Lunar basalt chronology, mantle differentiation and implications for determining the age of the Moon

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Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 451 Joshua F. Snape, Alexander A. Nemchin, Jeremy J. Bellucci, Martin J. Whitehouse, Romain Tartèse, Jessica J. Barnes, Mahesh Anand, Ian A. Crawford, Katherine H. Joy LINK “Highlights •…

Magnetite in the unequilibrated CK chondrites: Implications for metamorphism and new insights into the relationship between the CV and CK chondrites.

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Dunn, T. L., Gross, J., Ivanova, M. A., Runyon, S. E. and Bruck, A. M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12691 LINK “Bulk isotopic and elemental compositions of CV and CK chondrites have led to…

Effect of H2O on metal-milicate partitioning of Ni, Co, V, Cr, Mn and Fe: Implications for the oxidation state of the Earth and Mars

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V. Clesi, M.A. Bouhifd, N. Bolfan-Casanova, G. Manthilake, A. Fabbrizio, D. Andrault Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 28 July 2016 LINK “This study investigates the metal-silicate partitioning of Ni, Co,…

The primordial nucleus of comet 67P/Churyumov-GerasimenkoOPEN ACCESS 

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B. J. R. Davidsson, H. Sierks, C. Güttler, F. Marzari, M. Pajola, H. Rickman, M. F. A’Hearn, A.-T. Auger, M. R. El-Maarry, S. Fornasier et al. (38 more) Astronomy Volume 592, August 2016 A&A 592,…

Iron and nickel isotope fractionation by diffusion, with applications to iron meteorites

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Heather C. Watson, Frank Richter, Ankun Liu, Gary R. Huss Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 451, 1 October 2016, Pages 159-167 LINK “Highlights • New experimental measurement of diffusive isotopic fractionation in Fe–Ni alloys….

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