Thermal history of the Erg Chech 002 parent body: Early accretion and early differentiation of a small asteroidOPEN ACCESS
Wladimir Neumann, Robert Luther, Mario Trieloff, Philip M. Reger, Audrey Bouvier Draft version: 27 February 2023 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The history of accretion and differentiation processes in the planetesimals is provided by various groups of…
Multi-Stage Differentiation History of Andesitic Achondrite Erg Chech 002
R. W. Nicklas, Day J. M. D., Gardner-Vandy K. G., Udry A. 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2021), Abstract #1074 PDF “Erg Chech 002 is a new evolved achondrite dominated by pyroxene, plagioclase, and…
Alkali magmatism on a carbonaceous chondrite planetesimal
Jérôme Aléon, Alice Aléon-Toppani, Bernard Platevoet, Jacques-Marie Bardintzeff, Kevin D. McKeegan, and François Brisset PNAS, first published March 30, 2020 LINK “Recent isotopic and paleomagnetic data point to a possible connection between carbonaceous chondrites and…
Metal-silicate partitioning systematics of siderophile elements at reducing conditions: A new experimental database
E.S. Steenstra, A.X. Seegers, R. Putter, J. Berndt, S. Klemme, S. Matveev, E. Bullock, W. van Westrenen Icarus LINK “Highlights • The activity coefficient of FeO decreases with decreasing oxygen fugacity. • Silicon in metal…
Magma ascent in planetesimals: Control by grain size
Tim Lichtenberg, Tobias Keller, Richard F.Katz, Gregor J. Golabek, Taras V. Gerya Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 507, 1 February 2019, Pages 154-165 LINK “Highlights • Planetesimal melt transport regimes from coupled models of…
Lead and Mg isotopic age constraints on the evolution of the HED parent body
Martin Schiller, James N. Connelly and Martin Bizzarro Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12848 Version of Record online: 23 MAR 2017 LINK “The large collection of howardite-eucrite-diogenite (HED) meteorites allows us to study the initial…
Differentiated planetesimal impacts into a terrestrial magma ocean: Fate of the iron core
Jordan D. Kendall, H.J. Melosh Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 448, 15 August 2016, Pages 24–33 LINK “The abundance of moderately siderophile elements (“iron-loving”; e.g. Co, Ni) in the Earth’s mantle is 10 to…
I-Xe Systematics of Brachinite-Like Ultramafic Achondrite Northwest Africa 5400
Pravdivtseva O. * Meshik A. Hohenberg C. M. Irving A. J. 78th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society (2015), abstract #5387 abstract (PDF)
High-temperature miscibility of iron and rock during terrestrial planet formation
Sean M. Wahl, Burkhard Militzer Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 410, 15 January 2015, Pages 25–33 LINK
Accretion and differentiation of the terrestrial planets with implications for the compositions of early-formed Solar System bodies and accretion of water
Accretion and differentiation of the terrestrial planets with implications for the compositions of early-formed Solar System bodies and accretion of water D.C. Rubie, S.A. Jacobson, A. Morbidelli, D.P. O’Brien, E.D. Young, J. de Vries, F….
Alpha-decay of 184Os revealed by radiogenic 180W in meteorites: Half life determination and viability as geochronometer
Peters STM, Münker C, Becker H and Schulz T (2014) Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 391, 1 April 2014, Pages 69–76 LINK
The fate of magmas in planetesimals and the retention of primitive chondritic crusts
Fua RR and Elkins-Tanton LT (2014) Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 390, 15 March 2014, Pages 128–137 LINK High abundances of short-lived radiogenic isotopes in the early solar system led to interior melting and…
