Parent body thermal metamorphism of enstatite chondrites: Disentangling the effects of shock melting

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Peter Mc Ardle, Rhian H. Jones, Patricia L. Clay, Romain Tartèse, Ray Burgess, Brian O’Driscoll, Eric W.G. Hellebrand, Jonathan Fellowes, Arthur Goodwin, Lewis Hughes MAPS, Version of Record online: 04 November 2025 LINK “Enstatite chondrites…

Ni isotopic compositions in shocked ordinary chondrites: Insights into the influence of shock processes

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Zhi Li, Ying-Kui Xu, Shui-Jiong Wang, Si-Zhang Sheng, Shi-Jie Li, Xiong-Yao Li, Jian-Zhong Liu, Dan Zhu MAPS, Version of Record online: 28 May 2025 LINK “High-energy impact events prevalent during planetary accretion in the solar…

Experimental Transformation of the Chelyabinsk LL5 Meteorite Matter of Light-colored Lithology into Dark-colored Lithology

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E. V. Petrova & V. I. Grokhovsky Solar System Research, Volume 59, article number 45, Published: 20 May 2025 LINK “The effects of temperature, impacts, and irradiation on Chelyabinsk LL5 chondrite light-colored lithology matter were…

Shock-induced potassium and zinc isotope fractionation in ordinary chondrites and its implications

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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…

Evidence for the disproportionation of iron in a Eucrite meteorite: Implications for impact processes on Vesta

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Zhuang Guo, Yang Li, Hongyi Chen, Mingming Zhang, Yanxue Wu, Bo Hui, Shen Liu, Ian M. Coulson, Shijie Li, Xiongyao Li, Jianzhong Liu, Ziyuan Ouyang Journal of Geophysical Research: PlanetsFirst Published: 31 July 2021 LINK…

Martian low-temperature alteration materials in shock-melt pockets in Tissint: Constraints on their preservation in shergottite meteorites

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C.R. Kuchka, C.D.K. Herd, E.L. Walton, Y. Guan, Y. Liu Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 8 May 2017 LINK “We apply an array of in situ analytical techniques, including electron…

Revising the shock classification of meteorites.

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Fritz, J., Greshake, A. and Fernandes, V. A. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12845 LINK “The current shock classification scheme of meteorites assigns shock levels of S1 (unshocked) to S6 (very strongly shocked) using shock…

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