A one-billion-year-old Scottish meteorite impactOPEN ACCESS
C.L. Kirkland, T.M. Erickson, T.E. Johnson, T. Prave, R.A. Strachan, M.L. Daggitt, M.I.H. Hartnady, S.M. Reddy, R.J.M. Taylor, B.V. Ribeiro, K. Rankenburg, U. Kirscher, S. Fischer Geology, April 28, 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Loss and accretion of moderately volatile elements K and Na in Australasian microtektites from Antarctica
M. Del Rio, L. Folco, E. Mugnaioli, S. Goderis, M. Masotta Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 12 March 2025 LINK “Recent studies on alkali metals, Ar-, Fe- and K-isotope distribution in…
A Paleoarchaean impact crater in the Pilbara Craton, Western AustraliaOPEN ACCESS
Christopher L. Kirkland, Tim E. Johnson, Jonas Kaempf, Bruno V. Ribeiro, Andreas Zametzer, R. Hugh Smithies & Brad McDonald Nature Communications, Volume 16, Article number: 2224 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The role of meteorite…
Textural and compositional characteristics of metallic spherules in impact melt from Monturaqui crater, ChileOPEN ACCESS
Daniel O. Cukierski, David W. Peate, Ingrid A. Ukstins, Christy Kloberdanz, C. Tom Foster, Chungwan Lim MAPS, First published: 06 February 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Samples of impactite from the small (~350 m diameter)…
Regionally extensive ejecta layer of the Australasian tektite strewn field: the MIS 20/19 large meteorite impact in mainland South-East AsiaOPEN ACCESS
Paul A. Carling, Toshihiro Tada, Ryuji Tada, Wickanet Songtham, Alan J. Cresswell, David C. W. Sanderson, Naomi Porat, Jaroon Duangkrayom, Stephen E. Darby & Praphas Chansom Progress in Earth and Planetary ScienceVolume 11, article number…
A diversity of temperature and pressure conditions recorded by zircon within suevite from Ries crater, Germany
A. C. Stadermann, T. M. Erickson, L. B. Seifert, Y. Chang, Z. Zeszut, T. J. Zega, Z. D. Michels, J. J. Barnes MAPS, Version of Record online: 07 November 2024 LINK “The temperature and pressure…
Effect of a giant meteorite impact on Paleoarchean surface environments and lifeOPEN ACCESS
Nadja Drabon, Andrew H. Knoll, Donald R. Lowe and David A. Mucciarone PNAS, October 21, 2024, 121 (44) e2408721121 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Large meteorite impacts must have strongly affected the habitability of the…
Origin of the Ca-phosphate inclusions in Ivory Coast and Australasian Muong-Nong-type tektitesOPEN ACCESS
Pierre-Marie Zanetta, Anne-Magali Seydoux-Guillaume, Pierre Rochette, Bruno Reynard, Victor Tricaud, Petanki Soro, Southone Singsoupho, Alain Nicaise Kouamelan, Obrou Monda, David Baratoux Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 18 September 2024 LINK +…
Clues on the Australasian impact crater site inferred from detailed mineralogical study of a monazite inclusion in a Muong Nong tektiteOPEN ACCESS
A.-M. Seydoux-Guillaume, P. Rochette, E. Gardés, P.-M. Zanetta, S. Sao-Joao, Ph. de Parseval, B.P. Glass Geology, September 04, 2024 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Tektites are terrestrial impact-generated glasses distributed over regions of Earth’s surface…
Ruthenium isotopes show the Chicxulub impactor was a carbonaceous-type asteroid
Mario Fischer-Gödde, Jonas Tusch, Steven Goderis, Alessandro Bragagni, Tanja Mohr-Westheide, Nils Messling, Bo-Magnus Elfers, Birger Schmitz, Wolf U. Reimold, Wolfgang D. Maier, Philippe Claeys, Christian Koeberl, François L. H. Tissot, Martin Bizzarro, and Carsten Münker…
The “suevite” conundrum, Part 2: Re-examining the type locality at the Ries impact structure, GermanyOPEN ACCESS
Gordon R. Osinski, Richard A. F. Grieve MAPS, Version of Record online: 16 July 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “One of the most common types of allochthonous impactite produced in hypervelocity impact events is…
Understanding microtektite formation: Potassium isotope evidence for condensation in a vapor plumeOPEN ACCESS
Piers Koefoed, Luigi Folco, Gianfranco Di Vincenzo, Nicole X. Nie, Billy P. Glass, Mason Neuman, Kun Wang (王昆) Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 2 July 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Tektite and microtektite formation have important…
Seismically detected cratering on Mars: Enhanced recent impact flux?OPEN ACCESS
Ingrid J. Daubar, Raphaël F. Garcia, Alexander E. Stott, Benjamin Fernando, Gareth S. Collins, Colin M. Dundas, Natalia Wójcicka, Géraldine Zenhäusern, Alfred S. McEwen, Simon C. Stähler, Matthew Golombek, Constantinos Charalambous, Domenico Giardini, Philippe Lognonné…
An estimate of the impact rate on Mars from statistics of very-high-frequency marsquakesOPEN ACCESS
Géraldine Zenhäusern, Natalia Wójcicka, Simon C. Stähler, Gareth S. Collins, Ingrid J. Daubar, Martin Knapmeyer, Savas Ceylan, John F. Clinton & Domenico Giardini Nature AstronomyPublished: 28 June 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The number…
Automatic lithology identification in meteorite impact craters using machine learning algorithmsOPEN ACCESS
Emmanuel Ahene & Sylvester K. Danuor Scientific Reports, Volume 14, Article number: 14360 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Identifying lithologies in meteorite impact craters is an important task to unlock processes that have shaped the…
Impact Disruption of Bjurböle Porous Chondritic ProjectileOPEN ACCESS
Tomas Kohout, Maurizio Pajola, Assi-Johanna Soini, Alice Lucchetti, Arto Luttinen, Alexia Duchêne, Naomi Murdoch, Robert Luther, Nancy L. Chabot, Sabina D. Raducan The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 5, Number 5, Published 2024 May 31 LINK…
The Ordovician meteorite event in North America: Age of the Slate Islands impact structure, northern Lake Superior, Ontario, Canada
Andrew F. Parisi, Elizabeth J. Catlos, Michael E. Brookfield, Axel K. Schmitt, Daniel F. Stöckli, Daniel P. Miggins, Daniel S. Campos MAPS, Version of Record online: 14 May 2024 LINK “The Slate Islands (Ontario) is…
