Capture of Trans-Neptunian Planetesimals in the Main Asteroid Belt
David Vokrouhlický, William F. Bottke, and David Nesvorný The Astronomical Journal, Volume 152, Number 2 Published 2016 July 26 LINK “The orbital evolution of the giant planets after nebular gas was eliminated from the Solar…
Excess of L-alanine in amino acids synthesized in a plasma torch generated by a hypervelocity meteorite impact reproduced in the laboratory
George G. Managadze, Michael H. Engel, Stephanie Getty, Peter Wurz, William B. Brinckerhoff, Anatoly G. Shokolov, Gennady V. Sholin, Sergey A. Terent’ev, Alexander E. Chumikov, Alexander S. Skalkin, Vladimir D. Blank, Vyacheslav M. Prokhorov, Nina…
The missing large impact craters on CeresOPEN ACCESS
S. Marchi, A. I. Ermakov, C. A. Raymond, R. R. Fu, D. P. O’Brien, M. T. Bland, E. Ammannito, M. C. De Sanctis, T. Bowling, P. Schenk, J. E. C. Scully, D. L. Buczkowski, D….
The origin of aubrites: Evidence from lithophile trace element abundances and oxygen isotope compositions
J.A. Barrat, R.C. Greenwood, K. Keil, M.L. Rouget, J.S. Boesenberg, B. Zanda, I.A. Franchi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 25 July 2016 LINK “We report the abundances of a selected…
Ancient Impactor Components Preserved and Reworked in Martian Regolith Breccia Northwest Africa 7034
Steven Goderis, Alan D. Brandon, Bernhard Mayer, Munir Humayun Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 25 July 2016 LINK “Northwest Africa (NWA) 7034 and paired stones represent unique samples of martian…
Constraints on olivine‐rich rock types on the Moon as observed by Diviner and M3: Implications for the formation of the lunar crust
J. A. Arnold, T. D. Glotch, P. G. Lucey, E. Song, I. R. Thomas, N. E. Bowles, B. T. Greenhagen Journal of Geophysical Research:Planets DOI: 10.1002/2015JE004874 First published: 25 July 2016 LINK “We place upper…
Olivine on Vesta as exogenous contaminants brought by impacts: Constraints from modeling Vesta’s collisional history and from impact simulationsOPEN ACCESS
D. Turrini, V. Svetsov, G. Consolmagno, S. Sirono, S. Pirani PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 25 July 2016 LINK “Highlights • The Dawn mission revealed the presence of olivine on…
The formation environment of potassic-chloro-hastingsite in the nakhlites MIL 03346 and pairs and NWA 5790: Insights from terrestrial chloro-amphibole.
Giesting, P. A. and Filiberto, J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12675 LINK “Potassic-chloro-hastingsite has been found in melt inclusions in MIL 03346, its paired stones, and NWA 5790. It is some of the most…
Characterization of mesostasis regions in lunar basalts: Understanding late-stage melt evolution and its influence on apatite formation.
Potts, N. J., Tartèse, R., Anand, M., van Westrenen, W., Griffiths, A. A., Barrett, T. J. and Franchi, I. A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12681 LINK “Recent studies geared toward understanding the volatile abundances…
Rare-earth-element minerals in martian breccia meteorites NWA 7034 and 7533: Implications for fluid–rock interaction in the martian crust
Yang Liu, Chi Ma, John R. Beckett, Yang Chen, Yunbin Guan Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 21 July 2016 LINK “Highlights • Martian meteorite NWA 7034/7533 contains monazite, xenotime,…
Material composition assessment and discovering sublimation activity on asteroids 145 Adeona, 704 Interamnia, 779 Nina, and 1474 Beira
V. V. Busarev , S. I. Barabanov, V. B. Puzin Solar System Research July 2016, Volume 50, Issue 4, pp 281-293 First online: 23 July 2016 LINK “Spectrophotometric observations of 145 Adeona, 704 Interamnia, 779…
Weathering of ordinary chondrites from Oman: Correlation of weathering parameters with 14C terrestrial ages and a refined weathering scale.
