Mechanisms and timing of carbonaceous chondrite delivery to the EarthOPEN ACCESS
Francis Nimmo, Thorsten Kleine, Alessandro Morbidelli, David Nesvorny Accepted for publication in Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 7 November 2024 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The nucleosynthetic isotope signatures of meteorites and the bulk silicate Earth (BSE)…
Large Carbonaceous Chondrite Parent Bodies Favored by Abundance–Volatility Modeling: A Possible Chemical Signature of Pebble AccretionOPEN ACCESS
Jeremy W. Boyce, Francis M. McCubbin, Nicole Lunning and Tyler Anderson The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 5, Number 2 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Primitive meteorite groups such as the Vigarano, Mighei, and Karoonda carbonaceous…
Evaporation of moderately volatile elements from metal and sulfide melts: Implications for volatile element abundances in magmatic iron meteorites
E.S. Steenstra, C.J. Renggli, J. Berndt, S. Klemme Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 622, 15 November 2023, 118406 LINK “Volatile element abundances in magmatic iron meteorites provide fundamental insights into the processing of volatile elements…
The Potassium Isotopic Composition of CI Chondrites and the Origin of Isotopic Variations among Primitive Planetary Bodies
Piers Koefoed, Jean-Alix Barrat, Olga Pravdivtseva, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Katharina Lodders, Ryan Ogliore, Kun Wang Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 11 August 2023 LINK “The isotopic analysis of moderately volatile…
Origin and abundances of volatiles on Mars from the zinc isotopic composition of Martian meteorites
M. Paquet, Paolo A. Sossi, Frédéric Moynier Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 611, 1 June 2023, 118126, Version of Record: 14 April 2023 LINK “Volatile elements are key to understanding the accretion and differentiation processes…
Shock-induced potassium and zinc isotope fractionation in ordinary chondrites and its implications
Ying-Kui Xu, Zhi Li, Shi-Jie Li, Ze-Zhou Wang, De-Liang Wang, Yan Fan, Xiong-Yao Li, Jian-Zhong Liu, Dan Zhu Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 30 March 2023 LINK „To constrain how impacts…
Nucleosynthetic isotope anomalies of zinc in meteorites constrain the origin of Earth’s volatiles
Rayssa Martins, Sven Kuthning, Barry J. Coles, Katharina Kreissig, and Mark Rehkämper Science26 Jan 2023Vol 379, Issue 6630pp. 369-372 LINK “Material inherited from different nucleosynthesis sources imparts distinct isotopic signatures to meteorites and terrestrial planets….
Origin of moderately volatile element depletion on differentiated bodies: insights from the evaporation of indium from silicate melts
Deze Liu, Frédéric Moynier, Julien Siebert, Paolo A. Sossi, Yan Hu, Edith Kubik Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 13 October 2022 LINK “In comparison with the Sun and CI chondrites, moderately volatile elements (MVEs) are…
Depletion of Moderately Volatile Elements by Open-system Loss in the Early Solar NebulaOPEN ACCESS
Debanjan Sengupta, Paul R. Estrada, Jeffrey N. Cuzzi, and Munir Humayun The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 932, Number 2 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Rocky bodies of the inner solar system display a systematic depletion of…
The Extent, Nature, and Origin of K and Rb Depletions and Isotopic Fractionations in Earth, the Moon, and Other Planetary BodiesOPEN ACCESS
Nicolas Dauphas, Nicole X. Nie, Marc Blanchard, Zhe J. Zhang, Hao Zeng, Justin Y. Hu, Merlin Meheut, Channon Visscher, Robin Canup and Timo Hopp The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 3, Number 2 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF…
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,…
The Sn isotope composition of chondrites: implications for volatile element depletion in the Solar System
Xueying Wang, Caroline Fitoussi, Bernard Bourdon, Kevin Righter, Quentin Amet Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 19 August 2021 LINK “The origin of volatile element depletion in terrestrial planets and meteorites relative to a solar composition…
Trace element variations generated by magmatic and post-crystallization processes in eucrite meteorites
Ben Kumler, James M.D. Day Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 9 March 2021 LINK “Eucrite meteorites are early-formed (>4.5 Ga) basaltic rocks that are likely to derive from the asteroid 4…
Chondritic mercury isotopic composition of Earth and evidence for evaporative equilibrium degassing during the formation of eucritesOPEN ACCESS
Frédéric Moynier, Jiubin Chen, Ke Zhang, Hongming Cai, Zaicong Wang, Matthew G. Jackson, James M. D. Day Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 551, 1 December 2020, 116544 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (DOWNLOAD) “Highlights • Hg isotopic…
Carbonaceous Chondrites and the Condensation of Elements from the Solar Nebula
Hauke Vollstaedt, Klaus Mezger, and Yann Alibert The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 897, Number 1 LINK “Common features of all carbonaceous chondrite groups are invariant refractory element ratios, depletions of moderately volatile elements as a function…
Potassium Isotope Compositions of Carbonaceous and Ordinary Chondrites: Implications on the Origin of Volatile Depletion in the Early Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS
Hannah Bloom, Katharina Lodders, Heng Chen, Chen Zhao,Zhen Tian, Piers Koefoed, Mária K.Pető, Yun Jiang, Kun Wang (王昆) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 23 March 2020 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) LINK…
Formation of primitive achondrites by partial melting of alkali-undepleted planetesimals in the inner solar system
Max Collinet, Timothy L. Grove Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 12 March 2020 LINK “Acapulcoites-lodranites, ureilites, brachinites, brachinite-like achondrites and winonaites are the main groups of primitive achondrites. They are…
Oldest high-Ti basalt and magnesian crustal materials in feldspathic lunar meteorite Dhofar 1428
Zhuqing Xue, Long Xiao, Clive R. Neal, Yigang Xu Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 22 June 2019 LINK “Moderately volatile elements (MVEs) are sensitive tracers of vaporisation in geological and…
The fate of moderately volatile elements in impact events—Lithium connection between the Ries sediments and central European tektites.
Rodovská, Z., Magna, T., Žák, K., Skála, R., Brachaniec, T. and Visscher, C. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12733 Version of Record online: 3 OCT 2016 LINK “Lithium abundances and isotope compositions are presented for…