Proximal ejecta of the putative parent impact crater for Australasian tektites at the Bolaven Plateau / Reply to Mizera and Strunga: Evidence for the Bolaven impact crater and its ejectaOPEN ACCESS
Jiří Mizera and Vladimír Strunga PNAS, May 13, 2024LETTER LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Sieh et al. (Proximal ejecta of the Bolaven extraterrestrial impact, southern Laos ) support their hypothesis locating the parent impact crater…
A two stage impact melting process in an impact glass strewn field from the Atacama DesertOPEN ACCESS
P. Rochette, G. Di Vincenzo, J. Gattacceca, J.A. Barrat, B. Devouard, L. Folco, A. Musolino, Y. Quesnel Geochemical Perspectives Letters v30Published 3 May 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “A new type of silica-rich glass…
Towards a new impact geochronometer: Deformation microstructures and U-Pb systematics of shocked xenotimeOPEN ACCESS
Cilva Joseph, Denis Fougerouse, Aaron J. Cavosie, Hugo K.H. Olierook, Steven M. Reddy, Tommaso Tacchetto, Raiza R. Quintero, Allen Kennedy, David W. Saxey, William D.A. Rickard Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online…
Ries magnetic mineralogy: Exploring impact and post-impact evolution of crater magnetismOPEN ACCESS
Bruno Daniel Leite Mendes, Agnes Kontny, Katarzyna Dudzisz, Franziska D. H. Wilke MAPS, Version of Record online: 12 April 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Large-scale impact events are some of the most catastrophic and…
The influence of chondrules on sub-mm fragment shape distributions in Allende impact experiments
Tatsuhiro Michikami, Axel Hagermann, Akira Tsuchiyama, Yushi Otsuka, Michihiko Nakamura, Satoshi Okumura, Harumasa Kano, Junya Matsuno, Sunao Hasegawa IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 2 April 2024 LINK “Highlights • We investigated the shapes of…
Be,La,U-rich spherules as microtektites of terrestrial laterites: What goes up must come downOPEN ACCESS
Steve Desch Submitted to Meteoritics and Planetary Science PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Recently Loeb et al. (2024, “Recovery and Classification of Spherules from the Pacific Ocean Site of the CNEOS 2014 January 8 (IM1) Bolide”, Res….
The identification of airbursts in the past: Insights from the BIT-58 layer
Matthias van Ginneken, Ralph P. Harvey, Steven Goderis, Natalia Artemieva, Mark Boslough, Ryoga Maeda, Jérôme Gattacceca, Luigi Folco, Akira Yamaguchi, Corinne Sonzogni, Penelope Wozniakiewicz, Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 627, 1 February 2024, 118562 LINK…
Africa’s Impact Cratering History and Meteorite Record: Implications for Planetary and Space Science Studies on the Continent
Marian Selorm Sapah Space Fostering African SocietiesChapter, pp 17–30, First Online: 20 December 2023Part of the Southern Space Studies book series (SOSPST) LINK “This article assessed the status of Planetary and Space Science in Africa…
Meteorites and impact structures in Chad
P. Rochette, J.C. Doumnang, J. Gattacceca, Y. Quesnel Journal of African Earth SciencesVolume 210, February 2024, 105137 LINK “The large surface of Chad (fifth largest country in Africa) as well as a desert climate over…
The Luna structure, India: A probable impact crater formed by an iron bolide
K.S. Sajinkumar, S. James, G.K. Indu, Saranya R. Chandran, Devika Padmakumar, J. Aswathi, S. Keerthy, M.N. Praveen, N. Sorcar, J.K. Tomson, Anil Chavan, Subhash Bhandari, M. Satyanarayanan, R. Bhushan, A. Dabhi, Y. Anilkumar Planetary and…
Proximal ejecta of the Bolaven extraterrestrial impact, southern LaosOPEN ACCESS
Kerry Sieh, Dayana Schonwalder Angel, Jason Herrin, Brian Jicha, Brad Singer, Vanpheng Sihavong, Weerachat Wiwegwin, Nathanael Wong, and Jia Yong Quah PNAS, received June 19, 2023; accepted October 24, 2023December 4, 2023, 120 (50) LINK…
Geophysical and structural analyses of the Middlesboro impact structure, Kentucky, USA: Reactivation of a thrust detachment of the Appalachian foreland fold-and-thrust beltOPEN ACCESS
Lars Wihanto, Thomas Kenkmann MAPSVersion of Record online: 23 November 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “This paper reports on the Middlesboro impact structure (36°37′03″ N; 83°43′39″ W), a complex impact structure located in the Appalachian foreland…
Campo del Cielo modeling and comparison with observations: II. Funnels and cratersOPEN ACCESS
R. Luther, A. Schmalen, N. Artemieva MAPSVersion of Record online: 22 November 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Campo del Cielo impact structure exhibits several penetration funnels and impact craters. Here, we model the…
The chondritic impactor origin of the Ni-rich component in Australasian tektites and microtektitesOPEN ACCESS
L. Folco, P. Rochette, M. D’Orazio, M. Masotta Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 23 September 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “In the Earth’s crust, Ni is generally concentrated in mafic and ultramafic…
Formation of Australasian tektites from gravity and magnetic indicatorsOPEN ACCESS
Kurosh Karimi, Gunther Kletetschka, Jiří Mizera, Verena Meier & Vladimír Strunga Scientific , Volume 13, Article number: 12868 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The parent impact crater of Australasian tektites has not been discovered so…
Summanen structure: Further geological and geophysical evidence of a meteorite impact event in Central FinlandOPEN ACCESS
Satu Hietala, Jarkko Jokinen, Jouni Lerssi, Matti Niskanen, Lauri J. Pesonen, Jüri Plado MAPSVersion of Record online: 26 June 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Summanen structure is located in Central Finland and is…
Metal microspherules in breccias of the Onaping Formation, Sudbury impact structure, Ontario, Canada
Yevgeniy P. Gurov, Vitaliy V. Permiakov MAPSVersion of Record online: 22 June 2023 LINK “Metallic microspheres have been found in rocks from the Onaping Formation of the Sudbury impact structure, Canada. Microspherules are common in…
Chromium isotopes identify the extraterrestrial component in impactites from Dhala impact structure, IndiaOPEN ACCESS
