Sodium carbonates on Ryugu as evidence of highly saline water in the outer Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS
Toru Matsumoto, Takaaki Noguchi, Akira Miyake, Yohei Igami, Megumi Matsumoto, Toru Yada, Masayuki Uesugi, Masahiro Yasutake, Kentaro Uesugi, Akihisa Takeuchi, Hayato Yuzawa, Takuji Ohigashi & Tohru Araki Nature Astronomy, Published: 18 November 2024 LINK (OPEN…
Evidence of both molecular cloud and fluid chemistry in Ryugu regolithOPEN ACCESS
Maitrayee Bose, Robert A. Root, Yunbin Guan, Jacob Eaton, Axel Wittmann, Thomas Skrmetti, Steven J. Desch Science Advances24 Jul 2024Vol 10, Issue 30 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The sulfur chemistry of (162173) Ryugu particles…
Detection and quantification of organosulfur species in the Tagish Lake Meteorite by highly sensitive LC-MSOPEN ACCESS
N. Randazzo, R. W. Hilts, M. C. Holt, C. D. K. Herd, B. Reiz, R. M. Whittal MAPS, Version of Record online: 28 May 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We analyzed the methanol extracts…
Identification of carbonate-associated sulfate (CAS) in a Noachian Martian meteorite Allan Hills 84001
Iori Kajitani, Mizuho Koike, Ryoichi Nakada, Gaku Tanabe, Tomohiro Usui, Fumihiro Matsu’ura, Keisuke Fukushi, Tetsuya Yokoyama Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 620, 15 October 2023, 118345 LINK “The aqueous environment and possible habitability of early…
Winchcombe: An example of rapid terrestrial alteration of a CM chondriteOPEN ACCESS
Laura E. Jenkins, Martin R. Lee, Luke Daly, Ashley J. King, Cameron J. Floyd, Pierre-Etienne Martin, Natasha V. Almeida, Matthew J. Genge MAPSVersion of Record online: 09 February 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Winchcombe is a CM chondrite that fell in…
Meteoritic materials within sulfate aerosol particles in the troposphere are detected with transmission electron microscopyOPEN ACCESS
Kouji Adachi, Naga Oshima, Nobuyuki Takegawa, Nobuhiro Moteki & Makoto Koike Communications Earth & Environment, Volume 3, Article number: 134 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “When meteorites impact the Earth’s atmosphere, they fractionalize and ablate,…
Tender Energy X-Ray Microspectroscopy Reveals Microscale Heterogeneity of P and S Chemistry in CM2 Chondrite
P. A. Northrup, Wirick S., Flynn G. J. 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2021), Abstract #2480 PDF “Tender energy X-ray absorption microspectroscopy at the TES beamline was used to directly measure microscale chemical speciation…
Salt – A critical material to consider when exploring the solar system
M.R.M. Izawa, P.L. King, P. Vernazza, J.A. Berger, W.A. McCutcheon IcarusAvailable online 20 January 2021 LINK “Highlights • Mid-IR spectra of mixtures of salt and E, C, and O chondrites are reported.• Intimate mixtures of…
Experimental hydrothermal alteration of basaltic glass with relevance to Mars
C. Sætre, H. Hellevang, L. Riu, H. Dypvik, C. Pilorget, F. Poulet, S. C. Werner Meteorit Planet Sci. . doi:10.1111/maps.13214 LINK “Phyllosilicates, carbonates, zeolites, and sulfates on Mars give clues about the planet’s past environmental…
Search for sulfates on the surface of Ceres
Bu, C., Rodriguez Lopez, G., Dukes, C. A., Ruesch, O., McFadden, L. A. and Li, J.-Y. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.13024 LINK “The formation of hydrated salts is an expected consequence of aqueous alteration…
