Shock melt in the Cold Bokkeveld CM2 carbonaceous chondrite and the response of C-complex asteroids to hypervelocity impactsOPEN ACCESS
Martin R. Lee, Luke Daly, Jennika Greer, Sammy Griffin, Cameron J. Floyd, Levi Tegg, Julie Cairney MAPS, Version of Record online: 30 August 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Many of the CM carbonaceous chondrites…
Libyan Desert Glass: new evidence for an extremely high-pressure-temperature impact event from nanostructural studyOPEN ACCESS
Elizaveta Kovaleva, Hassan Helmy, Said Belkacim, Anja Schreiber, Franziska D.H. Wilke, and Richard Wirth American Mineralogist, preprint PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (5 October 2023): American Mineralogist, October 01, 2023LINK “The origin of Libyan Desert Glass…
Detection of the amino acid histidine and its breakup products in hypervelocity impact ice spectra
Zach Ulibarri, Tobin Munsat, Michael Voss, John Fontanese, Mihály Horányi, Sascha Kempf, Zoltan Sternovsky IcarusAvailable online 2 November 2022 LINK “Highlights • Laboratory study of hypervelocity impact plumes from micron-scale dust accelerated into histidine-bearing water…
Isotopic evolution of planetary crusts by hypervelocity impacts evidenced by Fe in microtektitesOPEN ACCESS
S. M. Chernonozhkin, C. González de Vega, N. Artemieva, B. Soens, J. Belza, E. Bolea-Fernandez, M. Van Ginneken, B. P. Glass, L. Folco, M. J. Genge, Ph. Claeys, F. Vanhaecke & S. Goderis Nature Communications,…
Globally distributed iridium layer preserved within the Chicxulub impact structureOPEN ACCESS
Steven Goderis, Honami Sato, Ludovic Ferrière, Birger Schmitz, David Burney, Pim Kaskes, Johan Vellekoop, Axel Wittmann, Toni Schulz, Stepan M. Chernonozhkin, Philippe Claeys, Sietze J. de Graaff, Thomas Déhais, Niels J. de Winter, Mikael Elfman,…
Geochemical Constraints on Potential UOC Chondrule Genesis by Hypervelocity Impact Vapor Plumes and Likely Precursor Sources
Sheikh D., Humayun M. 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2021), Abstract #1279 PDF “Most UOC chondrules analyzed exhibit Ce, and Eu anomalies, implying a chondrule forming process that began oxidized but went reducing, consistent…
The response of zircon to the extreme pressures and temperatures of a lightning strikeOPEN ACCESS
Gavin G. Kenny & Matthew A. Pasek Scientific Reports volume 11, Article number: 1560 (2021) LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Hypervelocity impacts can produce features in zircon that are not normally produced by endogenic processes….
Impact-induced amino acid formation on Hadean Earth and Noachian MarsOPEN ACCESS
Yuto Takeuchi, Yoshihiro Furukawa, Takamichi Kobayashi, Toshimori Sekine, Naoki Terada & Takeshi Kakegawa Scientific Reports 10 , 1–7 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Abiotic synthesis of biomolecules is an essential step for the chemical origin…
Hypervelocity cratering and disruption of the Northwest Africa 4502 carbonaceous chondrite meteorite: Implications for crater production, catastrophic disruption, momentum transfer and dust production on asteroids
George J. Flynn, Daniel D. Durda, Mason J. Molesky, Brian A. May, Spenser N. Congram, Colleen L. Loftus, Jacob R. Reagan, Melissa M. Strait, Robert J. Macke Planetary and Space ScienceIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available…
Distinction between amorphous and healed planar deformation features in shocked quartz using composite color scanning electron microscope cathodoluminescence (SEM-CL) imagingOPEN ACCESS
Hamers, M. F., Pennock, G. M., Herwegh, M. and Drury, M. R. Meteorit Planet Sci. doi:10.1111/maps.12711 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Planar deformation features (PDFs) in quartz are one of the most reliable and most widely used…
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…
Quasicrystals at extreme conditions: The role of pressure in stabilizing icosahedral Al63Cu24Fe13 at high temperature
Vincenzo Stagno, Luca Bindi, Changyong Park, Sergey Tkachev, Vitali B. Prakapenka, H.-K. Mao, Russell J. Hemley, Paul J. Steinhardt and Yingwei Fei American Mineralogist doi: 10.2138/am-2015-5412 Volume 100 no. 11-12 p. 2412-2418 LINK “Icosahedrite, the…
Devolatilization or melting of carbonates at Meteor Crater, AZ?
Hörz, F., Archer, P. D., Niles, P. B., Zolensky, M. E. and Evans, M. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12453 LINK We have investigated the carbonates in the impact melts and in a monolithic…