Zurfluh, F. J., Hofmann, B. A., Gnos, E., Eggenberger, U. and Jull, A. J. T. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12690 LINK “We have investigated 128 14C-dated ordinary chondrites from Oman for macroscopically visible weathering…
Replacement of glass in the Nakhla meteorite by berthierine: Implications for understanding the origins of aluminum-rich phyllosilicates on Mars.OPEN ACCESS
Lee, M. R. and Chatzitheodoridis, E. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12687 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “A scanning and transmission electron microscope study of aluminosilicate glasses within melt inclusions from the Martian meteorite Nakhla shows…
Fluids during diagenesis and sulfate vein formation in sediments at Gale crater, Mars.OPEN ACCESS
Schwenzer, S. P., Bridges, J. C., Wiens, R. C., Conrad, P. G., Kelley, S. P., Leveille, R., Mangold, N., Martín-Torres, J., McAdam, A., Newsom, H., Zorzano, M. P., Rapin, W., Spray, J., Treiman, A. H.,…
Impact melting of the largest known enstatite meteorite: Al Haggounia 001, a fossil EL chondrite.
Rubin, A. E. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12679 LINK “Al Haggounia 001 and paired specimens (including Northwest Africa [NWA] 2828 and 7401) are part of a vesicular, incompletely melted, EL chondrite impact melt rock…
Shatter cones at the Keurusselkä impact structure and their relation to local jointing.
Hasch, M., Reimold, W. U., Raschke, U. and Zaag, P. T. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12676 LINK “Shatter cones are the only distinct meso- to macroscopic recognition criterion for impact structures, yet not all…
57Fe Mössbauer study of the Chainpur meteorite
Nancy N. Elewa, R. Cobas, J. M. Cadogan Hyperfine Interactions December 2016, 237:107 First online: 20 July 2016 LINK “The Chainpur meteorite is one of 23 ordinary chondrites classified as LL3-type (low-Fe & low-metal). It…
Martian meteorite Tissint records unique petrogenesis among the depleted shergottites.
Basu Sarbadhikari, A., Babu, E. V. S. S. K., Vijaya Kumar, T. and Chennaoui Aoudjehane, H. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12684 Version of Record online: 19 JUL 2016 LINK “Tissint, a new unaltered piece…
The effect of titanium on the partitioning behavior of high-field strength elements between silicates, oxides and lunar basaltic melts with applications to the origin of mare basalts
Felipe P. Leitzke, Raúl O.C. Fonseca, Lina T. Michely, Peter Sprung, Carsten Münker, Alexander Heuser, Henrik Blanchard Chemical Geology In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 18 July 2016 LINK “Highlights • DHFSEcrystal/melt were calculated from…
Tracking the Distribution of 26Al and 60Fe during the Early Phases of Star and Disk Evolution
Michael Kuffmeier, Troels Frostholm Mogensen, Troels Haugbølle, Martin Bizzarro, and Åke Nordlund The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 826, Number 1 Published 2016 July 18 LINK “The short-lived 26Al and 60Fe radionuclides are synthesized and expelled into…
Magnesium and 54Cr isotope compositions of carbonaceous chondrite chondrules – insights into early disk processesOPEN ACCESS
Mia B. Olsen, Daniel Wielandt, Martin Schiller, Elishevah M.M.E. Van Kooten, Martin Bizzarro Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 16 July 2016 LINK “We report on the petrology, magnesium isotopes and…
The isotope composition of selenium in chondrites constrains the depletion mechanism of volatile elements in solar system materials
Hauke Vollstaedt, Klaus Mezger, Ingo Leya Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 450, 15 September 2016, Pages 372-380 Available online 15 July 2016 LINK “Highlights • The Se isotope composition of CC, OC, and EC…
Do lunar and meteoritic archives record temporal variations in the composition of solar wind noble gases and nitrogen? A reassessment in the light of Genesis data
Rainer Wieler Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 12 July 2016 LINK “Since about half a century samples from the lunar and asteroidal regoliths been used to derive information about…
Secondary submicrometer impact cratering on the surface of asteroid 25143 Itokawa
Dennis Harries, Shogo Yakame, Yuzuru Karouji, Masayuki Uesugi, Falko Langenhorst Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 450, 15 September 2016, Pages 337-345 Available online 12 July 2016 LINK “Highlights • Submicrometer impact craters on RA-QD02-0265…
Variations in impact effects among IIIE iron meteorites
Breen, J. P., Rubin, A. E. and Wasson, J. T. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12685 LINK “Group-IIIE iron meteorites can be ordered into four categories reflecting increasing degrees of shock alteration. Weakly shocked samples…
Boron abundances and isotopic ratios of olivine grains on Itokawa returned by the Hayabusa spacecraft.
