 7533 by Orbitrap Mass Spectrometry
F.-R. Orthous-Daunay, R. Thissen, L. Flandinet, A. Néri, V. Vuitton, P. Beck 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2564 PDF LINK
Semarkona: Constraining Chondrule and Chondrite Formation
A. Hubbard, D. S. Ebel 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2695 PDF LINK
Comparative Non-Destructive Study of the Zaklodzie and NWA 4301 Enstatite Achondrites via Micro-Computed Tomography
D. D. Uribe, P. J. A. McCausland, M .R. M. Izawa, R. L. Flemming, J. U. Umoh, D. W. Holdsworth 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2817 PDF LINK
Refractory Inclusions Recycled During Formation of Porphyritic Chondrules from CH Carbonaceous Chondrites
A. N. Krot, K. Nagashima, E. M. M. E. van Kooten, M. Bizzarro 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1596 PDF LINK
Genetic Link Between Fluffy Type A, Compact Type A and Type B CAIs from CV3 Chondrites NWA 3118 and Efremovka
M. A. Ivanova, A. N. Krot, G. J. MacPherson 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2371 PDF LINK
A TEM Study of the Fine-Grained Material of the NWA 7533 Martian Regolith Breccia
H. Leroux, M. Marinova, D. Jacob, R. H. Hewins, B. Zanda, M. Humayun, J. P. Lorand 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1832 PDF LINK
The Thermal and Alteration History of NWA 8114 Martian Regolith
J. L. MacArthur, J. C. Bridges, L. J. Hicks, S. J. Gurman 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2295 PDF LINK
FTIR and Fluorescence Spectroscopic Analyses of NWA 7034: Organic Terrestrial Contamination and Its Association with High Nickel Regions
S. Wirick, G. J. Flynn, J. Brandes, L. Miller, R. Sm 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2348 PDF LINK
Monazite, Chevkinite-Perrierite and Xenotime in Martian Breccia Meteorite NWA 7034
Y. Liu, C. Ma 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1287 PDF LINK
NWA 8694, a Ferroan Chassignite
R. H. Hewins, B. Zanda, S. Pont, M. Humayun, N. Assayag, P. Cartigny 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2249 PDF LINK
The Forgotten Uncertainties in Using Radiochronometry to Date Minerals that Formed in the Early Solar System — The Example of 53Mn
M. A. Tyra 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2911 PDF LINK
High Abundance of Methylamine in the Orgueil (CI1) Meteorite
J. C. Aponte, J. P. Dworkin, J. E. Elsila 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1075 PDF LINK
The Vital Roles of Water and Organics in the Early Solar System
C. M. O’D. Alexander 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2744 PDF LINK
Tracking the Earliest Stages of Aqueous Alteration in the Mildly Altered CM Chondrite EET 96029
P. Lindgren, M. R. Lee 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1760 PDF LINK
The Glue that Holds Worlds Together: Abundance, Origin and Significance of Amorphous Fe, Mg Silicate in Carbonaceous Chondrites
K. T. Howard, J. Davidson, C. M. O’D. Alexander, N. M. Abreu 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2244 PDF LINK
Lithologies Making Up CM Carbonaceous Chondrites and Their Link to Space Exposure Ages
T. Gregory, M. E. Zolensky, A. Trieman, E. Berger, L. Le, A. Fagan, A. Takenouchi, M. A. Velbel, K. Nishiizumi 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1227 PDF LINK
Igneous Petrology and Geochemistry of the Tissint Meteorite
J. B. Balta, M. E. Sanborn, A. Udry, M. Wadhwa, H. Y. McSween 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1267 PDF LINK
Water in Martian Meteorites: Oxygen Isotope Compositions
O. V. Maltsev, K. Ziegler, Z. D. Sharp, C. B. Agee 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2268 PDF LINK
Composition of Fine-Grained Bulk Matrix and Protobreccia Clast Matrix in Northwest Africa 7034: Implications for the Composition of the Martian Crust
F. M. McCubbin, A. Simonetti, C. K. Shearer, A. R. Santos, J. M. D. Day, J. W. Boyce, N. Muttik, C. B. Agee 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1723 PDF LINK
Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Sampling in Martian Polymict Breccia Northwest Africa 7034
S. R. Gordon, H. E. Newsom, S. Clegg, M. D. Dyar, C. B. Agee 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2232 PDF LINK
Petrology of Iron, Titanium, and Phosphorus Rich Clasts Within Martian Meteorite Northwest Africa 7034
A. R. Santos, C. B. Agee, F. M. McCubbin, C. K. Shearer 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1941 PDF LINK
Northwest Africa 8535: Unique Dunitic Angrite
C. B. Agee, H. M. Miley, K. Ziegler, M. N. Spilde 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2681 PDF LINK
Hafnium-Tungsten Chronology of the Ureilite Parent Body
G. Budde, T. S. Kruijer, M. Fischer-Gödde, A. J. Irving, T. Kleine 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2293 PDF LINK
Petrogenesis of Lunar Poikilitic Impact Melt Meteorite Oued Awlitis 001
A. Wittmann, R. L. Korotev, B. L. Jolliff, A. J. Irving 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1141 PDF LINK
Oxygen Isotopes in Microchondrules and Rine Grained Rims: Co-Gentic Origin of Chondrules, Micro-Chondrules and Rims in UOCs?
