Metal in mesosiderites: Evidence for redox and fractional crystallizationOPEN ACCESS
R. G. Mayne, L. Caves, T. J. McCoy, R. D. Ash, W. F. McDonough MAPSVersion of Record online: 22 August 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Mesosiderites are an amalgamation of crustal silicates and molten…
Compositions of Carbonaceous-Type Asteroidal Cores in the Early Solar System
Zhang B.* Chabot N. L. Rubin A. E. 54th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2023 abstract [#1606] Fractional-crystallization modeling of carbonaceous-type iron meteorites shows that the CAIs distribution in the protoplanetary disk (<1 Ma) was heterogeneous.
IVA iron meteorites as Late-Stage Crystallization Products Affected by Multiple Collisional EventsOPEN ACCESS
Alan E. Rubin, Bidong Zhang, Nancy L. Chabot Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 2 June 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Although IVA irons have O- and Cr-isotopic compositions resembling those of equilibrated…
Revisiting the Wasson fractional crystallization model for IIIAB iron meteorites with implications for the interpretation of their Fe isotope ratios
Edward D. Young Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 01 November 2021 LINK “The trapped melt fractional crystallization model for the IIIAB iron meteorites put forward by J. T. Wasson two decades prior is…
Fractional crystallization of a basal lunar magma ocean: A dense melt-bearing garnetite layer above the core?OPEN ACCESS
Giuliano Kraettli, Max W. Schmidt, Christian Liebske IcarusAvailable online 14 September 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • Liquid densities in a fully molten Moon could allow for neutrally buoyant olivine and hence a…
Crystallization histories of the group IIF iron meteorites and Eagle Station pallasites
Connor D. Hilton, Richard D. Ash, Richard J. Walker Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 22 December 2020 LINK “The group IIF iron meteorites and Eagle Station pallasites (PES) have highly siderophile element abundances…
Heavy iron isotope composition of iron meteorites explained by core crystallization
Peng Ni, Nancy L. Chabot, Caillin J. Ryan & Anat Shahar Nature Geoscience , 1–5Published: 03 August 2020 LINK “Similar to Earth, many large planetesimals in the Solar System experienced planetary-scale processes such as accretion,…
Origin and age of metal veins in Canyon Diablo graphite nodules
Connor D. Hilton, Richard D. Ash, Philip M. Piccoli, David A. Kring, Timothy J. McCoy, Richard J. Walker Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceFirst Published: 9 April 2020 LINK “Previous studies attributed the origin of metal veins…
Insights into the formation of silica‐rich achondrites from impact melts in Rumuruti‐type chondrites
N. G. Lunning, A. Bischoff, J. Gross, M. Patzek, C. M. Corrigan, T. J. McCoy Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 19 December 2019 LINK “Ancient, SiO2‐rich achondrites have previously been proposed to have formed…
Genetics, crystallization sequence, and age of the South Byron Trio iron meteorites: New insights to carbonaceous chondrite (CC) type parent bodies
Connor D. Hilton, Katherine R. Bermingham, Richard J. Walker, Timothy J. McCoy Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 27 February 2019 LINK “The nucleosynthetic Mo, Ru, and W isotopic compositions of…
An experimental study of partial melting and fractional crystallization on the HED parent body.
Ashcroft, H. O. and Wood, B. J. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12556 LINK (full text) “ABSTRACT: We have performed an experimental and modeling study of the partial melting behavior of the HED parent body…
Petrogenesis of primitive and evolved basalts in a cooling Moon: Experimental constraints from the youngest known lunar magmas
Stephen M. Elardo, Charles K. Shearer, Kathleen E. Vander Kaaden, Francis M. McCubbin, Aaron S. Bell Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 422, 15 July 2015, Pages 126–137 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.04.014 LINK We have conducted high-temperature experiments…