Fujiya, W., Hoppe, P. and Ott, U. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12686 LINK “We report the B abundances and isotopic ratios of two olivine grains from the S-type asteroid Itokawa sampled by the Hayabusa…
Characterization of asteroid analogues by means of emission and reflectance spectroscopy in the 1- to 100-µm spectral rangeOPEN ACCESS
Alessandro Maturilli, Jörn Helbert, Sabrina Ferrari, Björn Davidsson and Mario D’Amore Earth, Planets and Space 2016 68:113 DOI: 10.1186/s40623-016-0489-y Published: 11 July 2016 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) HTML (OPEN ACCESS) “The last decades have seen a…
Rates, flux densities, and spectral indices of meteor radio afterglows
Obenberger, K. S., J. D. Dowell, P. J. Hancock, J. M. Holmes, T. R. Pedersen, F. K. Schinzel, and G. B. Taylor J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 121, 6808–6817 Version of Record online: 9 JUL…
The First Discovery of Presolar Graphite Grains from the Highly Reducing Qingzhen (EH3) Meteorite
Yuchen Xu, Yangting Lin, Jianchao Zhang, and Jialong Hao The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 825, Number 2 Published 2016 July 7 LINK “Presolar graphite grains have been extensively studied, but are limited in carbonaceous chondrites, particularly…
A plausible link between the asteroid 21 Lutetia and CH carbonaceous chondritesOPEN ACCESS
Carles E. Moyano-Cambero, Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez, Jordi Llorca, Sonia Fornasier, Maria A. Barucci, Albert Rimola Meteoritics and Planetary Science, manuscript #2225 (2016) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) update (1 August 2016): Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12703…
Spectral Nature of CO2 Adsorption onto Meteorites
Genesis Berlanga, Charles A. Hibbitts, Driss Takir, M. Darby Dyar, Elizabeth Sklute Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 5 July 2016 LINK Highlights • We report on CO2 gas adsorption experiments on carbonaceous chondrite…
Northwest Africa 5790: Revisiting Nakhlite PetrogenesisOPEN ACCESS
A. Jambon, V. Sautter, J-A. Barrat, J. Gattacceca, P. Rochette, O. Boudouma, D. Badia, B. Devouard Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 1 July 2016 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Submitted: 18…
Early scattering of the solar protoplanetary disk recorded in meteoritic chondrulesOPEN ACCESS
By Yves Marrocchi, Marc Chaussidon, Laurette Piani, Guy Libourel Science Advances 01 Jul 2016: Vol. 2, no. 7, e1601001 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1601001 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) Supplementary Materials (PDF) “Meteoritic chondrules are submillimeter spherules representing the major…
Radiation of molecules in Benešov bolide spectra
J. Borovička, A.A Berezhnoy Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 30 June 2016 LINK “We analyzed molecular radiation in the spectra of the very bright Benešov bolide. The Benešov bolide appeared over the Czech…
Dishchii’bikoh Ts’iłsǫǫsé Tsee – 15 meteorites (79.46 g, LL7) of June 2, 2016 bolide (~10:56:28 UTC) found on White Mountain Apache Tribal land, Arizona, USA
Last update: 29 May, 2017 Dishchii’bikoh Ts’iłsǫǫsé Tsee ♫ has been officially registered as witnessed fall: LINK More information on the Dishchii’bikoh Ts’iłsǫǫsé Tsee fall can be read HERE. The meteorite search As announced by…
Coordinated Analysis of Two Graphite Grains from the CO3.0 LAP 031117 Meteorite: First Identification of a CO Nova Graphite and a Presolar Iron Sulfide SubgrainOPEN ACCESS
Pierre Haenecour, Christine Floss, Jordi Jose, Sachiko Amari, Katharina Lodders, Manavi Jadhav, Alian Wang, Frank Gyngard Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal PDF (open access) abstract “Presolar grains constitute remnants of stars that existed…
Geochemistry of impact glasses and target rocks from the Zhamanshin Impact Structure, Kazakhstan: Implications for mixing of target and impactor matter
Šárka Jonášová, Lukáš Ackerman, Karel Žák, Roman Skála, Jana Ďurišová, Alexander Deutsch, Tomáš Magna Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 27 June 2016 LINK
A Unified Framework for Producing CAI Melting, Wark-Lovering Rims and Bowl-Shaped CAIsOPEN ACCESS
Kurt Liffman, Nicolas Cuello, David A. Paterson PDF (OPEN ACCESS) abstract update (1 July 2016): MNRAS (2016) doi: 10.1093/mnras/stw1563 First published online July 1, 2016 LINK “Calcium Aluminium Inclusions (CAIs) formed in the Solar System,…
Distribution of 26Al in the CR chondrite chondrule-forming region of the protoplanetary disk
Devin L. Schrader, Kazuhide Nagashima, Alexander N. Krot, Ryan C. Ogliore, Qing-Zhu Yin, Yuri Amelin, Claudine H. Stirling, Angela Kaltenbach Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 23 June 2016 LINK (OPEN…
