Inward Radial Mixing of Interstellar Water Ices in the Solar Protoplanetary Disk

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Lionel G. Vacher, Yves Marrocchi, Maximilien J. Verdier-Paoletti, Johan Villeneuve, and Matthieu Gounelle The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 827, Number 1 Published 2016 August 2 LINK “The very wide diversity of asteroid compositions in the…

Shock-metamorphosed rutile grains containing the high-pressure polymorph TiO2-II in four Neoarchean spherule layers

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Frank C. Smith, Billy P. Glass, Bruce M. Simonson, Joseph P. Smith, Alexandra E. Krull-Davatzes, Karl S. Booksh Geology DOI: 10.1130/G38327.1 First Published on August 01, 2016 LINK “At least 17 spherule layers are presently…

Preservation of ancient impact ages on the R chondrite parent body: 40Ar/39Ar age of hornblende-bearing R chondrite LAP 04840.

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Righter, K., Cosca, M. A. and Morgan, L. E. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12692 LINK “The hornblende- and biotite-bearing R chondrite LAP 04840 is a rare kind of meteorite possibly containing outer solar system…

An analysis of Apollo lunar soil samples 12070,889, 12030,187, and 12070,891: Basaltic diversity at the Apollo 12 landing site and implications for classification of small-sized lunar samples.

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Alexander, L., Snape, J. F., Joy, K. H., Downes, H. and Crawford, I. A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12689 LINK “Lunar mare basalts provide insights into the compositional diversity of the Moon’s interior. Basalt…

Subsurface deformation in hypervelocity cratering experiments into high-porosity tuffs.

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Winkler, R., Poelchau, M. H., Moser, S. and Kenkmann, T. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12694 LINK “Hypervelocity impact experiments on porous tuff targets were carried out to determine the effect of porosity on deformation…

Energy dissipation at the silica glass/compressed aerogel interface: The fate of Wild 2 mineral grains and fragments smaller than ~100 nm.

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Rietmeijer, F. J. M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12695 LINK “Allocation FC6,0,10,0,26 from Stardust track 10 shows a slightly wavy silica glass/compressed silica aerogel interface exposing a patchwork of compressed silica aerogel domains and…

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