Secondary corundum in CAIs from CK3 carbonaceous chondrites dates metasomatic alteration of CK chondrites
A. N. Krot, K. Nagashima, S. Ebert, M. I. Petaev, C. Ma, J. Han, T. L. Dunn MAPS, Version of Record online: 08 September 2025 LINK “We report on the mineralogy, petrography, and oxygen and…
Evidence for late impact-induced metasomatism on the brachinite parent body recorded by a phosphate assemblage in NWA 7828OPEN ACCESS
L. F. White, B. G. Rider-Stokes, M. Anand, R. Tartèse, J. R. Darling, G. Degli Alessendrini, R. Greenwood, K. T. Tait MAPS, Version of Record online: 20 August 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Brachinites…
Evidence for Phosphate Metasomatism in an Olivine-Rich AchondritesOPEN ACCESS
Robert W. Nicklas, Melody Z.-A. Chen, Evan J. Saltman, Ethan F. Baxter, Andrew J. Lonero, Anthony B. Love MAPS, Version of Record online: 17 April 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Brachinites, brachinite-like achondrites (BLA),…
Oxygen and aluminum-magnesium isotope systematics of the metasomatically altered coarse-grained igneous calcium-aluminum-rich from CK3.7 − 3.8 carbonaceous chondrites
Alexander N. Krot, Kazuhide Nagashima, Tasha L. Dunn, Chi Ma, Michail I. Petaev Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 23 January 2025 LINK “We report on oxygen and aluminum-magnesium isotope systematics of…
Metasomatic Alteration of Type 3 Ordinary and Carbonaceous ChondritesOPEN ACCESS
A. N. Krot, M. I. Petaev, L. Piani, Y. Marrocchi, W. Fujiya, O. V. Pravdivtseva, E. Dobrică, L. G. Vacher, A. J. King, M. Lee, E. Van Kooten, B. Jacobsen, C. M. O’D. Alexander, A….
Metasomatic alteration of coarse-grained igneous calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions from CK3 carbonaceous chondrites
Alexander N. Krot, Tasha L. Dunn, Michail I. Petaev, Chi Ma, Kazuhide Nagashima, Jutta Zipfel MAPSVersion of Record online: 03 October 2023 LINK “We report on the primary and secondary mineralogies of three coarse-grained igneous…
Fluid-Assisted Metasomatic Processes On Planetary Bodies: Evidence From Vestan LithologiesOPEN ACCESS
T. Shisseh, H. Chennaoui Aoudjehane, J.A. Barrat, B. Zanda, R.H. Hewins, C. Agee, L. Folco, E. Jacquet, S. Pont Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 12 November 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “The…
Calc-Silicate Metasomatism in CM Chondrites Shidian and Kolang: The First Report of Asteroidal Hydroandradite
Jenkins L. E. * Lee M. R. Daly L. King A. J. Li S. PDF LPSC 2022 abstract [#1515] “Hydroandradite / New metasomatic phase / In CM chondrites.”
Infiltration metasomatism of the Allende coarse-grained calcium-aluminum-rich inclusionsOPEN ACCESS
Alexander N. Krot, Michail I. Petaev & Kazuhide Nagashima Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, Volume 8, Article number: 61 (2021)Published: 4 November 2021 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We report on the mineralogy, petrography,…
Plagioclase alteration and equilibration in ordinary chondrites: Metasomatism during thermal metamorphism
Jonathan A. Lewis, Rhian H. Jones, Adrian J. Brearley Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 11 October 2021 LINK “In ordinary chondrites (OCs), feldspar is present both in chondrules as a primary,…
An evolutionary system of mineralogy, Part V: Aqueous and thermal alteration of planetesimals (~4565 to 4550 Ma)
Robert M. Hazen, Shaunna M. Morrison American MineralogistSeptember 01, 2021, Vol.106, 1388-1419 LINK “Part V of the evolutionary system of mineralogy explores phases produced by aqueous alteration, metasomatism, and/or thermal metamorphism—relicts of ancient processes that…
The formation and alteration history of a forsterite-bearing Type C CAI from Allende: Evidence for a Type B CAI precursor, and implications for fluid-assisted metasomatism on the CV chondrite parent body
Shaofan Che, Adrian J. Brearley Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 5 November 2020 LINK “Type C CAIs are a rare group of refractory inclusions in carbonaceous chondrites that are compositionally and…
Evidence of metasomatism in the interior of VestaOPEN ACCESS
Ai-Cheng Zhang, Noriyuki Kawasaki, Huiming Bao, Jia Liu, Liping Qin, Minami Kuroda, Jian-Feng Gao, Li-Hui Chen, Ye He, Naoya Sakamoto & Hisayoshi Yurimoto Nature Communications, Volume 11, Article number: 1289 (2020) LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF…
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