Mid-Infrared Bi-directional Reflectance Spectroscopy of Impact Melt Glasses and Tektites
Andreas Morlok, Aleksandra Stojic, Iris Weber, Harald Hiesinger, Michael Zanetti, Joern Helbert Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 22 June 2016 LINK “We have analyzed 14 impact melt glass samples, covering the compositional range…
Zirconium isotope constraints on the composition of Theia and current Moon-forming theoriesOPEN ACCESS
W. Akram, M. Schönbächler Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 449, 1 September 2016, Pages 302-310 Received 26 January 2016, Revised 10 May 2016, Accepted 14 May 2016, Available online 21 June 2016 LINK (OPEN…
Aliphatic Amines in Antarctic CR2, CM2, and CM1/2 Carbonaceous Chondrites
José C. Aponte, Hannah L. McLain, Jason P. Dworkin, Jamie E. Elsila Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 18 June 2016 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2016.06.018 LINK “Meteoritic water-soluble organic compounds provide a unique record…
The valence and coordination of titanium in ordinary and enstatite chondrites
Steven B. Simon, Stephen R. Sutton, Lawrence Grossman Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 17 June 2016 LINK “One way to better understand processes related to chondrite metamorphism is to evaluate…
Chromium Nitride in Metal of the CM Chondrite QUE 97990
Barth M. I. F. * Harries D. Langenhorst F. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6334 LINK
Extended In-Situ Search of Amino Acids in the Murchison Meteorite
Henkel T. * Lyon I. C. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6437 LINK
LL Chondritic Breccias and their Significance to the Evolution of LL Parent Bodies
Kimura M. * Yamaguchi A. Nagao K. Haba M. K. Chaeys Ph. Debaille V. Pittarello L. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6126 LINK
The Kamil Crater (Egypt): A Type Structure for Small Impact Craters on Earth
Folco L. * D’Orazio M. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6427 LINK
Chondrule Pyroxene Embedded in Cores of Amoeboid Olivine Aggregates from Allende: Evidence of Overlapping Formation Times of AOAs and Chondrules
Fagan T. J. * Komatsu M. Nishijima E. Fukushima H. Yasuda T. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6292 LINK
Evolution of Olivine Composition in the Meteorite Fusion Crust
Pittarello L. * McKibbin S. Debaille V. Claeys Ph. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6061 LINK
Evidence for Oxygen-Isotope Exchange in Chondrules and Refractory Inclusions During Fluid-Rock Interaction on the CV Chondrite Parent Body
Krot A. N. * Nagashima K. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6014 LINK
Evidence for a Long Duration of the 16O-Rich Reservoir in the Solar Nebula
Ushikubo T. * Tenner T. J. Hiyagon H. Kita N. T. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6080 LINK
Characterization of Nitrogen-Bearing Phases in the Enstatite Chondrites Indarch and Neuschwanstein
Leitner J. * Hoppe P. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6173 LINK
Ultrahigh-Resolving Analytics in Meteoritic Soluble Organic Matter
Ruf A. R. Hertkorn N. H. Harir M. H. Kanawati B. K. Lucio M. L. Quirico E. Q. Gabelica Z. G. Gougeon R. G. Schmitt-Kopplin P. S.-K. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016)…
The Noble Gas Concentration of the Martian Meteorites GRV 99027 and NWA 7906/NWA 7907 (Paired with NWA 7034)
Stephenson P. C. Leya I. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6138 LINK
Ar-Ar Ages of Brachinite and Brachinite-Like Achondrites
Beard S. P. Swindle T. D. Isachsen C. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6411 LINK
Diversity Among EH Chondrites: Anomalous EH3 Chondrite Northwest Africa 8789 and Rare EH Melt Rocks Northwest Africa 7324 and Northwest Africa 10237
Kuehner S. M. Irving A. J. Sipiera P. P. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6448 LINK
Search for Correlations Between Size and Oxygen Isotopy of OC Chondrules
Metzler K. Pack A. Hezel D. C. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6441 LINK
Chondrule Oxygen Isotope Systematics Among Different Chondrite Groups: Variety of Isotope Reservoirs in the Protoplanetary Disk
Kita N. T. Tenner T. J. Ushikubo T. Hertwig A. Chaumard N. Defouilloy C. Nakashima D. Rudraswami N. G. Weisberg M. K. Kimura M. Nagahara H. Bischoff A. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society…
A Numeric System to Describe Chondrule Textures and Mineralogy
Herd R. K. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6236 LINK
Relationship Between Asteroid 1 Ceres and Chondrite Meteorites on the Basis of Mineralogy and UV-Visible Spectroscopy
Farsang S. Raub T. D. Grady M. M. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6213 LINK
The Chondrule–Matrix Complementarity, a Big Data Approach
