Weathering of ordinary chondrites from Oman: Correlation of weathering parameters with 14C terrestrial ages and a refined weathering scale.

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Zurfluh, F. J., Hofmann, B. A., Gnos, E., Eggenberger, U. and Jull, A. J. T. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12690 LINK “We have investigated 128 14C-dated ordinary chondrites from Oman for macroscopically visible weathering…

Replacement of glass in the Nakhla meteorite by berthierine: Implications for understanding the origins of aluminum-rich phyllosilicates on Mars.OPEN ACCESS 

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Lee, M. R. and Chatzitheodoridis, E. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12687 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “A scanning and transmission electron microscope study of aluminosilicate glasses within melt inclusions from the Martian meteorite Nakhla shows…

Fluids during diagenesis and sulfate vein formation in sediments at Gale crater, Mars.OPEN ACCESS 

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Schwenzer, S. P., Bridges, J. C., Wiens, R. C., Conrad, P. G., Kelley, S. P., Leveille, R., Mangold, N., Martín-Torres, J., McAdam, A., Newsom, H., Zorzano, M. P., Rapin, W., Spray, J., Treiman, A. H.,…

Impact melting of the largest known enstatite meteorite: Al Haggounia 001, a fossil EL chondrite.

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Rubin, A. E. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12679 LINK “Al Haggounia 001 and paired specimens (including Northwest Africa [NWA] 2828 and 7401) are part of a vesicular, incompletely melted, EL chondrite impact melt rock…

Formation of shatter cones in MEMIN impact experiments.

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Wilk, J. and Kenkmann, T. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12682 LINK “Shatter cones are the only macroscopic feature considered as evidence for shock metamorphism. Their presence is diagnostic for the discovery and verification of…

The current state of knowledge about shatter cones: Introduction to the special issue.

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Baratoux, D. and Reimold, W. U. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12678 LINK “Shatter cones are a fracture phenomenon that is exclusively associated with shock metamorphism and has also been produced in the laboratory in…

Shatter cones at the Keurusselkä impact structure and their relation to local jointing.

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Hasch, M., Reimold, W. U., Raschke, U. and Zaag, P. T. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12676 LINK “Shatter cones are the only distinct meso- to macroscopic recognition criterion for impact structures, yet not all…

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