B. Jacobsen, J. N. Bigolski, E. Dobrică, M. K. Weisberg, A. J. Brearley, I. D. Hutcheon 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2929 PDF LINK
An Amoeboid Olivine Aggregate Surrounded by an Igneous Ferroan Olivine-Rich Rim from CO3.0 Chondrite DOM 08006
K. Nagashima, A. N. Krot, C. Park 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2477 PDF LINK
Fine-Grained Rims and Matrix in Unequilibrated Ordinary Chondrites: A Comparative Study of Northwest Africa 5717 (Ung. 3.05) and Semarkona (LL3.00)
J. N. Bigolski, M. E. Zolensky, R. Christoffersen, M. K. Weisberg, Z. Rahman 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2126 PDF LINK
A Search for Cosmic Symplectite in the Acfer 094 and Miller Range 07687 Meteorites
L. R. Nittler, J. Davidson, N. Liu, C. M. O’D. Alexander, R. M. Stroud 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2097 PDF LINK
Nebular Fractionation (not Core Formation) is Responsible for the Heavy Silicon Isotope Compositions of Angrites and Earth
N. Dauphas, F. Poitrasson, C. Burkhardt 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1417 PDF LINK
Effects of Secondary Processing on Presolar Grain Abundances and Compositions in the Unique Carbonaceous Chondrite Miller Range 07687
C. Floss, A. J. Brearley 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1004 PDF LINK
Chemical Composition and Iron Oxidation State of the Amorphous Silicate Matrix in Acfer 094
T. Hopp, C. Vollmer, D. Lautenschläger, M. Pelka, J. Render 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1172 PDF LINK
High-Precision SIMS Chondrule Oxygen Isotope Ratios from the Yamato 82094 Ungrouped Carbonaceous Chondrite
T. J. Tenner, M. Kimura, N. T. Kita 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2162 PDF LINK
Differentiated Planetesimals with Chondritic Crusts: New Δ17O-ε54Cr Evidence in Unique, Ungrouped Achondrites for Partial Melting of the CV/CK and CO Parent Bodies
M. E. Sanborn, Q.-Z. Yin, A. J. Irving, T. E. Bunch 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2259 PDF LINK
A New Unequilibrated Chondrite Lithology Discovered in the Murchison CM2 Meteorite
G. K. Benedix, S. S. Russell, L. V. Forman, A. W. R. Bevan, P. A. Bland 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1143 PDF LINK
Organic Matter in the Unique Carbonaceous Chondrite Miller Range 07687: A Coordinated In Situ NanoSIMS, FIB-TEM, and XANES Study
J. Davidson, L. R. Nittler, R. M. Stroud, A. Takigawa, B. T. De Gregorio, C. M. O’D. Alexander, A. L. D. Kilcoyne, G. D. Cody 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1609 PDF…
Searching for Potassium Host Phases in Preparation for Ar-Ar Analysis of Brachinite and Brachinite-Like Achondrites
S. B. Beard, T. D. Swindle, K. J. Domanik 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2568 PDF LINK
Northwest Africa 7135: An Unusual Reduced, Unequilibrated Chondrite Containing Oldhamite, Daubreelite, Schreibersite and Djerfisherite, and with a Unique Oxygen Isotopic Composition
A. J. Irving, S. M. Kuehner, K. Ziegler, F. Kuntz, P. P. Sipiera 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2437 PDF LINK
NWA 5363/NWA 5400 and the Earth: Isotopic Twins or Just Distant Cousins?
