Pd-Ag chronometry of iron meteorites: correction of neutron capture-effects and application to the cooling history of differentiated protoplanets
Maximilian Matthes, Mario Fischer-Gödde, Thomas S. Kruijer, Ingo Leya, Thorsten Kleine Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 26 July 2015 LINK
Comment on “Cosmogenic 180W Variations in Meteorites and Re-assessment of a Possible 184Os-180W Decay System” by Cook, D.L., Kruijer, T., Leya, I., Kleine, T
Stefan T.M. Peters, Carsten Münker, Harry Becker, Toni Schulz Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 2 July 2015 LINK Refers to Cosmogenic 180W Variations in Meteorites and Re-assessment of a Possible…
Santa Luzia returns to National Museum
The 1.89 ton main mass of the iron meteorite Santa Luzia, which was found in Goiás (Brazil), will be brought back to the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro where it had originally been brought…
The formation of IIE iron meteorites investigated by the chondrule-bearing Mont Dieu meteorite
N. Van Roosbroek, V. Debaille, L. Pittarello, S. Goderis, M. Humayun, L. Hecht, F. Jourdan, M. J. Spicuzza, F. Vanhaecke and Ph. Claeys Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12463 Article first published online: 25 JUN…
Pd-Ag Evidence for Rapid Cooling of the IIIAB Iron Meteorite Parent Body
Matthes M, Fischer-Gödde M, Kruijer T, Leya I & Kleine T Goldschmidt 2015, Prague, 16-21 August 2015 PDF (abstract)
Meteorite-catalyzed syntheses of nucleosides and of other prebiotic compounds from formamide under proton irradiation
Raffaele Saladino, Eleonora Carota, Giorgia Botta, Mikhail Kapralov, Gennady N. Timoshenko, Alexei Y. Rozanov, Eugene Krasavin, and Ernesto Di Mauro PNAS 2015 ; published ahead of print April 13, 2015, doi:10.1073/pnas.1422225112 LINK Supporting information (PDF)
Mineralogy, petrology, and distribution of meteorites at the Whitecourt crater, Alberta, Canada
Newman, J. D. and Herd, C. D. K. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12422 LINK
Sulfidization of Iron in the Dynamic Solar Nebula and Implications for Planetary Compositions
Fred J. Ciesla The Astrophysical Journal Letters Volume 800 Number 1 ApJ 800 L6. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/800/1/L6 published 4 Februar 2015. LINK
327 kg Gibeon in the Fersman Mineralogical Museum, Moscow
video by Oleg Tarabanov VIDEO (HD)
Correlated cosmogenic W and Os isotopic variations in Carbo and implications for Hf-W chronology
Liping Qin, Nicolas Dauphas, Mary F. Horan, Ingo Leya, Richard W. Carlson Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta doi:10.1016/j.gca.2014.11.015 available online 2 January 2015 LINK
Savik I mass of Cape York moved to Danish National Museum because of renovation of Geological Museum
VIDEO LINK LINK (Original)
Early inner solar system origin for anomalous sulfur isotopes in differentiated protoplanets
Michael A. Antonelli, Sang-Tae Kim, Marc Peters, Jabrane Labidi, Pierre Cartigny, Richard J. Walker, James R. Lyons, Joost Hoek, and James Farquhar PNAS2014 111 (50)17749-17754; published ahead of print December 1, 2014, doi:10.1073/pnas.1418907111 LINK
Sikhote Alins in the Fersman Mineralogical Museum in Moscow
Sikhote Alins in the Fersman Mineralogical Museum in Moscow An impressive 1745 kg individual
1.8 ton iron meteorite found near Tschad and Sudan border
credit: Aziz Habibi
Cosmogenic 180W Variations in Meteorites and Re-assessment of a Possible 184Os-180W Decay System
Cook DL, Kruijer TS, Leya I and Kleine T. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 140, 1 September 2014, Pages 160–176 LINK
Zinc isotopic composition of iron meteorites: Absence of isotopic anomalies and origin of the volatile element depletion
Chen, H., Nguyen, B. M. and Moynier, F. (2013) Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 48: 2441–2450. doi: 10.1111/maps.12229 LINK
I-Xe ages of Campo del Cielo silicates as a record of the complex early history of the IAB parent body
Pravdivtseva, O., Meshik, A., Hohenberg, C. M. and Kurat, G. (2013) Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 48: 2480–2490. doi: 10.1111/maps.12233 LINK
The abundance and isotopic composition of Cd in iron meteorites
Kruijer, T. S., Sprung, P., Kleine, T., Leya, I. and Wieler, R. (2013) Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 48: 2597–2607. doi: 10.1111/maps.12240 LINK Corrected by: Erratum: Vol. 49, Issue 2, 294, Article first published online: 13…
The extremely reduced silicate-bearing iron meteorite Northwest Africa 6583: Implications on the variety of the impact melt rocks of the IAB-complex parent body
Fazio, A., D’Orazio, M., Folco, L., Gattacceca, J. and Sonzogni, C. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 48: 2451–2468. doi: 10.1111/maps.12231 LINK
Towards an Understanding of the Fall Circumstances of the Hoba Meteorite
Beech M. Earth, Moon, and Planets November 2013, Volume 111, Issue 1-2, pp 15-30 LINK
Meteoritical Bulletin updates
- Oued El Hamim 003 (Eucrite)
- Northwest Africa 18237 (Ureilite)
- Northwest Africa 18222 (Ureilite)
- Northwest Africa 18223 (Eucrite)
- Northwest Africa 18205 (H3)
- Northwest Africa 18206 (Eucrite-melt breccia)
- Northwest Africa 18122 (Eucrite)
- Ganq 027 (L3)
- Dalangtan 004 (H3)
- Northwest Africa 18188 (LL3)
- Hammadah al Hamra 348 (Ureilite)
- Gadamis 010 (Angrite)
- Northwest Africa 18184 (CV3)
- Northwest Africa 18180 (H3)
- Northwest Africa 18181 (L3)
- Sabkhat Arryd 002 (Eucrite-pmict)
- Northwest Africa 18183 (Eucrite-melt breccia)
- Yagan 003 (LL3)
- Northwest Africa 18164 (CK3)
- Northwest Africa 18163 (Winonaite)
