Australasian impact crater buried under the Bolaven volcanic field, Southern LaosOPEN ACCESS
Kerry Sieh, Jason Herrin, Brian Jicha, Dayana Schonwalder Angel, James D. P. Moore, Paramesh Banerjee, Weerachat Wiwegwin, Vanpheng Sihavong, Brad Singer, Tawachai Chualaowanich, and Punya Charusiri PNAS first published December 30, 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)…
ANSMET 2019/2020 Field Season / 346 meteorites found
Last update: 9 December 2020 This year’s ANSMET field season around Davis Ward Nunatak has ended for the team members John Schutt, Brian Rougeux, Jim Karner, Cindy Evans, Marc Caffee, Emilie Dunham, Lauren Angotti, Alexander…
A quantitative evolved gas analysis for extra-terrestrial samples
A.B. Verchovsky, M. Anand, S.J. Barber, S. Sheridan, G.H. Morgan Planetary and Space Science In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 30 December 2019 LINK “Highlights • The paper describes a quantitative evolve gas analysis with…
The Žďár nad Sázavou meteorite fall: Fireball trajectory, photometry, dynamics, fragmentation, orbit, and meteorite recoveryOPEN ACCESS
Pavel Spurný, Jiří Borovička, Lukáš Shrbený Accepted to Meteoritics and Planetary Science, December 13, 2019 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK (updated 10 February 2020) “We report a comprehensive analysis of the instrumentally observed meteorite fall Žďár…
Transport of impact ejecta from Mars to its moons as a means to reveal Martian historyOPEN ACCESS
Ryuki Hyodo, Kosuke Kurosawa, Hidenori Genda, Tomohiro Usui & Kazuhisa Fujita Scientific Reports volume 9, Article number: 19833 (2019) LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Throughout the history of the solar system, Mars has experienced…
Origin of Al-rich chondrules in CV chondrites: Incorporation of diverse refractory components into the ferromagnesian chondrule-forming region
Mingming Zhang, Yangting Lin, Guoqiang Tang, Yu Liu, Ingo Leya Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 26 December 2019 LINK “Aluminum-rich (Al2O3 > 10 wt%) chondrules (ARCs) are important chondritic components that…
Characterization of the matrix and fusion crust of the recent meteorite fall Ozerki L6
A. A. Maksimova, E. V. Petrova, A. V. Chukin, M. S. Karabanalov, I. Felner, M. Gritsevich, M. I. Oshtrakh First published: 25 December 2019 LINK “We studied the interior and the fusion crust of the…
Hydrogen isotopic composition of CI- and CM-like clasts from meteorite breccias – sampling unknown sources of carbonaceous chondrite materials
Markus Patzek, Peter Hoppe, Addi Bischoff, Robbin Visser, Timm John Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 23 December 2019 LINK “Volatile-rich, CI- and CM-like clasts occur in different brecciated achondrite and…
Radionuclide activities in recent chondrite falls determined by gamma‐ray spectrometry: Implications for terrestrial age estimates
Åke V. Rosén, Beda A. Hofmann, Moritz von Sivers, Marc Schumann Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 19 December 2019 LINK “Radionuclide activities were measured in the low‐background gamma‐ray spectrometry facility GeMSE in eight meteorite…
Insights into the formation of silica‐rich achondrites from impact melts in Rumuruti‐type chondrites
N. G. Lunning, A. Bischoff, J. Gross, M. Patzek, C. M. Corrigan, T. J. McCoy Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 19 December 2019 LINK “Ancient, SiO2‐rich achondrites have previously been proposed to have formed…
Wangdaodeite, the LiNbO3‐structured high‐pressure polymorph of ilmenite, a new mineral from the Suizhou L6 chondrite
Xiande Xie, Xiangping Gu, Hexiong Yang, Ming Chen, Kai Li Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 19 December 2019 LINK “Wangdaodeite, the shock‐induced lithium niobate–structured polymorph of ilmenite, was found in the Suizhou L6 chondrite….
