Pressure‐Induced sp 2 ‐sp 3 Transitions in Carbon‐Bearing Phases
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Explores the behavior of carbon in minerals, melts, and fluids under extreme conditions
Carbon trapped in diamonds and carbonate-bearing rocks in subduction zones are examples of the continuing exchange of substantial carbon ...
Sergey S. Lobanov +1 more
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The Osmium Isotope Signature of Phanerozoic Large Igneous Provinces
Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Alexander J. Dickson +2 more
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Determination of strewn fields for meteorite falls [PDF]
When an object enters the atmosphere it may be detected as a meteor. A bright meteor, called a fireball, may be a sign of a meteorite fall. Instrumentally observed meteorite falls provide unique opportunities to recover and analyse unweathered planetary ...
Moilanen, Jarmo +5 more
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Evidence for silicate dissolution on Mars from the Nakhla meteorite [PDF]
Veins containing carbonates, hydrous silicates and sulphates that occur within and between grains of augite and olivine in the Nakhla meteorite are good evidence for the former presence of liquid water in the Martian crust.
Smith, C.L. +8 more
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thissop/meteorite-minerals: Meteoritics Repository Release
Full Changelog: https://github.com/thissop/meteorite-minerals/commits ...
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New carbonaceous chondrite Northwest Africa 11781 (CM2)
Research subject. The article presents the results of a study of a new meteorite Northwest Africa 11781.Material and methods. The material for the study was a fragment of a meteorite weighing 15.56 g, from which 4 transparent polished sections with a ...
K. A. Dugushkina, S. V. Berzin
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Spectroscopic and Petrographic Investigations of Lunar Mg-Suite Meteorite Northwest Africa 8687
Magnesian suite (Mg-suite) rocks represent plutonic materials from the lunar crust, and their global distribution can provide critical information for the early magmatic differentiation and crustal asymmetries of the Moon. Visible and near-infrared (VNIR)
Lang Qin +4 more
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Dating climatic change in hot deserts using desert varnish on meteorite finds [PDF]
A thin coating of desert varnish occurs on Forrest 009 and Nurina 004, both equilibrated ordinary chondrite (L6) finds from the Nullarbor Plain, Australia.
Bland, P.A., Lee, M.R.
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Meteorite Struga – overview of previous chemical and recent spectroscopic analyses
Meteorite Struga fell more than 35 years ago near the town of Struga, Republic of Macedonia. Its fall was notified in the Bulletien of the Geological Institute in Skopje in 1973. Since that time, only one chemical analysis has been reported (in 1990) and
Biljana Minčeva-Šukarova
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The history of origin and evolution in Ukraine of mineralogical studies of cosmic samples, mainly meteorites, and the main stages of formation of the Department of Сosmoecology and Cosmic Mineralogy at the M. P.
V. P. Semenenko
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