Harak M. Hezel D. C. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6174 LINK
Formation of P-Rich Olivine in DaG 978 Carbonaceous Chondrite Through Fluid-Assisted Metamorphism
Zhang A. C. Li Y. Chen J. N. Gu L. X. Wang R. C. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6002 LINK
Iron Oxidation States of Matrix in Carbonaceous Chondrites Acfer 094 and MIL 07687
Vaccaro E. King A. J. Schofield P. F. Abyaneh M. K. Kaulich B. Russell S. S. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6473 LINK
Discovery of New Al-Cu-Fe Minerals in the Khatyrka CV3 Meteorite
Ma C. Lin C. Bindi L. Steinhardt P. J. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6017 LINK
Iron Isotope Compositions of Achondritic Meteorites from Distinct Parent Bodies
Dybal E. M. K. Wadhwa M. * Romaniello S. Hines R. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6535 LINK
Evaluating the Evidence for Magnetic Dynamos in Chondritic Parent Bodies
Fu R. R. * Weiss B. P. Krot A. N. Kehayias P. Glenn D. R. Fintor K. Pál-Molnár E. Bryson J. F. J. Walsworth R. L. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6078…
Martian Alteration in Unique Meteorite NWA 8159?
Hallis L. J. * Simpson S. Mark D. Lee M. R. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6442 LINK
NWA 10659: A Clay-Rich Nakhlite Pair of NWA 10153
Hicks L. J. * Bridges J. C. Greenwood R. C. Franchi I. A. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6421 LINK
Petrology, Mineralogy and Oxygen Isotopic Composition of the Northwest Africa 10153 Nakhlite: A Sample from a Different Flow from Other Nakhlites?
Mikouchi T. * Righter M. Ziegler K. Irving A. J. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6396 LINK
Oxygen Isotopes and Origin of Opal in an Antarctic Ureilite
Downes H. Beard A. D. Franchi I. A. Greenwood R. C. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) [#6141] abstract updated (27 June, 2016): NAM2016 press release (27 June 2016)
Mineralogical and Petrofabric Study of Brachinite Reid 013
Hasegawa H. * Mikouchi T. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6246 LINK
Evidence that 26Al did Not Melt Asteroids
Wasson J. T. * 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6530 LINK
Effects of Aqueous Alteration on Primordial Noble Gases in Tagish Lake (C2-ungr.)
Riebe M. E. I. * Busemann H. Alexander C. M. O’D. Herd C. D. K. Maden C. Wieler R. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6211 LINK
Effects of Short-Term Thermal Alteration on Organic Matter in Experimentally-Heated Tagish Lake Observed by Raman Spectroscopy
Chan Q. H. S. * Nakato A. Zolensky M. E. Nakamura T. Kebukawa Y. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6188 LINK
U-Pb Dating of Zircon with Petrographic Settings from the Martian Regolith Breccia NWA 7034
Lin Y. T. * Hu S. Zhang T. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6248 LINK
Chalcophile Siderophile Trace Element Systematics of Hydrothermal Pyrite from Martian Regolith Breccia NWA 7533
Lorand J.-P. * Hewins R. H. Humayun M. Remusat L. Zanda B. La C. Pont S. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6082 LINK
NWA 7533: An Overview of Melt Rocks and Breccia Assembly History
Hewins R. H. * Zanda B. Humayun M. Leroux H. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6366 LINK
Multiple Olivine-Phyric Shergottite Stones of Differing Crystallization Age in the 2011 Tissint Meteorite Fall Imply Impact Excavation from a Long-Lived Depleted Magmatic Complex on Mars (Hint: Olympus Mons)
Irving A. J. * Lapen T. J. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6454 LINK
C Chondrite Clasts in H Chondrite Regolith Breccias: Something Different
Zolensky M. * Fries M. Utas J. Chan Q. Kebukawa Y. Steele A. Bodnar R. Ito M. Nakashima D. Nakamura T. Greenwood R. Rahman Z. Le L. Ross D. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical…
New Volatile-Rich Clasts from Brecciated Chondrites and Achondrites
Patzek M. * Ebert S. Bischoff A. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6136 LINK
The Kaidun Breccia Material Variety: New Clasts and Updated Hypothesis on a Space Trawl Origin
Ivanova M. A. * Lorenz C. A. Ma C. Ivanov A. V. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6100 LINK
Recent Terrestrial Disturbance of the 176Lu-176Hf Systematics in Meteorites
Bast R. * Scherer E. E. Sprung P. Mezger K. Bischoff A. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6164 LINK
Mn-Cr Dating of Enstatite Chondrites
Hopp J. * Trieloff M. Storck J.-C. Ludwig T. Meyer H. P. Altherr R. El Goresy A. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6258 LINK
Diverse Anhydrous Silicates in a Fine-Grained Rim in the Weakly Altered CM2 Chondrite Queen Elizabeth Range 97990: Evidence for the Localized Preservation of Pristine Nebular Dust in CM Chondrites.
