A partially differentiated interior for (1) Ceres deduced from its gravity field and shape

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R. S. Park, A. S. Konopliv, B. G. Bills, N. Rambaux, J. C. Castillo-Rogez, C. A. Raymond, A. T. Vaughan, A. I. Ermakov, M. T. Zuber, R. R. Fu, M. J. Toplis, C. T. Russell,…

Impacts into quartz sand: Crater formation, shock metamorphism, and ejecta distribution in laboratory experiments and numerical models.

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Wünnemann, K., Zhu, M.-H. and Stöffler, D. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12710 LINK “We investigated the ejection mechanics by a complementary approach of cratering experiments, including the microscopic analysis of material sampled from these…

Distinction between amorphous and healed planar deformation features in shocked quartz using composite color scanning electron microscope cathodoluminescence (SEM-CL) imagingOPEN ACCESS 

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Hamers, M. F., Pennock, G. M., Herwegh, M. and Drury, M. R. Meteorit Planet Sci. doi:10.1111/maps.12711 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Planar deformation features (PDFs) in quartz are one of the most reliable and most widely used…

Cooling rates of LL, L and H chondrites and constraints on the duration of peak thermal conditions: Diffusion kinetic modeling and implications for fragmentation of Asteroids and impact resetting of petrologic types

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Jibamitra Ganguly, Massimiliano Tirone, Kenneth Domanik Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 2 August 2016 LINK “We have carried out detailed thermometric and cooling history studies of several LL-, L- and…

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