C. Burkhardt, N. Dauphas, H. Tang, M. Fischer-Gödde, L. Qin, J. H. Chen, A. Pack, S. S. Rout, P. R. Heck, D. A. Papanastassiou 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2732 PDF LINK
Differences Within Carbonaceous Chondrite Groups from a Comparative ICP-MS Bulk Chemistry
M. Martínez-Jiménez, J. M. Trigo-Rodríguez, J. Alonso-Azcárate 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1122 PDF LINK
Petrology of Ungrouped and Anomalous Achondrites SaU 493, NWA 4470, NWA 6962, and NWA 5297
D. R. Dunlap, Y. J. Ku, L. A. J. Garvie, M. Wadhwa 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2570 PDF LINK
Petrologic and Isotopic Classification of Ungrouped Achondrite NWA 8186: Implications for a CK/CV Asteroidal Origin
P. Srinivasan, F. M. McCubbin, C. B. Agee, K. Ziegler, M. E. Sanborn, Q.-Z. Yin 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1472 PDF LINK
26Al-26Mg Systematics in Chondrules of an Ungrouped Type 3.05 Chondrite NWA 5717
H. Tang, M.-C. Liu, K. D. McKeegan, N. Dauphas 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2245 PDF LINK
Recycling of an Asteroid via a Comet Inferred from the Chelyabinsk Meteorite
E. Nakamura, T. Kunihiro, H. Kitagawa, K. Kobayashi, T. Ota, C. Sakaguchi, Y. Shimaki, R. Tanaka, T. Tsujimori, M. Yamanaka, G. E. Bebout, V. I. Grokhovsky, O. N. Koroleva, K. D. Litasov, V. Malkovets 46th…
Snow Compaction During the Chelyabinsk Meteorite Fall
R. Luther, A. Lukashin, N. Artemieva, V. Shuvalov, K. Wünnemann 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1724 PDF LINK
Magnetic, In Situ, Mineral Characterization of Chelyabinsk Meteorite Thin Section
L. Nabelek, M. Mazanec, S. Kdyr, G. Kletetschka 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #3006 PDF LINK
Modeling the Chelyabinsk Impact, 2
D. G. Korycansky 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1144 PDF LINK
26Al and 10Be Activities in Chelyabinsk (LL5): Implications for Cosmic-Ray Exposure History
J. Park, G. F. Herzog, L. E. Nyquist, C.-Y. Shih, M.-K. Haba, K. Nagao 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1453 PDF LINK
Formation of Carbon-Rich Grains by the Chelyabinsk and Nio Meteoritic Showers
Y. Miura, T. Tanosaki 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1666 PDF LINK
Chelyabinsk Ar-Ar Ages — A Young Heterogeneous LL5 Chondrite
F. N. Lindsay, G. F. Herzog, J. Park, B. D. Turrin, J. S. Delaney, C. C. Swisher III 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2226 PDF LINK
Mineralogy, Petrology, Chronology, and Exposure History of the Chelyabinsk Meteorite and Parent Body
K. Righter, P. Abell, D. Agresti, E. L. Berger, A. S. Burton, J. S. Delaney, M. D. Fries, E. K. Gibson, R. Harrington, G. F. Herzog, L. P. Keller, D. Locke, F. Lindsay, T. J….