Brearley A. J. * 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6190 LINK
Combined 238U/235U and Pb Isotopics of Planetary Core Material: The Absolute Age of the IVA Iron Muonionalusta
Brennecka G. A. * Amelin Y. Kleine T. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6296 LINK
Tungsten Isotope Dichotomy Among Iron Meteorite Parent Bodies: Implications for the Timescales of Accretion and Core Formation
Kruijer T. S. * Kleine T. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6449 LINK
53Mn-53Cr Systematics of the Brachinite NWA 4882
Dunlap D. R. * Romaniello S. J. Wadhwa M. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6217 LINK
Heterogeneity in the 238U/235U Ratios of Angrites
Tissot F. L. H. * Dauphas N. Grove T. L. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6104 LINK
Formation of Vesicles Within the Fusion Crust of Eucritic Meteorites
Nicolau-Kuklińska A. Łosiak A. I. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6424 LINK
Meteorite Atmospheric Entry Reproduced in Plasmatron
Pittarello L. McKibbin S. Goderis S. Soens B. Bariselli F. Barros Dias B. R. Zavalan F. L. Magin T. Claeys Ph. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6062 LINK
Stardust in the CO3.0 Chondrite NWA 8631: Low Abundance of Presolar Silicates
Haenecour P. Floss C. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6209 LINK
Almahata Sitta News: Well-Known Varieties and New Species in the Zoo
Bischoff A. Ebert S. Patzek M. Horstmann M. Pack A. Decker S. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6319 LINK
Preatmospheric Size and Terrestrial Age of the Twannberg Meteorite (IIG)
Smith T. Leya I. Hofmann B. Merchel S. Rugel G. Pavetich S. Scharf A. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6187 LINK
The Twannberg (IIG) Iron Strewn Field, Switzerland: Status of Exploration and Relation with Quaternary Deposits
Hofmann B. A. Raselli R. Pettke T. Smith T. Leya I. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6160 LINK
Lut Desert (Iran) Meteorites: Distribution, Classification and Weathering
Pourkhorsandi H. Rochette P. Gattacceca J. D’Orazio M. Mirnejad H. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6195 LINK
SIMS Oxygen Isotope Study of Chondrules in the Least Metamorphosed CV3 Chondrite Kaba
Hertwig A. * Defouilloy C. Kita N. T. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6472 LINK
Oxygen Isotopes in Chondrules from the Murchison CM2 Chondrite and Evidence for a CO-CM Link
Chaumard N. * Defouilloy C. Kita N. T. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) [#6408] LINK
What do We Know About Elemental Bulk Chondrule Compositions? Presenting the ChondriteDB Database
Hezel D. C. * Harak M. Libourel G. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) [#6132] LINK
Non Destructive IR Micro-Imaging of Whole Grains of the Paris Meteorite
Dionnet Z. * Aleon-Toppani A. Borondics F. Brunetto R. Djouadi Z. Troadec D. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) [#6130] LINK
Expected Geochemical and Mineralogical Properties of Meteorites from Mercury:Inferences from MESSENGER Data
McCubbin F. M. * McCoy T. J. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) [#6242] LINK
Do We have Meteorites from the Veritas Asteroid Break-Up Event 8 Ma ago?
Meier M. M. M. * Grimm S. Maden C. Busemann H. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) [#6291] LINK
El Médano 301: A New Forsterite Chondrite
Pourkhorsandi H. Gattacceca J. Devouard B. D’Orazio M. Rochette P. Beck P. Valenzuela M. Sonzogni C. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6176 abstract
U-Pb Age of the Ungrouped Achondrite NWA 8486
Cartwright J. A. * Amelin Y. Koefoed P. Wadhwa M. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6231 abstract
New Insights in Preservation of Meteorites in Hot Deserts: The Oldest Hot Desert Meteorite Collection.