Aryavart Anand, Anuj Kumar Singh, Klaus Mezger, Jayanta Kumar Pati MAPS, Version of Record online: 09 May 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Dhala structure in north-central India is a confirmed complex impact structure…
Structural changes in shocked tektite and their implications to impact-induced glass formation
Toshimori Sekine, Tsubasa Tobase, Youjun Zhang, Ginga Kitahara, Akira Yoshiasa, Tomoko Sato, Takamichi Kobayashi, Akihisa Mori American Mineralogist (2023) 108 (4): 686–694 LINK “Heavy meteorite impacts on Earth’s surface produce melt and vapor that are…
Early bombardment of the moon: Connecting the lunar crater record to the terrestrial planet formation
David Nesvorný, Fernando V. Roig, David Vokrouhlický, William F. Bottke, Simone Marchi, Alessandro Morbidelli, Rogerio Deienno Icarus, Available online 29 March 2023, 115545 LINK „The lunar crater record features ∼50 basins. The radiometric dating of…
The Ries impact and its distal effects in sediments of Central Europe—A reviewOPEN ACCESS
Jan-Michael Lange, Peter Suhr MAPSVersion of Record online: 23 March 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Ries impact is the most important cosmic event in the younger geological history of Europe. Its effects reach…
Impact origin of the ‘Domain du Meteor’-crater, France. Compelling mineralogical and geophysical evidence for an unrecognized destructive event in the heart of Europe
F.E. Brenker and A. Junge 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2023 PDF (abstract 1910) “Small impact craters (< 300m) are quite rare, and proof of an impact origin is difficult to obtain1-5, especially if…
Libyan Desert Glass: new evidence for an extremely high-pressure-temperature impact event from nanostructural studyOPEN ACCESS
Elizaveta Kovaleva, Hassan Helmy, Said Belkacim, Anja Schreiber, Franziska D.H. Wilke, and Richard Wirth American Mineralogist, preprint PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (5 October 2023): American Mineralogist, October 01, 2023LINK “The origin of Libyan Desert Glass…
Formation of Lunar Basins from Impacts of Leftover PlanetesimalsOPEN ACCESS
David Nesvorny, Fernando V. Roig, David Vokrouhlicky, William F. Bottke, Simone Marchi, Alessandro Morbidelli, Rogerio Deienno ApJL, in press PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (7 December 2022): The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 941, Number 1LINK (OPEN…
Structural changes in shocked tektite and their implications to impact-induced glass formationOPEN ACCESS
Toshimori Sekine, Tsubasa Tobase, Youjun Zhang, Ginga Kitahara, Akira Yoshiasa, Tomoko Sato, Takamichi Kobayashi, and Akihisa Mori American Mineralogistpreprint PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Heavy meteorite impacts on the Earth surface produce melt and vapor which are…
Keurusselkä impact structure, Finland — Overview, new observations, and renewed interpretation of the sizeOPEN ACCESS
Satu Hietala, Jarmo Moilanen, Jüri Plado MAPSVersion of Record online: 05 November 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Keurusselkä structure is one of Finland’s 12 meteorite impact structures—one of the world’s oldest (1150 ± 10 Ma) and…
Event- and biostratigraphic evidence for two independent Ries and Steinheim asteroid impacts in the Middle MioceneOPEN ACCESS
Elmar Buchner, Volker J. Sach & Martin Schmieder Scientific Reports, Volume 12, Article number: 18603Published: 03 November 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “For decades, the Nördlinger Ries and Steinheim Basin in southern Germany have…
Surface waves and crustal structure on MarsOPEN ACCESS
D. Kim, W. B. Banerdt, S. Ceylan, D. Giardini, V. Lekić, P. Lognonné, C. Beghein, É. Beucler, S. Carrasco, C. Charalambous, J. Clinton, M. Drilleau, C. Durán, M. Golombek, R. Joshi, A. Khan, B. Knapmeyer-Endrun,…
Largest recent impact craters on Mars: Orbital imaging and surface seismic co-investigationOPEN ACCESS
L. V. Posiolova, P. Lognonné, W. B. Banerdt, J. Clinton, G. S. Collins, T. Kawamura, S. Ceylan, I. J. Daubar,,B. Fernando, M. Froment, D. Giardini, M. C. Malin, K. Miljković, S. C. Stähler, Z. Xu,…
The heterogeneous response of Martian meteorite Allan Hills 84001 to planar shockOPEN ACCESS
Thomas L. North, Gareth S. Collins, Thomas M. Davison, Adrian R. Muxworthy, Sarah C.Steele, Roger R. Fu IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 25 October 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • Evidence of strong shear…
The Chicxulub Impact Produced a Powerful Global TsunamiOPEN ACCESS
Molly M. Range, Brian K. Arbic, Brandon C. Johnson, Theodore C. Moore, Vasily Titov, Alistair J. Adcroft, Joseph K. Ansong, Christopher J. Hollis, Jeroen Ritsema, Christopher R. Scotese, He Wang AGU AdvancesFirst published: 04 October…
Quest for the Australasian impact crater: Failings of the candidate location at the Bolaven Plateau, Southern Laos
Jiří Mizera MAPSVersion of Record online: 01 October 2022 LINK “The quest for the parent impact structure for Australasian tektites (AAT) has remained without solution for almost a century. The present paper doubts the plausibility…
Meteoritic component in impact breccias of the Jeokjung-Chogye structure, South Korea: Evidence from the HSE abundances and Re-Os isotopic systematics
Sung Hi Choi, Jeong-Hyun Lee, Seung-Sep Kim, Jaehyung Yu, Igor S. Puchtel Chemical GeologyIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 1 October 2022 LINK “Highlights • We report HSE and Re-Os isotope data for impactites from…
Constraining the formation and transport of lunar impact glasses using the ages and chemical compositions of Chang’e-5 glass beadsOPEN ACCESS
Tao Long, Yuqi Qian, Marc D. Norman, Katarina Miljkovic, Carolyn Crow, James W. Head, Xiaochao Che, Romain Tartèse, Nicolle Zellner, Xuefeng Yu, Shiwen Xie, Martin Whitehouse, Katherine H. Joy, Clive R. Neal, Joshua F. Snape,…
Newly formed craters on Mars located using seismic and acoustic wave data from InSight
