Archive for March 14th, 2016

Impact-induced melting during accretion of the Earth

14/03/2016 23:34 · by karmaka · in accretion, accretion, Earth, planets/planetesimals

Jellie de Vries, Francis Nimmo, H. Jay Melosh, Seth A. Jacobson, Alessandro Morbidelli and David C. Rubie Progress in Earth and Planetary Science20163:7 DOI: 10.1186/s40645-016-0083-8 Published: 14 March 2016 PDF (open access) “Because of the…

Nanosecond formation of diamond and lonsdaleite by shock compression of graphite

14/03/2016 18:40 · by karmaka · in impact / impact-structures

D. Kraus, A. Ravasio, M. Gauthier, D. O. Gericke, J. Vorberger, S. Frydrych, J. Helfrich, L. B. Fletcher, G. Schaumann, B. Nagler, B. Barbrel, B. Bachmann, E. J. Gamboa, S. Göde, E. Granados, G. Gregori,…

Mineralogy and Geology of asteroid (4) Vesta from Dawn Framing Camera

14/03/2016 12:48 · by karmaka · in Dawn, diogenite, eucrite, HED achondrite, howardite, Vesta

Guneshwar Thangjam PhD Thesis, Clausthal University of Technology, 2015 PDF (open access) abstract “This thesis presents insights into the surface compositional heterogeneity and geology of asteroid Vesta. Lithologic mapping using Framing Camera onboard the NASA…