Hutzler A. Rochette P. Bourlès D. Gattacceca J. Merchel S. Jull A. J. T. Valenzuela M. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6159 abstract
Cosmogenic Radionuclides in the Komar Gaon Meteorite Measured in a New Low-Background Gamma-Ray Spectrometry Facility, GeMSE
Rosén Å. V. von Sivers M. Hofmann B. A. Schumann M. Pathak D. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6398 abstract
Search and Recover of Antarctic Meteorites from Lomonosov Mountains, Queen Maud Land by the First Russian Meteorite Expedition
Larionov M. Yu. Grokhovsky V. I. Kolunin R. N. Pastukhovich A. Yu. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6369 abstract
A Stranger in the Midst: Searching for Relict Grains from Rare Meteorite Types in Mid-Ordovician Limestone Strata
Martin E. Schmitz B. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6281 abstract
Fe-57 Mössbauer Study of the Murrili Ordinary Chondrite
Cadogan J. M. Bland P. A. Benedix G. K. Towner M. C. Sansom E. K. Devillepoix H. Howie R. M. Paxman J. P. Cupak M. Cox M. A. Jansen-Sturgeon T. Stuart D. Strangway D. 79th…
Density, Porosity and Magnetic Susceptibility of the Murrili Meteorite Recovered by the Desert Fireball Network
Macke R. J. SJ Wiggins S. Britt D. T. Benedix G. K. Bland P. A. Desert Fireball Network Team 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6147 abstract
Sidi Ali Ou Azza (L4): A New Moroccan Fall
Chennaoui Aoudjehane H. Agee C. B. Aaranson A. Bouragaa 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6120 abstract
Cosmogenic and Trapped Noble Gases from Csátalja H4-5
Pető M. K. Ott U. Lugaro M. Benkó Z. Nagy D. Pécskay Z. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6495 abstract
The Stubenberg (Bavaria) Ordinary Chondrite Breccia: The Latest German Meteorite Fall
Ebert S., Bischoff A. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6137 abstract
Fall, Petrology, Classification, Noble Gas and Cosmogenic Records of Komar Gaon Meteorite, the Latest Fall in India
Ray D. * Mahajan R. R. Shukla A. D. Goswami T. K. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6071 abstract
Mineralogy and Petrology of the Murrili Meteorite
Benedix G. K. * Forman L. V. Daly L. Greenwood R. C. Franchi I. A. Friedrich J. M. Meier M. M. M. Maden C. Busemann H. Welten K. C. Caffee M. W. Bland P. A….
Pre-Entry Size and Cosmic History of the Annama Meteorite
Kohout T. * Meier M. M. M. Maden C. Busemann H. Welten K. C. Laubenstein M. Caffee M. W. Gritsevich M. Grokhovsky V. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6316 abstract
Fall and Recovery of the Murrili Meteorite, and an Update on the Desert Fireball Network
Bland P. A. * Towner M. C. Sansom E. K. Devillepoix H. Howie R. M. Paxman J. P. Cupak M. Benedix G. K. Cox M. A. Jansen-Sturgeon T. Stuart D. Strangway D. 79th Annual Meeting…
Two very Precisely Instrumentally Documented Meteorite Falls: Zdar nad Sazavou and Stubenberg – Prediction and Reality
Spurny P. * Borovicka J. Haloda J. Shrbeny L. Heinlein D. 79th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2016) #6221 abstract
A new type of solar-system material recovered from Ordovician marine limestoneOPEN ACCESS
B. Schmitz, Q. -Z. Yin, M. E. Sanborn,M. Tassinari,C. E. Caplan & G. R. Huss Nature Communications 7, Article number:ncomms11851 doi:10.1038/ncomms11851 Published 14 June 2016 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “From mid-Ordovician ~470 Myr-old limestone…
On the Nature of the Impactor That Formed the Shackleton Crater on the Moon
Svetlana G. Pugacheva, Ekaterina A. Feoktistova Earth, Moon, and Planets pp 1-24, 10.1007/s11038-016-9489-y First online: 14 June 2016 LINK “The present paper attempts to assess the characteristics of the impactor that formed the Shackleton crater,…
Shock synthesis of quasicrystals with implications for their origin in asteroid collisions
Paul D. Asimow, Chaney Lin, Luca Bindi, Chi Ma, Oliver Tschauner, Lincoln S. Hollister, and Paul J. Steinhardt PNAS2016 ; published ahead of print June 13, 2016, doi:10.1073/pnas.1600321113 LINK “Significance The singular occurrence, to date,…
The Agoudal (High Atlas Mountains, Morocco) shatter cone conundrum: A recent meteorite fall onto the remnant of an impact site
Chennaoui Aoudjehane, H., El Kerni, H., Reimold, W. U., Baratoux, D., Koeberl, C., Bouley, S. and Aoudjehane, M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12661 LINK “Associations between impact structures and meteorite occurrences are rare and…
Titanium stable isotope investigation of magmatic processes on the Earth and Moon
Marc-Alban Millet, Nicolas Dauphas, Nicolas D. Greber, Kevin W. Burton, Chris W. Dale, Baptiste Debret, Colin G. Macpherson, Geoffrey M. Nowell, Helen M. Williams Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 449, 1 September 2016, Pages…
The Cretaceous/Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary at the J Anomaly Ridge, Newfoundland (IODP Expedition 342, Hole U1403B).