Raphael F. Garcia, Ingrid J. Daubar, Éric Beucler, Liliya V. Posiolova, Gareth S. Collins, Philippe Lognonné, Lucie Rolland, Zongbo Xu, Natalia Wójcicka, Aymeric Spiga, Benjamin Fernando, Gunnar Speth, Léo Martire, Andrea Rajšić, Katarina Miljković, Eleanor…
Meteorite impact crater positions and its unrestrained latitudinal distribution
S. James, Saranya R. Chandran, J. Aswathi, Devika Padmakumar, V. Aneeshkumar, G.K. Indu, K.S. Sajinkumar Planetary and Space ScienceAvailable online 17 September 2022, 105575 LINK “Highlights • 192 Earth impact craters, formed after 1100 Ma, were…
Small impact cratering processes produce distinctive charcoal assemblagesOPEN ACCESS
A. Losiak, C.M. Belcher, J. Plado, A. Jõeleht, C.D.K. Herd, R.S. Kofman, M. Szokaluk, W. Szczuciński, A. Muszyński, E.M. Wild, S.J. Baker Geology (2022) PDF (OPEN ACCESS)Supplemental Material “The frequency of crater-producing asteroid impacts on…
Identification of the ejecta deposit formed by the Australasian Tektite Event at Huai Om, northeastern ThailandOPEN ACCESS
Toshihiro Tada, Ryuji Tada, Paul A. Carling, Wickanet Songtham, Praphas Chansom, Toshihiro Kogure, Yu Chang, Eiichi Tajika MAPSVersion of Record online: 30 August 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Australasian Tektite Event, approximately 0.8 Ma,…
Meteoroids detection with the LUMIO lunar CubeSat
F. Topputo, G. Merisio, V. Franzese, C. Giordano, M. Massari, G. Pilato, D. Labate, A. Cervone, S. Speretta, A. Menicucci, E. Turan, E. Bertels, J. Vennekens, R. Walker, D. Koschny IcarusAvailable online 24 August 2022,…
The Nadir Crater offshore West Africa: A candidate Cretaceous-Paleogene impact structureOPEN ACCESS
Uisdean Nicholson, Veronica J. Bray, Sean P. S. Gulick and Benedict Aduomahor Science Advances17 Aug 2022Vol 8, Issue LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Evidence of marine target impacts, binary impact craters, or impact clusters are…
Widespread impact-generated porosity in early planetary crustsOPEN ACCESS
Sean E. Wiggins, Brandon C. Johnson, Gareth S. Collins, H. Jay Melosh & Simone Marchi Nature Communications, Volume 13, Article number: 4817Published: 16 August 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Interior…
High precision multi-collector 40Ar/39Ar dating of moldavites (Central European tektites) reconciles geochrological and paleomagnetic data
Gianfranco Di Vincenzo Chemical GeologyIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 22 July 2022 LINK “Highlights • Moldavites are excellent material to be dated by the 40Ar/39Ar method.• 40Ar/39Ar data demonstrate an excellent intra- and inter-sample…
Bombardment history of the Moon constrained by crustal porosity
Ya Huei Huang, Jason M. Soderblom, David A. Minton, Masatoshi Hirabayashi & H. Jay Melosh Nature GeosciencePublished: 07 July 2022 LINK “The formation and evolution of the terrestrial planets were shaped by a bombardment of…
Nova Colinas, Maranhão State: A newly confirmed, complex impact structure in Brazil
Wolf Uwe Reimold, Ludovic Ferrière, Álvaro Penteado Crósta, Marcos Alberto Rodrigues Vasconcelos, Manfred Gottwald, Mauricio da Silva Borges, Teodoro Isnard Ribeiro de Almeida, Fernando Lessa Pereira, Ana Maria Goés, Natalia Hauser, Mark Jessell, David Baratoux…
Microscopic impactor debris at Kamil Crater (Egypt): the origin of the Fe-Ni oxide spherules
L. Folco, L. Carone, M. D’Orazio, C. Cordier, M.D.Suttle, M. van Ginneken, M. Masotta Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 1 July 2022 LINK “Kamil crater (Egypt) is a natural laboratory for…
Reply to: The breakup of a long-period comet is not a likely match to the Chicxulub impactorOPEN ACCESS
Amir Siraj & Abraham Loeb Scientific Reports, Volume 12, Article number: 10427 (2022)Published: 21 June 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Replying to: S. Desch; Scientific Reports LINK (2022). “In a recent commentary, Desch et…
The breakup of a long-period comet is not a likely match to the Chicxulub impactorOPEN ACCESS
Steven J. Desch, Alan P. Jackson, Jessica L. Noviello & Ariel D. Anbar Scientific Reports, Volume 12, Article number: 10415 (2022)Published: 21 June 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) The Original Article was published on…
The morphometry of small impact craters on Bennu: Relationships to geologic units, boulders, and impact armoringOPEN ACCESS
R. Terik Daly, Olivier S. Barnouin, Edward B. Bierhaus, Michael G. Daly, Jeffrey A. Seabrook, Ronald L. Ballouz, Hari Nair, Raymond C. Espiritu, Erica R. Jawin, David Trang, Daniella N. DellaGuistina, Keara N. Burke, Juliette…
The Chicxulub impact and its environmental consequences
Joanna V. Morgan, Timothy J. Bralower, Julia Brugger & Kai Wünnemann Nature Reviews Earth & EnvironmentReview Article, Published: 12 April 2022 LINK “Key points The Chicxulub impact ended the Mesozoic era and was almost certainly…
A South Pole–Aitken impact origin of the lunar compositional asymmetryOPEN ACCESS
Matt J. Jones, Alexander J. Evans, Brandon C. Johnson, Matthew B. Weller, Jeffrey C. Andrews-Hanna, Sonia M. Tikoo and James T. Keane Science Advances • 8 Apr 2022 • Vol 8, Issue 14 LINK (OPEN…
Glycine amino acid transformation under impacts by small solar system bodies, simulated via high-pressure torsion methodOPEN ACCESS
Kaveh Edalati, Ikuo Taniguchi, Ricardo Floriano & Augusto Ducati Luchessi Scientific Reports, Volume 12, Article number: 5677Published: 05 April 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Impacts by small solar system bodies (meteoroids, asteroids, comets and…
The Karla impact structure (Russia) explored by potential-field investigations
Yoann Quesnel, Natalia S. Bezaeva, Dilyara M. Kuzina, Pierre Rochette, Jérôme Gattacceca, Minoru Uehara, Dmitry D. Badyukov, Bulat M. Nasyrtdinov, Dmitry A. Chareev, Cedric Champollion MAPSVersion of Record online: 21 March 2022 LINK “With no…
A Late Paleocene age for Greenland’s Hiawatha impact structureOPEN ACCESS
Gavin G. Kenny, William R. Hyde, Michael Storey, Adam A. Garde, Martin J. Whitehouse, Pierre Beck, Leif Johansson, Anne Sofie Søndergaard, Anders A. Bjørk, Joseph A. MacGregor, Shfaqat A. Khan, Jérémie Mouginot, Brandon C. Johnson,…
