Implications for behavior of volatile elements during impacts—Zinc and copper systematics in sediments from the Ries impact structure and central European tektites.

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Rodovská, Z., Magna, T., Žák, K., Kato, C., Savage, P. S., Moynier, F., Skála, R. and Ježek, J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12922 LINK “Moldavites are tektites genetically related to the Ries impact structure,…

CM and CO chondrites: A common parent body or asteroidal neighbors? Insights from chondrule silicates

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Devin L. Schrader, Jemma Davidson Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 29 July 2017 LINK “By investigating the petrology and chemical composition of type II (FeO-rich) chondrules in the Mighei-like carbonaceous…

Titanium isotopes and rare earth patterns in CAIs: evidence for thermal processing and gas-dust decoupling in the protoplanetary disk

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Andrew M. Davis, Junjun Zhang, Nicolas D. Greber, Jingya Hu, François L.H. Tissot, Nicolas Dauphas Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 27 July 2017 LINK “Titanium isotopic compositions (mass-dependent fractionation and…

Shock-darkening in ordinary chondrites: determination of the pressure-temperature conditions by shock physics mesoscale modelingOPEN ACCESS 

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J. Moreau, T. Kohout, K. Wünnemann In press in Meteoritics & Planetary Science PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We determined the shock-darkening pressure range in ordinary chondrites using the iSALE shock physics code. We simulated planar shock…

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