Ti-Cr-O Isotope Systematics of the Anomalous Eucrites and Martian Meteorites
C. D. Williams, M. E. Sanborn, Q. -Z. Yin 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1671 PDF LINK
High-Precision 182W Measurements of Martian Meteorites for Constraining the Early Evolution of Mars
T. S. Kruijer, T. Kleine, L. Borg, M. Fischer-Gödde, A. J. Irving, A. Bischoff, C. B. Agee 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1928 PDF LINK
Neodymium and Tungsten Isotope Systematics of Mars Inferred from the Augite Basaltic Meteorite NWA 8159
T. M. Kayzar, L. Borg, T. S. Kruijer, T. Kleine, G. Brennecka, C. Agee 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2357 PDF LINK
The Mineralogical Record of fO2 Variation and Alteration in Northwest Africa 8159 (NWA 8159). Evidence for the Interaction Between a Mantle Derived Martian Basalt and a Crustal Component(s)
C. K. Shearer, A. S. Bell, P. V. Burger, F. M. McCubbin, C. Agee, J. Simon, J. J. Papike 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1483 PDF LINK
Highly Siderophile Element and 187Re-187Os Isotopic Systematics of Ungrouped Achondrite Northwest Africa 7325
G. J. Archer, R. J. Walker, A. J. Irving 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #1987 PDF LINK
On-the-Fly Calibration for Rapid Raman Chondrite Classification
L. C. Welzenbach 46th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2015), Abstract #2771 PDF LINK
Carbonate abundances and isotopic compositions in chondrites
C. M. O’D. Alexander, R. Bowden, M. L. Fogel and K. T. Howard Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12410 LINK We report the bulk C abundances, and C and O isotopic compositions of carbonates in…
Chelyabinsk main mass weighs 505 kg on average
(updated 26 January 13:11 CET) Since the former gravimetric measurements of the Chelyabinsk main mass to determine its final weight were not precise the museum staff has found a new scale to weigh the Chelyabinsk…
Chelyabinsk main mass weighs 505 kg on average
Since the former gravimetric measurements of the Chelyabinsk main mass to determine its final weight were not precise the museum staff has found a new scale to weigh the Chelyabinsk main mass again. The main…
Museo Geominero (Instituto Geológico y Minero de España) in Madrid acquires and exposes slice of Zaragoza meteorite
Madrid’s Museo Geominero (Instituto Geológico y Minero de España) * researcher Pablo Rafael Lozano acquired a slice of the Zaragoza * meteorite for the museum’s collection at the Munich Fair in October 2014. The meteorite…
Constraining the source regions of lunar meteorites using orbital geochemical data
Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12412 Calzada-Diaz, A., Joy, K. H., Crawford, I. A. and Nordheim, T. A. (2015) LINK
How to form planetesimals from mm-sized chondrules and chondrule aggregates
Daniel Carrera, Anders Johansen, Melvyn B. Davies PDF LINK (full text) LINK
Isotopic composition of carbon and nitrogen in ureilitic fragments of the Almahata Sitta meteorite
Downes, H., Abernethy, F. A. J., Smith, C. L., Ross, A. J., Verchovsky, A. B., Grady, M. M., Jenniskens, P. and Shaddad, M. H. (2015), Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12413 LINK
Cosmogenic radionuclides and mineralogical properties of the Chelyabinsk (LL5) meteorite: What do we learn about the meteoroid?
Povinec, P. P., Laubenstein, M., Jull, A. J. T., Ferrière, L., Brandstätter, F., Sýkora, I., Masarik, J., Beňo, J., Kováčik, A., Topa, D. and Koeberl, C. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12419 LINK
Pure iron and other magnetic minerals in meteorites
D. M. Pechersky, G. P. Markov, V. A. Tsel’movich Solar System Research January 2015, Volume 49, Issue 1, pp 61-71 LINK Original Russian Text © D.M. Pechersky, G.P. Markov, V.A. Tsel’movich, 2015, published in Astronomicheskii…
Long-lived magnetism from solidification-driven convection on the pallasite parent body
James F. J. Bryson, Claire I. O. Nichols,Julia Herrero-Albillos, Florian Kronast,Takeshi Kasama, Hossein Alimadadi, Gerrit van der Laan, Francis Nimmo, Richard J. Harrison Nature 517, 472–475, (22 January 2015), doi:10.1038/nature14114 LINK (abstract) A rock hard…
Rheasilvia provenance of the Kapoeta howardite inferred from image 40Ar/39Ar feldspar ages
Fara N. Lindsay, Jeremy S. Delaney, Gregory F. Herzog, Brent D. Turrin, Jisun Park, Carl C. Swisher III Earth and Planetary Science Letters available online 19 January 2015 LINK