U-Pb dating of zircon and monazite from the uplifted Variscan crystalline basement of the Ries impact craterOPEN ACCESS
Romain Tartèse, Stanley Endley, Katherine H. Joy MAPSVersion of Record online: 03 March 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Impact crater central peaks and peak ring complexes are important exploration targets for future missions to…
Impact melt rock from Jänisjärvi astrobleme: Study of the iron-bearing phases using Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and Mössbauer spectroscopy
A. A. Maksimova, D. A. Zamiatina, D. A. Zamyatin, A. D. Ryanskaya, A. V. Chukin, M. I. Oshtrakh MAPSVersion of Record online: 03 March 2022 LINK “Iron-bearing phases in the impact melt rock (impactite) from…
The origin of the potassium-rich annular zones at the Bosumtwi impact structure, Ghana, investigated by field study, radiometric analysis, and first cosmogenic nuclide data
Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba Niang, David Baratoux, Pierre Rochette, Regis Braucher, Wolf Uwe Reimold, Philippe Lambert, Dinna Pathe Diallo, Vincent Regard, Sebastien Carretier, Mark W. Jessell, Gayane Faye, Christian Koeberl MAPSVersion of Record online: 28 February…
The Mesozoic terminated in boreal springOPEN ACCESS
Melanie A. D. During, Jan Smit, Dennis F. A. E. Voeten, Camille Berruyer, Paul Tafforeau, Sophie Sanchez, Koen H. W. Stein, Suzan J. A. Verdegaal-Warmerdam & Jeroen H. J. L. van der Lubbe NaturePublished: 23…
Tektites glasses from Belize, Central America: Petrography, geochemistry, and search for a possible meteoritic componentOPEN ACCESS
Christian Koeberl, Billy P. Glass, Toni Schulz, Wencke Wegner, Gabriele Giuli, Maria Rita Cicconi, Angela Trapananti, Paola Stabile, Mariangela Cestelli-Guidi, Jisun Park, Gregory F. Herzog, Marc W. Caffee Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof,…
Did an asteroid impact cause temporary warming during snowball Earth?OPEN ACCESS
Zhongwu Lan, Ross N. Mitchell, Thomas M. Gernon, Adam R. Nordsvan Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 581, 1 March 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • An asteroid impact during snowball Earth may have…
Search for a meteoritic component within the impact melt rocks of the Chicxulub impact structure peak ring, MexicoOPEN ACCESS
Jean-Guillaume Feignon, Toni Schulz, Ludovic Ferrière, Steven Goderis, Sietze J. de Graaff, Pim Kaskes, Thomas Déhais, Philippe Claeys, Christian Koeberl Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 9 February 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)…
Has the impact flux of small and large asteroids varied through time on Mars, the Earth and the Moon?OPEN ACCESS
Anthony Lagain, Mikhail Kreslavsky, David Baratoux, Yebo Liu, Hadrien Devillepoix, Philip Bland, Gretchen K. Benedix, Luc S. Doucet, Konstantinos Servis accepted in Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 28/12/2021 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The impact flux over…
Undetection of Australasian microtektites in the Chinese Loess PlateauOPEN ACCESS
Pan Yan, Zhiyong Xiao, Guoqiao Xiao, Qing Pan, Hejiu Hui, Yunhua Wu, Yizhen Ma, Yongjiang Xu Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 585(4):110721Published: October 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (DOWNLOAD) “Australasian strewn field of tektites and microtektites, formed by…
A young age of formation of Rheasilvia basin on Vesta from floor deformation patterns and crater counts
Paul M. Schenk, Alicia Neesemann, Simone Marchi, Katharina Otto, Trudi Hoogenboom, David P. O’Brien, Julie Castillo-Rogez, Carol A. Raymond, Christopher T. Russell Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 16 December 2021 LINK “Delivery of…
Meteorites that produce K-feldspar-rich ejecta blankets correspond to mass extinctionsOPEN ACCESS
M.J. Pankhurst, C.J. Stevenson and B.C. Coldwell Journal of the Geological Society, 1 December 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Meteorite impacts load the atmosphere with dust and cover the Earth’s surface with debris. They…
Plasma shielding removes prior magnetization record from impacted rocks near Santa Fe, New MexicoOPEN ACCESS
Gunther Kletetschka, Radana Kavkova & Hakan Ucar Scientific Reports, Volume 11, Article number: 22466 (2021) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The shock exposure of the Santa Fe’s impact structure in New Mexico is evidenced by…
Shock Wave Effects from the Impacts of Cosmic Objects with Diameters from 20 m to 3 km
D. O. Glazachev, O. P. Popova, E. D. Podobnaya, N. A. Artemieva, V. V. Shuvalov & V. V. Svetsov Izvestiya, Physics of the Solid Earth, Volume 57, pages 698–709 (2021)Published: 03 November 2021 LINK “Destruction…
Numerous chondritic impactors and oxidized magma ocean set Earth’s volatile depletionOPEN ACCESS
Haruka Sakuraba, Hiroyuki Kurokawa, Hidenori Genda & Kenji Ohta Scientific Reports, Volume 11, Article number: 20894 (2021) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Earth’s surface environment is largely influenced by its budget of major volatile elements:…
Delayed and variable late Archaean atmospheric oxidation due to high collision rates on Earth
S. Marchi, N. Drabon, T. Schulz, L. Schaefer, D. Nesvorny, W. F. Bottke, C. Koeberl & T. Lyons Nature GeosciencePublished: 21 October 2021 LINK “Frequent violent collisions of impactors from space punctuated the geological and…
Isotopic evolution of planetary crusts by hypervelocity impacts evidenced by Fe in microtektitesOPEN ACCESS
S. M. Chernonozhkin, C. González de Vega, N. Artemieva, B. Soens, J. Belza, E. Bolea-Fernandez, M. Van Ginneken, B. P. Glass, L. Folco, M. J. Genge, Ph. Claeys, F. Vanhaecke & S. Goderis Nature Communications,…
Large impact cratering during lunar magma ocean solidificationOPEN ACCESS
K. Miljković, M. A. Wieczorek, M. Laneuville, A. Nemchin, P. A. Bland & M. T. Zuber Nature Communications volume 12, Article number: 5433 (2021) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The lunar cratering record is used…