Characterization of a newly fallen Nigerian meteorite
Abbasher Gismelssed, Olugbenga Okunlola, Ahmed Al-Rawas, Ali Yousif, Matthew Oyedokun, Jacob Adetunji, Hisham Widatallah, Mohamed Elzai Hyperfine Interactions December 2020, 241:22 LINK “X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fields Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FE-SEM) with EDS and Mössbauer…
Primordial organic matter in the xenolithic clast in the Zag H chondrite: Possible relation to D/P asteroids
Yoko Kebukawa, Michael E. Zolensky, Motoo Ito, Nanako O. Ogawa, Yoshinori Takano, Naohiko Ohkouchi, Aiko Nakato, Hiroki Suga, Yasuo Takeichi, Yoshio Takahashi, Kensei Kobayashi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Available online 19 December 2019 LINK “Some…
The combined Zr and Hf isotope inventory of bulk rock and sequentially leached chondrite samples
Bo-Magnus Elfers, Sprung Peter, Messling Nils, Münker Carsten Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 17 December 2019 LINK “The stepwise acid digestion of primitive chondritic meteorites allows the identification of nucleosynthetic…
Application of Mössbauer spectroscopy for classification of ordinary chondrites – different database and different methodsOPEN ACCESS
Jolanta Gałązka-Friedman, Marek Woźniak, Patrycja Bogusz, Martyna Jakubowska, Łukasz Karwowski & Przemysław Duda Hyperfine Interactions, Volume 241, article number: 20 (2019) First Published: 17 December 2019 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Classification of the meteorites is…
The great isotopic dichotomy of the early Solar System
Thomas S. Kruijer, Thorsten Kleine & Lars E. Borg Nature Astronomy , 1–9 (2019) LINK “The isotopic composition of meteorites and terrestrial planets holds important clues about the earliest history of the Solar System and…
Occurrence and implications of secondary olivine veinlets in lunar highland breccia Northwest Africa 11273OPEN ACCESS
Xiaojia Zeng, Shijie Li, Katherine H. Joy, Xiongyao Li, Jianzhong Liu, Yang Li, Rui Li, Shijie Wang Meteoritics & Planetary Science LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Lunar breccias preserve the records of geologic processes…
Multiple origins of xenoliths and xenocrysts in the Elephant Moraine 79001 Lithology A olivine‐phyric shergottite
Nicholas Castle, Ethan Kuehl, John Jones, Allan Treiman Meteoritics & Planetary Science LINK “Petrographic examination of the xenolith and xenocryst populations in the olivine‐phyric shergottite Elephant Moraine 79001 Lithology A shows more chemical heterogeneity than…
Characteristics of the Sahara as a meteorite recovery surface
Maria Aboulahris, Hasnaa Chennaoui Aoudjehane, Pierre Rochette, Jérôme Gattacceca, A. J. Timothy Jull, Nejia Laridhi Ouazaa, Luigi Folco Svend Buhl Meteoritics & Planetary Science LINK “We describe the geological, geomorphological, and paleoclimatic setting of the…
El condrito carbonáceo Aguas Zarcas: bólido, caída y recuperación de un meteorito extraordinario del tipo CM2
Oscar H. Lücke, Pilar Madrigal, Gerardo J. Soto Revista Geológica de América Central Número 61 , 9-22; published: 2019-12-11 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “El 23 de abril del 2019 a las 21:08, se…
Análisis de datos de infrasonido del meteorito de Aguas Zarcas de San Carlos, Costa Rica, 23 de abril 2019
Ronnie Quintero-Quintero, Hairo Villalobos-Villalobos, Daniela Campos-Durán Revista Geológica de América Central Número 61 , 35-55; published: 2019-12-11 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “El 23 de abril de 2019 a las 21:07:22 hora de Costa…
Origin of Earth’s water: sources and constraintsOPEN ACCESS
Karen Meech, Sean N. Raymond Review; Chapter to appear in Planetary Astrobiology PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We review the state of knowledge on the origin of Earth’s water. Empirical constraints come from chemical and isotopic measurements…