Loroch, D., Deutsch, A., Berndt, J. and Bornemann, A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12667 LINK “We present results of an in-situ geochemical study using laser-ablation inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) analyses along a ~4.3…
On the iron isotope composition of Mars and volatile depletion in the terrestrial planets
Paolo A. Sossi, Oliver Nebel, Mahesh Anand, Franck Poitrasson Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 8 June 2016 LINK “Iron is the most abundant multivalent element in planetary reservoirs, meaning…
Gas/solid carbon branching ratios in surface-mediated reactions and the incorporation of carbonaceous material into planetesimals.
Nuth, J. A., Johnson, N. M., Ferguson, F. T. and Carayon, A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12666 LINK “We report the ratio of the initial carbon available as CO that forms gas-phase compounds compared…
Reflectance spectroscopy of oxalate minerals and relevance to solar system carbon inventories
Daniel M. Applin, Matthew R.M. Izawa, Edward A. Cloutis Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 4 June 2016 LINK “The diversity of oxalate formation mechanisms suggests that significant concentrations of oxalic acid and oxalate…
The Collisional Evolution of Undifferentiated Asteroids and the Formation of Chondritic Meteoroids
E. Beitz, J. Blum, M. G. Parisi, and J. Trigo-Rodriguez The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 824, Number 1 Published 2016 June 3 LINK “Most meteorites are fragments from recent collisions experienced in the asteroid belt. In…
CV and CM Chondrite Impact Melts
Nicole G. Lunning, Catherine M. Corrigan, Harry Y. McSween, Travis J. Tenner, Noriko T. Kita, Robert. J. Bodnar Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 3 June 2016 LINK “Volatile-rich and typically…
Target rocks, impact glasses, and melt rocks from the Lonar crater, India: Highly siderophile element systematics and Sr-Nd-Os isotopic signatures.
Schulz, T., Luguet, A., Wegner, W., van Acken, D. and Koeberl, C. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12665 LINK “The Lonar crater is a ~0.57-Myr-old impact structure located in the Deccan Traps of the Indian…
An asteroidal origin for water in the MoonOPEN ACCESS
Jessica J. Barnes, David A. Kring, Romain Tartèse, Ian A. Franchi, Mahesh Anand & Sara S. Russell Nature Communications7, Article number:11684 doi:10.1038/ncomms11684 Published 31 May 2016 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “The Apollo-derived tenet of an anhydrous…
Enantiomer excesses of rare and common sugar derivatives in carbonaceous meteorites
George Cooper and Andro C. Rios PNAS2016 ; published ahead of print May 31, 2016, doi:10.1073/pnas.1603030113 LINK “Significance The majority of biological sugars and their derivatives contain higher abundances of the “d” mirror-image forms relative…
Sulfur solubility in reduced mafic silicate melts: Implications for the speciation and distribution of sulfur on Mercury
Olivier Namur, Bernard Charlier, Francois Holtz, Camille Cartier, Catherine McCammon Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 448, 15 August 2016, Pages 102–114 LINK “Chemical data from the MESSENGER spacecraft revealed that surface rocks on Mercury…
Erratum to “Reassessing the cooling rate and geologic setting of Martian meteorites MIL 03346 and NWA 817” [Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 182 (2016) 1–23]
Erratum to “Reassessing the cooling rate and geologic setting of Martian meteorites MIL 03346 and NWA 817” [Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 182 (2016) 1–23] Frank Richter, Marc Chaussidon, Ruslan Mendybaev, Edwin Kite Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta…



