A new method for dating impact events – thermal dependency on nanoscale Pb mobility in monazite shock twins
Denis Fougerouse, Aaron J. Cavosie, Timmons Erickson, Steven M. Reddy, Morgan A. Cox, David Saxey, William Rickard, Michael T.D. Wingate Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 3 September 2021 LINK “To test…
The Ramgarh Terrestrial Impact Structure in Rajasthan State: a ‘Geoheritage Site and Geopark’ Candidate from North-Central India
Manoj K. Pandit & Sharad Master Geoheritage, Volume 13, Article number: 81 (2021) LINK “A nearly complete, 3.5–4 km diameter, circular topographic high structure occurs as a solitary geomorphic high landform at Ramgarh village in…
Genesis and Geoecological Changes of the South Caspian Depression after a Meteorite Fall
Sh. G. Idarmachev, V. I. Cherkashin & A. Sh. Idarmachev Arid Ecosystems, Volume 11, pages 274–278 (2021)Published: 14 August 2021 LINK “The article provides data confirming the theory of the meteoric origin of the South…
The formation of impact coesiteOPEN ACCESS
F. Campanale, E. Mugnaioli, M. Gemmi & L. Folco Scientific Reports volume 11, Article number: 16011 (2021) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Coesite in impact rocks is traditionally considered a retrograde product formed during pressure…
Distinguishing volcanic from impact glasses—The case of the Cali glass (Colombia)
Ludovic Ferrière, Alvaro P. Crósta, Wencke Wegner, Eugen Libowitzky, Fabio Iwashita, Christian Koeberl Geology (2021) LINK “Natural glass occurs on Earth in different geological contexts, mainly as volcanic glass, fulgurites, and impact glass. All these…
Chicxulub impact structure, IODP‐ICDP Expedition 364 drill core: Geochemistry of the granite basementOPEN ACCESS
Jean-Guillaume Feignon, Sietze J. de Graaff, Ludovic Ferrière, Pim Kaskes, Thomas Déhais, Steven Goderis, Philippe Claeys, Christian Koeberl Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceFirst Published: 29 July 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The IODP-ICDP Expedition 364…
Yilan crater, China: Evidence for an origin by meteorite impact
Ming Chen, Christian Koeberl, Dayong Tan, Ping Ding, Wansheng Xiao, Ning Wang, Yiwei Chen, Xiande Xie Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceFirst Published: 29 July 2021 LINK “The Yilan crater is 1.85 km in diameter and is…
Potassium elemental and isotope constraints on the formation of tektites and element loss during impacts
Tomáš Magna, Yun Jiang, Roman Skála, Kun Wang, Paolo A.Sossi, Karel Žák Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 28 July 2021 LINK “Potassium elemental and isotope systematics were investigated for a suite of central European tektites…
The unique spectral and geomorphological characteristics of pitted impact deposits associated with Marcia crater on Vesta
T. Michalik, K.-D. Matz, S.E. Schröder, R. Jaumann, K. Stephan, K. Krohn, F. Preusker, C.A. Raymond, C.T. Russell, K.A. Otto IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 27 July 2021 LINK “Highlights • Pitted impact deposits…
Constraints on the origins of iron silicide spherules in ultrahigh-temperature distal impact ejectaOPEN ACCESS
Sergei Batovrin, Boris Lipovsky, Yury Gulbin, Yury Pushkarev, Yury A. Shukolyukov Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 19 July 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Terrestrially occurring iron silicide spherules, described in the geological…
Exploring the environments of Martian impact-generated hydrothermal systems and their potential to support lifeOPEN ACCESS
Nisha K. Ramkissoon, Stuart M. R. Turner, Michael C. Macey, Susanne P. Schwenzer, Mark H. Reed, Victoria K. Pearson, Karen Olsson-Francis Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 12 July 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN…
Revisiting the paleomagnetism of Muong Nong layered tektites: Implications for their formation processOPEN ACCESS
Jérôme Gattacceca, Pierre Rochette, Yoann Quesnel, Sounthone Singsoupho, Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 09 July 2021 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Submitted: 22 October 2021 “Among Australasian tektites, the so-called Muong Nong tektites stand…
Dark Primitive Asteroids Account for a Large Share of K/Pg-Scale Impacts on the EarthOPEN ACCESS
David Nesvorny, William F. Bottke, Simone Marchi Icarus PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK (Update: 15 July 2021) “Highlights • We develop a dynamical model for large near-Earth asteroids to understand the occurrence rate and nature of…
Fingerprinting the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary impact with Zn isotopesOPEN ACCESS
Ryan Mathur, Brandon Mahan, Marissa Spencer, Linda Godfrey, Neil Landman, Matthew Garb, D. Graham Pearson, Sheng-Ao Liu & Francisca E. Oboh-Ikuenobe Nature Communications volume 12, Article number: 4128 (2021)Published: 05 July 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF…
The terrestrial impact crater record: A statistical analysis of morphologies, structures, ages, lithologies, and moreOPEN ACCESS
Thomas Kenkmann Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceFirst Published: 30 June 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The number of newly discovered and confirmed impact structures on earth is growing continuously. In this review paper, the main…
A 650 km2 Miocene strewnfield of splash-form impact glasses in the Atacama Desert, ChileOPEN ACCESS
J. Gattacceca, B. Devouard, J.-A. Barrat, P. Rochette, M.L. Balestrier, G. Bigazzi, G. Ménard, F. Moustard, E. Dos Santos, R. Scorzelli, M. Valenzuela, M. Gounelle, V. Debaille, P. Beck, L.Bonal, B. Reynard, M. Warner Earth…
The Boltysh impact structure: An early Danian impact event during recovery from the K-Pg mass extinctionOPEN ACCESS
Annemarie E. Pickersgill, Darren F. Mark, Martin R. Lee, Simon P. Kelley, David W. Jolley Science Advances 18 Jun 2021:Vol. 7, no. 25 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Both the Chicxulub and Boltysh impact events…