Evidence for an Anhydrous Carbonaceous Extrasolar Minor Planet
M. Jura, P. Dufour, S. Xu (许偲艺), B. Zuckerman, B. Klein, E. D. Young, and C. Melis The Astrophysical Journal Volume 799 Number 1 2015 ApJ 799 109. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/799/1/109 LINK
Evidence for an early nitrogen isotopic evolution in the solar nebula from volatile analyses of a CAI from the CV3 chondrite NWA 8616
Evelyn Füri, Marc Chaussidon, Bernard Marty Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, available online 20 January 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.01.004 LINK
Reactive ammonia in the solar protoplanetary disk and the origin of Earth’s nitrogen
Dennis Harries,Peter Hoppe, Falko Langenhorst Nature Geoscience (2015) doi:10.1038/ngeo2339 LINK Supplementary Information (PDF) Yamato 793321
First chondritic meteorite from the São Paulo bolide on 9 January 2015 (15:35 local time) has been found near Porangaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Update (20 January 2015): Desculpa aí! With apologies to mister Paulo Gama! When first publishing about this fall yesterday, the owner of this website was not aware of Mr. Gama’s wish not to publish information…
First two meteorites from the São Paulo bolide on 9 January 2015 (15:35 local time) have been found near Porangaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Additional and deviating information about this witnessed fall (updated after registration in the Meteoritical Bulletin on 24 May 2015) can be found HERE (Last update of text below on 24 March 2015) The meteorite weighs…
Link between the potentially hazardous asteroid (86039) 1999 NC43 and the Chelyabinsk meteoroid tenuous
Vishnu Reddy, David Vokrouhlický, William F. Bottke, Petr Pravec, Juan A. Sanchez, Bruce L. Gary, Rachel Klima, Edward A. Cloutis, Adrián Galád, Tan Thiam Guan, Kamil Hornoch, Matthew R.M. Izawa, Peter Kušnirák, Lucille Le Corre,…
7.75 kg mass of Chelyabinsk exhibited in Moscow from January 23, 2015 (updated February 4)
Update (22 January, 23:58 CET): The Chelyabinsk meteorite fragment has arrived in Moscow and arouses interest even before the actual opening of the exhibition on Friday, 23 January. First published January 15 16:00 CET The…
Mineralogy of some evolved LL chondrites with reference to asteroid materials and solar system evolution
Hiroshi Takeda, Hiroshi Nagaoka, Akira Yamaguchi, Yuzuru Karouji, Yuuki Yazawa Earth, Planets and Space 2015, 67:5 doi:10.1186/s40623-014-0167-x PDF LINK LINK (abstract)
Impact jetting as the origin of chondrules
Brandon C. Johnson, David A. Minton, H. J. Melosh, Maria T. Zuber Nature 517, 339–341(15 January 2015), doi:10.1038/nature14105 LINK update (12 April 2015): Ancient Jets of Fiery Rain (PDF) by G. Jeffrey Taylor Hawai’i Institute…
[Žd’ár nad Sázavou] A second meteorite (39.3 grams) of the Czech bolide on 9 December 2014 was found near Vatín on January 12 by Czech astronomers, first meteorite classified as type L3.9
A second meteorite with a weight of 39.3 grams was found around noon on 12 January 2015 by astronomers of the Czech Astronomical Institute (Astronomický ústav Akademie věd České republiky (AsÚ)) according to Czech television…
A second meteorite (41 grams) of the Czech bolide on 9 December 2014 was found near Vatín by Czech astronomers, first meteorite classified as type L3.9
A second meteorite with a weight of 41 grams was found around noon on 12 January 2015 by astronomers of the Czech Astronomical Institute (Astronomický ústav Akademie věd České republiky (AsÚ)) according to the Czech…
Asteroid (354) eleonora: Plucking an odd duck
Michael J. Gaffey, Vishnu Reddy, Sherry-Fieber-Beyer, Edward Cloutis Icarus doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.12.036 available online 9 January 2015 LINK
Meteoroids Interaction with the Earth Atmosphere
Turchak L.I., Gritsevich M.I. Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Publishing House of the Warsaw University of Technology (Poland), том 44, № 4, с. 15-28 DOI accepted 17 November 2014 DOI: 10.2478/jtam-2014-0020 PDF LINK
A partial melting study of an ordinary (H) chondrite composition with application to the unique achondrite Graves Nunataks 06128 and 06129
Usui, T., Jones, J. H. and Mittlefehldt, D. W. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12392 LINK
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327 kg Gibeon in the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Moscow
