Challenges of measuring volatiles in enstatite chondrites and evaluating their contribution to earth’s volatile inventory

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M. L. Gray, M. K. Weisberg, C. M. O’D. Alexander, J. Wang, D. I. Foustoukos, D. S. Ebel MAPS, Version of Record online: 19 June 2026 LINK “Measurements of bulk H, N, and C abundances…

Parent body thermal metamorphism of enstatite chondrites: Disentangling the effects of shock melting

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Peter Mc Ardle, Rhian H. Jones, Patricia L. Clay, Romain Tartèse, Ray Burgess, Brian O’Driscoll, Eric W.G. Hellebrand, Jonathan Fellowes, Arthur Goodwin, Lewis Hughes MAPS, Version of Record online: 04 November 2025 LINK “Enstatite chondrites…

Rubidium and potassium isotope compositions of enstatite meteorites: implications for the evolution of their parent body(ies)OPEN ACCESS 

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Baoliang Wang, Frédéric Moynier, Yan Hu Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 14 April 2025 LINK + PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Enstatite meteorites, including enstatite chondrites and enstatite achondrites (e.g., aubrites), formed under…

Reaction of Q to thermal metamorphism in parent bodies: Experimental simulationOPEN ACCESS 

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A. B. Verchovsky, S. A. Hunt, W. Montgomery, M. A. Sephton Meteorit Planet Sci. doi:10.1111/maps.13231 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Planetary noble gases in chondrites are concentrated in an unidentified carrier phase, called “Q.”…

High-precision sulfur isotope composition of enstatite meteorites and implications of the formation and evolution of their parent bodies

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C. Defouilloy, P. Cartigny, N. Assayag, F. Moynier, J.-A. Barrat Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 19 October 2015 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2015.10.009 LINK “In order to better understand the formation and evolution of…

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