Mare basalt meteorites, magnesian-suite rocks and KREEP reveal loss of zinc during and after lunar formation
James M.D. Day, Elishevah M.M.E. van Kooten, Beda A. Hofmann, Frederic Moynier Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 10 December 2019 LINK “Isotopic compositions of reservoirs in the Moon can…
Calcium Isotopic Composition of the Lunar Crust, Mantle, and Bulk Silicate Moon:A Preliminary Study
Wei Wu, Yi-Gang Xu, Zhao-Feng Zhang, XinLi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta LINK “Calcium isotopes have the potential to explore genetic links between the Moon and Earth. Here, we constrain calcium isotopic composition of the bulk…
The origin of s-process isotope heterogeneity in the solar protoplanetary diskOPEN ACCESS
Mattias Ek, Alison C. Hunt, Maria Lugaro & Maria Schönbächler Nature Astronomy , 1–9 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK “Rocky asteroids and planets display nucleosynthetic isotope variations that are attributed to the heterogeneous distribution of stardust…
Isotopic Signatures of Supernova Nucleosynthesis in Presolar Silicon Carbide Grains of Type AB with Supersolar 14N/15N Ratios
Peter Hoppe, Richard J. Stancliffe, Marco Pignatari, and Sachiko Amari The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 887, Number 1 LINK “We report high-resolution C, N, Al, Si, and S isotope data of 38 presolar SiC grains of…
Where Did They Come From, Where Did They Go. Grazing FireballsOPEN ACCESS
P.M. Shober, T. Jansen-Sturgeon, E.K. Sansom, H.A.R. Devillepoix, M.C. Towner, P.A. Bland, M. Cupák, R.M. Howie, B.A.D. Hartig Submitted to The Astrophysical Journal PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “For centuries extremely-long grazing fireball displays have fascinated observers…
Identification of a Minimoon FireballOPEN ACCESS
P. M. Shober, T. Jansen-Sturgeon, E. K. Sansom, H. A. R. Devillepoix, P. A. Bland, M. Cupák, M.C. Towner, R.M. Howie, B.A.D. Hartig PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK (The Astronomical Journal, Volume 158, Number 5, 14…
Noble gas variations in ureilites and their implications for ureilite parent body formationOPEN ACCESS
Michael W. Broadley, David V. Bekaert, Bernard Marty, Akira Yamaguchi, Jean-Alix Barrat Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 5 December 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Ureilites are equilibrated carbon-rich…
Chemical analysis of a lunar meteorite by laser ablation mass spectrometry
Samira Frey, Reto Wiesendanger, Marek Tulej, Maike Neuland, Andreas Riedo, Valentine Grimaudo, Pavel Moreno-García, Alena Cedeño López, Miklós Mohos, Beda Hofmann, Klaus Mezger, Peter Broekmann, Peter Wurz Planetary and Space Science In Press, Journal Pre-proof,…
Solar Elemental AbundancesOPEN ACCESS
Katharina Lodders review paper in The Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Planetary Science, Oxford University Press (2020) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Review of the history of solar system elemental abundances with a new assessment of elemental and…
Constraining the Evolutionary History of the Moon and the Inner Solar System: A Case for New Returned Lunar SamplesOPEN ACCESS
Romain Tartèse, Mahesh Anand, Jérôme Gattacceca, Katherine H. Joy, James I. Mortimer, John F. Pernet-Fisher, Sara Russell, Joshua F. Snape, Benjamin P. Weiss Space Science Reviews November 2019, 215:54 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
69 ‘surface meteorites’ but no subsurface specimens found – Panel sledge detector system has broken – UK meteorite search in Antarctica 2019/2020 – Lost meteorites of Antarctica Project
Last update: 4 January 2024 The 2019/20 main field trip of the project Lost Meteorites of Antarctica to recover subsurface iron meteorites on some blue icefields in Antarctica did not end as planned. Four members…