video by Oleg Tarabanov VIDEO (HD)
Siderophile and chalcophile element abundances in shergottites: Implications for Martian core formation
Shuying Yang, Munir Humayun, Kevin Righter, Gwendolyn Jefferson, Dana Fields and Anthony J. Irving Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12384 LINK
Correlated cosmogenic W and Os isotopic variations in Carbo and implications for Hf-W chronology
Liping Qin, Nicolas Dauphas, Mary F. Horan, Ingo Leya, Richard W. Carlson Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta doi:10.1016/j.gca.2014.11.015 available online 2 January 2015 LINK
NWA 8694 – a new Chassignite classified
NWA 8694 back-scattered electron microscope image photo: Labenne Meteorites Meteoritical Bulletin Database Writeup
Complex organic molecules in protostellar environments in the SKA era
C. Codella, L. Podio, F. Fontani, I. Jiménez-Serra, P. Caselli, C. Ceccarelli, M.E. Palumbo, A. López-Sepulcre, M.T. Beltrán, B. Lefloch, J.R. Brucato, S. Viti, L. Testi PDF LINK LINK
Kainsaz meteorite in the Fersman Mineralogical Museum in Moscow
Kainsaz meteorite,fell in the USSR (Tatarstan) on September 13,1937 .Type: chondrite.Class: carbonaceous chondrite CO3.Found 15 instances . Total weight more than 210 kilograms .The weight of the largest individual instance is 102 kilograms . Moscow,Fersman…
NWA 6255 meteorite − Thermophysical properties of interior and the crust
Katarzyna Łuszczek, Radosław A. Wach Meteorites Vol. 3, Nos. 1–2, 2014, 33–44 www.meteorites.pwr.wroc.pl DOI 10.5277/met140103 LINK
Grønlands jernalder kom fra rummet (Cape York, iron)
Grønlands jernalder kom fra rummet (videnskab, 29.12.2014) Polarfronten 3/2014 (Danish e-paper, pages 22-23) UPDATE (Text in English) Greenland’s Iron Age came from space (Science Nordic, 13.1.2015)
Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2007 LE: Compositional Link to the Black Chondrite Rose City and Asteroid (6) Hebe
Sherry K. Fieber-Beyer, Michael J. Gaffey, William F. Bottke, Paul S. Hardersen Icarus, available online 24 December 2014 LINK
The formation and alteration of the Renazzo-like carbonaceous chondrites III: Toward understanding the genesis of ferromagnesian chondrules
Devin L. Schrader, Harold C. Connolly Jr., Dante S. Lauretta, Thomas J. Zega, Jemma Davidson and Kenneth J. Domanik first published online: 22 DEC 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/maps.12402 LINK
Oxygen-isotope compositions of chondrule phenocrysts and matrix grains in Kakangari K-grouplet chondrite: Implication to a chondrule-matrix genetic relationship
Kazuhide Nagashima, Alexander N. Krot, Gary R. Huss Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 151, 15 February 2015, Pages 49–67 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2014.12.012 LINK
Leporello – Faszination Meteoriten (Austrian radio)
Leporello – Faszination Meteoriten (Austrian Radio ORF1, 17 December 2014, in German) Interviews with Regine Petersen about her book “A Short History of Meteorite Falls” and Ludovic Ferrière, meteorite curator at the Museum of Natural…
Origin and history of ureilitic material in the solar system: The view from asteroid 2008 TC3 and the Almahata Sitta meteorite
Goodrich, C. A., Hartmann, W. K., O’Brien, D. P., Weidenschilling, S. J., Wilson, L., Michel, P. and Jutzi, M. (2014) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12401 LINK
Petrology and trace element geochemistry of Tissint, the newest shergottite fall
J. Brian Balta, Matthew E. Sanborn, Arya Udry, Meenakshi Wadhwa and Harry Y. McSween Jr. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12403 LINK
Meteorites in the exhibition “Trésors de la Terre” in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris (starting 19 December 2014)
Trésors de la Terre (19th – 31st December 2014)
Savik I mass of Cape York moved to Danish National Museum because of renovation of Geological Museum
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Case study of chondrule alteration with IR spectroscopy in NWA 2086 CV3 meteorite
A. Kereszturi, I. Gyollai, M. Szabó Planetary and Space Science available online 18 December 2014 LINK
Partitioning of light lithophile elements during basalt eruptions on Earth and application to Martian shergottites
Marie Edmonds Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 411, 1 February 2015, Pages 142–150 LINK