The characterization and distribution of polygonal impact craters on Ceres and their implications for the Cerean crust
Michael F. Zeilnhofer, Nadine G. Barlow IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 16 June 2021 LINK “Highlights • A polygonal crater database for Ceres was created in this study.• 1466 polygonal impact craters (PICs) are…
57Fe Mössbauer Analysis of Meteorites and TektitesOPEN ACCESS
Benilde F.O. Costa, Eduardo Ivo Alves, Pedro A.O.C. Silva and António C. Batista ReviewMinerals 2021, 11(6), 628Published: 12 June 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (download) “This review presents studies on iron meteorites (Campo del Cielo fall…
Lunar samples record an impact 4.2 billion years ago that may have formed the Serenitatis BasinOPEN ACCESS
Ana Černok, Lee F. White, Mahesh Anand, Kimberly T. Tait, James R. Darling, Martin Whitehouse, Katarina Miljković, Myriam Lemelin, Steven M. Reddy, Denis Fougerouse, William D. A. Rickard, David W. Saxey & Rebecca Ghent Communications…
Timescales of impact melt sheet crystallization and the precise age of the Morokweng impact structure, South AfricaOPEN ACCESS
Gavin G. Kenny, Claire O. Harrigan, Mark D.Schmitz, James L. Crowley, Corey J. Wall, Marco A.G. Andreoli, Roger L. Gibson, Wolfgang D. Maier Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 567, 1 August 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)…
The Chicxulub Impactor: Comet or Asteroid?
Steve Desch, Alan Jackson, Jessica Noviello, Ariel Anbar To be published in Astronomy and Geophysics PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “A recent paper by Siraj & Loeb (2021) entitled “Breakup of a long-period comet as the origin…
Impacts may provide heat for aqueous alteration and organic solid formation on asteroid parent bodiesOPEN ACCESS
Minami Yasui, Taku Tazawa, Ryohei Hashimoto, Masahiko Arakawa & Kazunori Ogawa Communications Earth & Environment, Volume 2, Article number: 95 (2021) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Chemical reactions on asteroid parent bodies, such as aqueous…
Impact glasses from Belize represent tektites from the Pleistocene Pantasma impact crater in NicaraguaOPEN ACCESS
Pierre Rochette, Pierre Beck, Martin Bizzarro, Régis Braucher, Jean Cornec, Vinciane Debaille, Bertrand Devouard, Jérôme Gattacceca, Fred Jourdan, Fabien Moustard, Frédéric Moynier, Sébastien Nomade & Bruno Reynard Communications Earth & Environment, Volume 2, Article number:…
Effect of ice sheet thickness on formation of the Hiawatha impact crater
Elizabeth A. Silber, Brandon C.Johnson, Evan Bjonnes, Joseph A. MacGregor, Nicolaj K.Larsen, Sean E. Wiggins Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 566, 15 July 2021 LINK “Highlights • Hiawatha is a 31 km wide putative impact…
Microtektites and glassy cosmic spherules from new sites in the Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica
Lauren E. Brase, Ralph Harvey, Luigi Folco, Martin D. Suttle, E. Carrie McIntosh, James M. D. Day, Catherine M. Corrigan Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 12 April 2021 LINK “We report on the…
Hydrodynamic instability at impact interfaces and planetary implicationsOPEN ACCESS
Avi Ravid, Robert I. Citron & Raymond Jeanloz Nature Communications, Volume 12 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Impact-induced mixing between bolide and target is fundamental to the geochemical evolution of a growing planet, yet aside…
Shocked quartz in distal ejecta from the Ries impact event (Germany) found at ~ 180 km distance, near Bernhardzell, eastern SwitzerlandOPEN ACCESS
Sanna Holm-Alwmark, Carl Alwmark, Ludovic Ferrière, Matthias M. M. Meier, Sofie Lindström, Gavin G. Kenny, Emma Sheldon, Günter Schweigert, Christoph Spötl, Martin J. Whitehouse & Beda A. Hofmann Scientific Reports 11 , 1–15 LINK (OPEN…
Impacts on the Moon: analysis methods and size distribution of impactors
Chrysa Avdellidou, Edhah Munaibari, Raven Larson, Jeremie Vaubaillon, Marco Delbo, Paul Hayne, Mark Wieczorek, Daniel Sheward, Antony Cook Planetary and Space ScienceAvailable online 4 March 2021 LINK “We are preparing a telescope system to carry…
Crater shape as a possible record of the impact environment of metallic bodies: Effects of temperature, impact velocity and impactor densityOPEN ACCESS
Ryo Ogawa, Akiko M. Nakamura, Ayako Suzuki, Sunao Hasegawa Icarus, accepted PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Metallic bodies that were the cores of differentiated bodies are sources of iron meteorites and are considered to have formed early…
Globally distributed iridium layer preserved within the Chicxulub impact structureOPEN ACCESS
Steven Goderis, Honami Sato, Ludovic Ferrière, Birger Schmitz, David Burney, Pim Kaskes, Johan Vellekoop, Axel Wittmann, Toni Schulz, Stepan M. Chernonozhkin, Philippe Claeys, Sietze J. de Graaff, Thomas Déhais, Niels J. de Winter, Mikael Elfman,…
Origin of the degassing pipes at the Ries impact structure and implications for impact‐induced alteration on Mars and other planetary bodies
Christy Caudill, Gordon R. Osinski, Rebecca N. Greenberger, Livio L. Tornabene, Fred J. Longstaffe, Roberta L. Flemming, Bethany L. Ehlmann Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 15 February 2021 LINK “The impact melt‐bearing breccias…
Breakup of a long-period comet as the origin of the dinosaur extinctionOPEN ACCESS
Amir Siraj & Abraham Loeb Scientific Reports, Volume 11, Article number: 3803 (2021) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The origin of the Chicxulub impactor, which is attributed as the cause of the K/T mass extinction…
Shock deformation in zircon grains from the Mien impact structure, SwedenOPEN ACCESS
Josefin Martell, Carl Alwmark, Sanna Holm‐Alwmark, Paula Lindgren Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 12 February 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Recognition of impact‐induced deformation of minerals is crucial for the identification and…
Jetting during oblique impacts of spherical impactors
