Extracting very small amounts of potassium from iron meteorites for the analysis of potassium isotope ratiosOPEN ACCESS
H. Khan, I. Leya, J. Hoffmann, K. Mezger Advances in Space ResearchAvailable online 10 May 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “The isotope abundance of cosmogenic K, especially the ratios of cosmogenic 40K/41K, can be used to…
Volatile-depletion processing of the building blocks of Earth and Mars as recorded by potassium isotopes
Yan Hu, Frédéric Moynier, Xin Yang Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 620, 15 October 2023, 118319 LINK “The stable potassium isotopic ratios (41K/39K) of Earth and Mars have been interpreted to reflect either nucleosynthetic isotope…
Alkali metals in white dwarf atmospheres as tracers of ancient planetary crustsOPEN ACCESS
Mark A. Hollands, Pier-Emmanuel Tremblay, Boris T. Gänsicke, Detlev Koester & Nicola Pietro Gentile-Fusillo Nature Astronomy (2021)Published: 11 February 2021 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “White dwarfs that accrete the debris of tidally disrupted asteroids provide…
Potassium isotope anomalies in meteorites inherited from the protosolar molecular cloudOPEN ACCESS
Y. Ku, S. B. Jacobsen Science Advances 09 Oct 2020:Vol. 6, no. 41, eabd0511 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Potassium (K) and other moderately volatile elements are depleted in many solar system bodies relative to…
Lunar volatile depletion due to incomplete accretion within an impact-generated disk
Robin M. Canup, Channon Visscher, Julien Salmon & Bruce Fegley Jr Nature Geoscience(2015) doi:10.1038/ngeo2574 Published online 09 November 2015 LINK
Concentrations of Potassium and Thorium within Vesta’s Regolith
T.H. Prettyman, N. Yamashita, R.C. Reedy, H.Y. McSween Jr., D.W. Mittlefehldt, J.S. Hendricks, M.J. Toplis Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 17 July 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.05.035 LINK