The potentially hazardous asteroid (214869) 2007 PA8: an unweathered L chondrite analogue surface
S. Fornasier, I.N. Belskaya, D. Perna Icarus, available online 17 December 2014 LINK
Thermally Induced Chemistry of Meteoritic Complex Organic Molecules: A New Heat-Diffusion Model for the Atmospheric Entry of Meteorites
Christopher N. Shingledecker submitted on 16 Dec 2014 arXiv:1412.5134v1 PDF LINK LINK
Early inner solar system origin for anomalous sulfur isotopes in differentiated protoplanets
Michael A. Antonelli, Sang-Tae Kim, Marc Peters, Jabrane Labidi, Pierre Cartigny, Richard J. Walker, James R. Lyons, Joost Hoek, and James Farquhar PNAS2014 111 (50)17749-17754; published ahead of print December 1, 2014, doi:10.1073/pnas.1418907111 LINK
Impact features of enstatite-rich meteorites
Alan E. Rubin Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry doi:10.1016/j.chemer.2014.09.001 In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 11 December 2014 LINK
Mundrabilla meteorite in the Fersman Mineralogical Museum in Moscow
Meteorite Mundrabilla (slice) in the Mineralogical Museum of A. E. Fersman in Moscow (Russia). Iron meteorite,ochtaedrite. Found in 1966 in Australia.This meteorite was transferred to the museum by the German mineralogist Paul Ramdohr . Moscow,…
Sikhote Alins in the Fersman Mineralogical Museum in Moscow
Sikhote Alins in the Fersman Mineralogical Museum in Moscow An impressive 1745 kg individual
Meteoritic evidence for a previously unrecognized hydrogen reservoir on Mars
Tomohiro Usui, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Jianhua Wang, Justin I. Simon, John H. Jones Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 410, 15 January 2015, Pages 140–151 LINK
The origin of chondrules: Constraints from matrix composition and matrix-chondrule complementarityOPEN ACCESS
Herbert Palme, Dominik C. Hezel, Denton S. Ebel Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 411, 1 February 2015, Pages 11–19 LINK Update (6 July 2023): PDF (OPEN ACCESS)
Nanoscale infrared spectroscopy as a non-destructive probe of extraterrestrial samples
Dominguez G, Mcleod AS, Gainsforth Z, Kelly P, Bechtel HA, Keilmann F, Westphal A, Thiemens M, Basov DN (2014) Nature Communications 5, Article number: 5445 doi:10.1038/ncomms6445 published 09 December 2014 LINK
[Žd’ár nad Sázavou] First meteorite found near Nová Ves, close to Nového Města na Moravě on 20 December, ~3 p.m. CET/ Meteorite fall near Rudolec, Jihlava district, Czech Republic, 9 December, 16:16:45-54 UT UTC
Update (24 May 2015) Žd’ár nad Sázavou was registered in the Meteoritical Bulletin Database on 24 May 2015 LINK UPDATE (2 January 2015): A report from the Czech Astronomical Society about the meteorite search expedition,…
Search team of the Korean Polar Research Institute has found 11kg meteorite in Antarctica
The meteorite (21cm x 21cm x 18cm) was found about 300 km southwest of the new Jang Bogo Station * LINK LINK (Original)
An early solar system magnetic field recorded in CM chondrites
C. Cournede, J. Gattacceca, M. Gounelle, P. Rochette, B.P. Weiss, B. Zanda Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 410, 15 January 2015, Pages 62–74 LINK
New insight into the Solar System’s transition disk phase provided by the unusual meteorite Isheyevo
Melissa A. Morris, Laurence A. J. Garvie, L. Paul Knauth The Astrophysical Journal Letters ApJ 801 L22. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/801/2/L22 Received 4 Dezember 2014, accepted for publication 30 Januar 2015. Published 9 März 2015. PDF LINK (open…
Constraints on the Depth and Thermal Vigor of Melting in the Martian Mantle
Justin Filiberto and Rajdeep Dasgupta Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets DOI: 10.1002/2014JE004745 Accepted manuscript online: 4 DEC 2014 04:51PM EST LINK
NWA 7034 CT Scan
source: Arizona State University’s Center for Meteorite Studies
Application of non-extensive statistical physics on Martian nakhlites: A first-order approach on the crystal size distribution of pyroxene using Tsallis entropy
Filippos Vallianatos, Ioannis P. Baziotis, Arya Udry, and Lawrence A. Taylor EPL 108 58002 doi:10.1209/0295-5075/108/58002 LINK
Pressure–temperature evolution of primordial solar system solids during impact-induced compaction
P. A. Bland, G. S. Collins, T. M. Davison, N. M. Abreu, F. J. Ciesla, A. R. Muxworthy, J. Moore Nature Communications 5, Article number: 5451 doi:10.1038/ncomms6451 LINK