Shigeru Wakita, Brandon Johnson, C. Adeene Denton, Thomas M.Davison IcarusAvailable online: 8 February 2021 LINK “Highlights • We examine the efficiency of jetting during oblique impacts.• Oblique impacts produce more jetted ejecta than vertical impacts.•…
Multi-collector 40Ar/39Ar dating of microtektites from Transantarctic Mountains (Antarctica): a definitive link with the Australasian tektite/microtektite strewn field
Gianfranco Di Vincenzo, Luigi Folco, Martin D.Suttle, Lauren Brase, Ralph P. Harvey Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Available online 5 February 2021 LINK “Microtektites represent high-velocity/distal meteorite impact ejecta. Demonstrating that microtektites found at several locations…
Australasian microtektites across the Antarctic continent: Evidence from the Sør Rondane Mountain range (East Antarctica)OPEN ACCESS
Bastien Soens, Matthias van Ginneken, Steven Goderis Geoscience FrontiersAvailable online 2 February 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • Discovery of microtektites (n = 33) on the eastern Antarctic continent.• Physicochemical properties consistent with the Australasian strewn field.•…
In-situ visualization of dynamic fracture and fragmentation of an L-type ordinary chondrite by combined synchrotron X-ray radiography and microtomography
Lukasz Farbaniec, David J. Chapman, Jack R.W. Patten, Liam C. Smith, James D. Hogan, Alexander Rack, Daniel E. Eakins IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 26 January 2021 LINK “Highlights • Dynamic mechanical properties of…
The response of zircon to the extreme pressures and temperatures of a lightning strikeOPEN ACCESS
Gavin G. Kenny & Matthew A. Pasek Scientific Reports volume 11, Article number: 1560 (2021) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Hypervelocity impacts can produce features in zircon that are not normally produced by endogenic processes….
Stirred not shaken; critical evaluation of a proposed Archean meteorite impact in West GreenlandOPEN ACCESS
Chris Yakymchuk, Christopher L. Kirkland, Aaron J.Cavosie, Kristoffer Szilas, Julie Hollis, Nicholas J.Gardiner, Pedro Waterton, Agnete Steenfelt, Laure Martin Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 557, 1 March 2021, 116730 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • We…
New discovery of two seismite horizons challenges the Ries–Steinheim double-impact theoryOPEN ACCESS
Elmar Buchner, Volker J. Sach & Martin Schmieder Scientific Reports 10 , 1–14 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The Nördlinger Ries and the Steinheim Basin are widely perceived as a Middle Miocene impact crater doublet….
Evidence for shock provides insight into the formation of the central elevated area in the Dhala impact structure, India
Amar Agarwal, Satyendra Kumar, Gaurav Joshi, K. K. Agarwal Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 14 December 2020 LINK “The central elevated area is a postimpact morphological landmark in the otherwise flat eroded remnant…
First finding of impact cratering in the Korean PeninsulaOPEN ACCESS
Jaesoo Lim, Sei-Sun Hong, Min Han, Sangheon Yi, Sung Won Kim Gondwana ResearchIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 8 December 2020 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • First report of robust evidence for impact…
New fission-track ages of australasian tektites define two age groups: Discriminating between formation and reset ages
John A. Westgate, Bradley J. Pillans, Brent V. Alloway, Nicholas J.G. Pearce, Peter Simmonds Quaternary GeochronologyAvailable online 27 November 2020 LINK “Highlights • The studied tektites from across the Australasian strewn field fall into two…
3D X-ray tomographic analysis reveals how coesite is preserved in Muong Nong-type tektitesOPEN ACCESS
Matteo Masotta, Stefano Peres, Luigi Folco, Lucia Mancini, Pierre Rochette, Billy P. Glass, Fabrizio Campanale, Nicolas Gueninchault, Francesco Radica, Sounthone Singsoupho & Enrique Navarro Scientific Reports volume 10, Article number: 20608 (2020) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF…
Quartz and cristobalite ballen in impact melt rocks from the Ries impact structure, Germany, formed by dehydration of shock‐generated amorphous phasesOPEN ACCESS
Claudia A. Trepmann, Fabian Dellefant, Melanie Kaliwoda, Kai‐Uwe Hess, Wolfgang W. Schmahl, Stefan Hölzl Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 24 November 2020 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Quartz and cristobalite ballen aggregates surrounded…
In situ occurrence of Muong Nong-type Australasian tektite fragments from the Quaternary deposits near Huai Om, northeastern ThailandOPEN ACCESS
Toshihiro Tada, Ryuji Tada, Praphas Chansom, Wickanet Songtham, Paul A. Carling & Eiichi Tajika Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, Volume 7, Article number: 66 (2020) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “There are several reports…
Early oxidation of the martian crust triggered by impactsOPEN ACCESS
Zhengbin Deng, Frédéric Moynier, Johan Villeneuve, Ninna K. Jensen, Deze Liu, Pierre Cartigny, Takashi Mikouchi, Julien Siebert, Arnaud Agranier, Marc Chaussidon and Martin Bizzarro Science Advances, 30 Oct 2020:Vol. 6, no. 44, eabc4941DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abc4941 LINK…
Gravity strike angles: a modern approach and tool to estimate the direction of impactors of meteoritic craters
Jaroslav Klokočník, Jan Kostelecký, Aleš Bezděk, Gunther Kletetschka Planetary and Space ScienceIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 14 October 2020 LINK “Highlights the direction of impactor is estimated by a new method, independent of all…
A scheme for moldavite fluvial abrasion based on observations from a natural river stream
Tomasz Brachaniec Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online:10 October 2020 LINK “Tektite resistance to fluvial abrasion has become the core issue of several recent papers. Because of contradictory results of barrel observations, the experiment…
