The curious case of the missing mantle: How carbonaceous chondrites may confound the spectral identification of partially differentiated asteroids
C.D. Schultz, R.E. Milliken Icarus, In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 24 December 2024 LINK “The scarcity of olivine-rich mantle material in meteorite collections and asteroid spectra, known as the “Missing Mantle Conundrum,” challenges our…
Condensation of refractory minerals on igneous compact type A Ca-Al-rich inclusion from Northwest Africa 7865 CV chondriteOPEN ACCESS
Akimasa Suzumura, Noriyuki Kawasaki, Hisayoshi Yurimoto, Shoichi Itoh MAPS, Version of Record online: 03 June 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “A melilite-rich, compact type A Ca-Al-rich inclusion (CAI), KU-N-02, from the reduced CV3 chondrite…
The oxygen fugacity of intermediate shergottite NWA 11043: implications for Martian mantle evolution
Jun-Feng Chen, Yu-Yan Sara Zhao, Qiao Shu, Sheng-Hua Zhou, Wei Du, Jing Yang Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 11 May 2024 LINK “Shergottite meteorites, classified as depleted, intermediate, or enriched based…
Mineralogical anatomy of the Cr-rich quenched angrite Northwest Africa 12774: Implication to mantle heterogeneity
Yang He, Ai-Cheng Zhang, Yongbo Peng, Jia Liu, Liping Qin Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 23 November 2023 LINK “Angrites are a small group of basaltic meteorites and their origin is…
Mantle fragmentation and incomplete core merging of colliding planetesimals as evidenced by pallasites
Nicolas P. Walte, Christopher M. Howard, Gregor J. Golabek Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 617, 1 September 2023, 118247 LINK “Main group pallasites were likely formed by the collision of their parent body with a…
Significance of High Field Strength and Rare Earth Element Distributions in Deciphering the Evolution of the Inner Solar System
Kent C. Condie, Charles K. Shearer Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Available online 28 May 2019 LINK “Major processes affecting high field strength (HFSE) and rare earth (REE) element ratios in planetary basalts are degree of…
Mg-rich harzburgites from Vesta: Mantle residua or cumulates from planetary differentiation?
Hahn, T. M., Lunning, N. G., McSween, H. Y., Bodnar, R. J. and Taylor, L. A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.13036 LINK “We describe petrographic, electron microprobe, and laser ablation ICP-MS analyses of Mg-rich…
Sulfur solubility in reduced mafic silicate melts: Implications for the speciation and distribution of sulfur on Mercury
Olivier Namur, Bernard Charlier, Francois Holtz, Camille Cartier, Catherine McCammon Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 448, 15 August 2016, Pages 102–114 LINK “Chemical data from the MESSENGER spacecraft revealed that surface rocks on Mercury…
Constraints on the water, chlorine, and fluorine content of the Martian mantle.
Filiberto, J., Gross, J. and McCubbin, F. M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12624 abstract “Previous estimates of the volatile contents of Martian basalts, and hence their source regions, ranged from nearly volatile-free through estimates…
Extinct isotope heterogeneities in the mantles of Earth and Mars: Implications for mantle stirring rates
Jacobsen, S. B. and Yu, G. (2015) Meteoritics & Planetary Science doi: 10.1111/maps.12426 LINK
Olivine and pyroxene from the mantle of asteroid 4 Vesta
Nicole G. Lunning, Harry Y. McSween Jr., Travis J. Tenner, Noriko T. Kita, Robert J. Bodnar Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 418, 15 May 2015, Pages 126–135 LINK
Constraints on the Depth and Thermal Vigor of Melting in the Martian Mantle
Justin Filiberto and Rajdeep Dasgupta Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets DOI: 10.1002/2014JE004745 Accepted manuscript online: 4 DEC 2014 04:51PM EST LINK
Excavation of the lunar mantle by basin-forming events on the Moon
Katarina Miljković, Mark A. Wieczorek, Gareth S. Collins, Sean C. Solomon, David E. Smith, Maria T. Zuber Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 409, 1 January 2015, Pages 243–251 LINK
Noble Gas and Mineralogical Studies of NWA 7325 Ungrouped Achondrite
Hasegawa, H.; Haba, M. K.; Nagao, K.; Mikouchi, T.; Bizzarro, M. PDF LINK
K2O-rich trapped melt in olivine in the Nakhla meteorite: Implications for petrogenesis of nakhlites and evolution of the Martian mantle
Goodrich, C. A., Treiman, A. H., Filiberto, J., Gross, J. and Jercinovic, M. (2013) Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 48: 2371–2405. doi: 10.1111/maps.12226s.12217 LINK
