How Earth was watered Recent findings have wide implications in study of extrasolar life
by Alvin Powell Harvard Gazette, 27 February 2014 LINK
Weakly shocked and deformed CM microxenoliths in the Pułtusk H chondrite
Krzesińska A and Fritz J Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 49: 595–610. doi: 10.1111/maps.12276 LINK
Sutter’s Mill dicarboxylic acids as possible tracers of parent-body alteration processes
Pizzarello S. and Garvie L.A.J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12264 LINK Dicarboxylic acids were searched for in three Sutter’s Mill (SM) fragments (SM2 collected prerain, SM12, and SM41) and found to occur almost exclusively…
U-Pb systematics of the unique achondrite Ibitira: Precise age determination and petrogenetic implications
Iizuka T, Amelin Y, Kaltenbach A, Koefoed P and Stirling CH Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 132, 1 May 2014, Pages 259–273 LINK
Inheritance of solar short- and long-lived radionuclides from molecular clouds and the unexceptional nature of the solar system
Young ED (2014) Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 392, 15 April 2014, Pages 16–27 LINK Apparent excesses in early-solar 26Al, 36Cl, 41Ca, and 60Fe disappear if one accounts for ejecta from massive-star winds concentrated…
A criterion to classify asteroids and comets based on the orbital parameters
Tancredi G. Icarus Volume 234, 15 May 2014, Pages 66–80 LINK
Asteroid 2008 TC3 and the Fall of Almahata Sitta, a Unique Meteorite Breccia
Goodrich C, Bischoff A and O’Brien DP (2014) Elements doi: 10.2113/gselements.10.1.31 v. 10 no. 1 p. 31-37 LINK
Nature’s Starships. I. Observed Abundances and Relative Frequencies of Amino Acids in Meteorites
Cobb AK and Pudritz RE (2014) The Astrophysical Journal 783:140. ApJ 783 140. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/783/2/140 LINK We see a predominance in the abundance and variety of amino acids in CM2 and CR2 meteorites. The range in…
Testing variations within the Tagish Lake meteorite—I: Mineralogy and petrology of pristine samples
Blinova AI, Zega TJ, Herd CDK and Stroud RM (in press) Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 49: 473–502. doi: 10.1111/maps.12271 LINK
Formation and Physical Properties of Asteroids
Michel P (2014) Elements 10:19-24. doi: 10.2113/gselements.10.1.19 v. 10 no. 1 p. 19-24 LINK
Evidence for Mo isotope fractionation in the solar nebula and during planetary differentiation
Burkhardt C, Hin RC, Kleine T and Bernard Bourdon B (2014) Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 391, 1 April 2014, Pages 201–211 LINK
No evidence for a decrease of nuclear decay rates with increasing heliocentric distance based on radiochronology of meteorites
Meier MMM and Wieler R Astroparticle Physics Volume 55, March 2014, Pages 63–75 LINK Constraints on the age of the Earth and the oldest meteorite phases obtained by the U–Pb dating technique give no hints…
Metamorphosed calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions in CK carbonaceous chondrites
Chaumard N, Devouard B, Bouvier A and Wadhwa M (in press) Meteoritics & Planetary Science Volume 49, Issue 3, pages 419–452, March 2014 LINK Excluding metamorphic features, the similarity in nature and abundance of CAIs…
Aqueous alteration on main belt primitive asteroids: results from visible spectroscopy
Fornasier S, Lantz C, Barucci MA and Lazzarin M. Icarus Volume 233, 1 May 2014, Pages 163–178 LINK
Alpha-decay of 184Os revealed by radiogenic 180W in meteorites: Half life determination and viability as geochronometer
Peters STM, Münker C, Becker H and Schulz T (2014) Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 391, 1 April 2014, Pages 69–76 LINK
Variations in the O-isotope composition of gas during the formation of chondrules from the CR chondrites
Schrader DL, Nagashima K, Krot AN, Ogliore RC and Hellebrand E (in press) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 132, 1 May 2014, Pages 50–74 LINK The compositional and O-isotope data suggest that BO chondrules experienced…
Infrasound detection of the Chelyabinsk meteor at the USArray
Catherine D. de Groot-Hedlin, Michael A.H. Hedlin Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 402, 15 September 2014, Pages 337–345 DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.01.031 LINK
