Chromium isotopes in CR chondrites reveal two distinct chondrule reservoirsOPEN ACCESS 

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Aryavart Anand, Klaus Mezger Icarus, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 18 June 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS)“Highlights “Chondrules, the dominant components of chondrites, provide crucial insights into early solar system formation and evolution….

Strong Toroidal Recirculation Zones at the Inner Dust Rim as the Origin of Meteoric Chondrules and Calcium-Aluminum InclusionsOPEN ACCESS 

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Peter Todd Williams Draft version April 29, 2025, submitted to ApJL PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We hypothesize strong (transonic) twin toroidal recirculation zones above and below the accretion disk midplane, rather close-in to the protosun, to…

Predominance of porphyritic textures in chondrules due to density sorting of precursor materials? Constraints from melting experimentsOPEN ACCESS 

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Scott A. Whattam IcarusAvailable online 16 February 2025, LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights “Although chondrule textures are diverse, the absolute number of texture types is relatively small essentially encompassing cryptocrystalline (glassy) to microcrystalline (radial…

Chondrule Properties and Formation ConditionsOPEN ACCESS 

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Yves Marrocchi, Rhian H. Jones, Sara S. Russell, Dominik C. Hezel, Jens Barosch & Aleksandra Kuznetsova Space Science ReviewsVolume 220, article number 69, 5 September 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Chondrules are iconic sub-millimeter…

Deciphering recycling processes during solar system evolution from magnesium-rich relict olivine grains in type II chondrules

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Gabriel A. Pinto, Emmanuel Jacquet, Alexandre Corgne, Felipe Olivares, Johan Villeneuve, Yves Marrocchi Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 21 November 2023 LINK “Ferromagnesian chondrules present a remarkable dichotomy between reduced (type…

Petrographic constraints on the formation of silica-rich igneous rims around chondrules in CR chondritesOPEN ACCESS 

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Aimee Smith, Rhian H. Jones MAPSVersion of Record online: 19 July 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “In the CR (Renazzo-like) chondrite group, many chondrules have successive igneous rim (IR) layers, with an outer layer…

Dust concentration and chondrule formationOPEN ACCESS 

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Alexander Hubbard, Mordecai-Mark Mac Low, Denton S. Ebel accepted, Meteoritics & Planetary Sciences PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (17 April 2018): LINK “Meteoritical and astrophysical models of planet formation make contradictory predictions for dust concentration factors…

Chondrule heritage and thermal histories from trace element and oxygen isotope analyses of chondrules and amoeboid olivine aggregatesOPEN ACCESS 

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Jacquet, E. and Marrocchi, Y. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12985 First published: 26 September 2017 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We report combined oxygen isotope and mineral-scale trace element analyses of amoeboid olivine aggregates (AOA)…

An experimental study of chondrule formation from chondritic precursors via evaporation and condensation in Knudsen cell: Shock heating model of dust aggregates

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Naoya Imae, Hiroshi Isobe Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 27 June 2017 LINK “Highlights • Type I chondrules were reproduced via the Fe evaporation and Si condensation in the…

Partitioning tungsten between matrix precursors and chondrule precursors through relative settling

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Alexander Hubbard Accepted for publication, ApJ update (July 27): LINK PDF (open access) abstract “Recent studies of chondrites have found a tungsten isotopic anomaly between chondrules and matrix. Given the refractory nature of tungsten, this…

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