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16 O-rich melilite in CO3.0 chondrites: possible formation of common, 16 O-poor melilite by aqueous alteration

article

1983 James B. Macelwane Awards: Donald J. DePaolo

2003 Leonard Medal for Herbert Palme

53Mn–53Cr systematics of carbonates in CM chondrites: Implications for the timing and duration of aqueous alteration

scholarly article

A 10.8-kg layered (Muong-Nong-type) tektite from Wenchang, Hainan, China

A AB-complex iron meteorite containing low-Ca clinopyroxene

scientific article

A core origin for group IVA iron meteorites: a reply to Moren and Goldstein

A nonmagmatic origin of group-IIE iron meteorites

scientific article published in May 1986

A super‐refractory inclusion containing nonstoichiometric spinel from the CO3.0 chondrite Yamato 81020

scholarly article

AN EQUATION FOR THE DETERMINATION OF IRON-METEORITE COOLING RATES

Absence of matrix-like chondrule rims in CR2 LAP 02342

scholarly article

Allan Hills 85085: A subchondritic meteorite of mixed nebular and regolithic heritage

Allende inclusions: volatile-element distribution and evidence for incomplete volatilization of presolar solids

Atmospheric iodine, bromine, and chlorine

scientific article published in 1963

Bocaiuva-A Silicate-Inclusion Bearing Iron Meteorite Related to the Eagle-Station Pallasites

Boron in iron meteorites

scientific article published in 1965

CATALOG OF THE COLLECTION OF METEORITES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES

CATALOG OF THE COLLECTION OF METEORITES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES (THE LEONARD COLLECTION)

Campo del Cielo: A Campo by any other name

scholarly article

Carbide-magnetite assemblages in type-3 ordinary chondrites

scientific article published in January 1997

Carbon-rich chondritic clast PV1 from the Plainview H-chondrite regolith breccia: Formation from H3 chondrite material by possible cometary impact

scholarly article

Carbonates in CM chondrites: Complex formational histories and comparison to carbonates in CI chondrites

scholarly article

Chemical Classification of Iron Meteorites: XII. New Members of the Magmatic Groups

scientific article published in February 1998

Chemical analysis of silicate rocks

Chemical classification of iron meteorites: XI. Multi-element studies of 38 new irons and the high abundance of ungrouped irons from Antarctica

scientific article published in March 1989

Chemical classification of iron meteorites—IX. A new group (IIF), revision of IAB and IIICD, and data on 57 additional irons

scientific article

Chemical classification of iron meteorites—VIII. Groups IC. IIE, IIIF and 97 other irons

scholarly article

Chemical classification of iron meteorites—X. Multielement studies of 43 irons, resolution of group IIIE from IIIAB, and evaluation of Cu as a taxonomic parameter

Chemistry tutorial programs on display terminals

Chondrules and matrix in the Ornans CO3 meteorite: Possible precursor components

Chondrules in the LEW85332 ungrouped carbonaceous chondrite: fractionation processes in the solar nebula

Chondrules in the Murray CM2 meteorite and compositional differences between CM-CO and ordinary chondrite chondrules

Chondrules in the Qingzhen type-3 enstatite chondrite: Possible precursor components and comparison to ordinary chondrite chondrules

Chondrules, matrix and coarse-grained chondrule rims in the Allende meteorite: Origin, interrelationships and possible precursor components

scholarly article

Classification and origin of IAB and IIICD iron meteorites

scientific article published in February 1995

Classification and properties of iron meteorites

article

Classification of and elemental fractionation among ureilites

Clastic matrix in EH3 chondrites

Co/Ni ratios at taenite/kamacite interfaces and relative cooling rates in iron meteorites

scholarly article

Comment on the letter “On the influx of small comets into the Earth's atmosphere II: Interpretation”

scientific article published in 1987

Comparison of Iron Meteoritic Material from Ohio and Illinois Hopewellian Burial Mounds

Composition and formation of metal nodules and veins in ordinary chondrites

Composition and origin of clasts and inclusions in the Abee enstatite chondrite breccia

Composition of matrix in the CR chondrite LAP 02342

scholarly article

Composition of the metal phases in ordinary chondrites: implications regarding classification and metamorphism

Composition of the metal, schreibersite and perryite of enstatite achondrites and the origin of enstatite chondrites and achondrites

scientific article published in February 1970

Compositional Study of a Suite of Samples from the 28-t Armanty (Xinjiang) Iron Meteorite

Compositional and petrographic similarities of CV and CK chondrites: A single group with variations in textures and volatile concentrations attributable to impact heating, crushing and oxidation

Compositional evidence regarding the influx of interplanetary materials onto the lunar surface

Compositional evidence regarding the origins of rims on Semarkona chondrules

Compositional range in the Canyon Diablo meteoroid

scientific article published in November 1990

Compositional trends among IID irons; their possible formation from the P-rich lower magma in a two-layer core

Compositional trends and cooling rates of group IVB iron meteorites

Compositions and taxonomy of 15 unusual carbonaceous chondrites

Compositions of enstatite (EH3, EH4,5 and EL6) chondrites: Implications regarding their formation

scientific article published in October 1986

Compositions of large metal nodules in mesosiderites: Links to iron meteorite group IIIAB and the origin of mesosiderite subgroups

Compound chondrules

Concentrations of Ni, Ga, and Ge in a series of Canyon Diablo and Odessa meteorite specimens

scientific article published in 1967

Concentrations of nickel, gallium, germanium, and iridium in Canyon Diablo and other Arizona octahedrites

scientific article published in 1968

Constraints on chondrule origins

Contribution of the mantle to the lunar asymmetry

Cooling rates of group IVA iron meteorites

Cutting the Old Woman Meteorite

scholarly article

Determination by Neutron Activation of Gallium and Germanium in Iron Meteorites

Differentiated meteorites

Distribution of 28 elements in size fractions of lunar mare and highlands soils

Distribution of Ni, Ga, Ge and Ir between metal and silicate portions of H-group chondrites

Elemental fractionations among enstatite chondrites

scientific article

Equilibration temperatures of EL chondrites: A major downward revision in the ferrosilite contents of enstatite

Erratum: Chondrules, matrix and coarse-grained chondrule rims in the Allende meteorite: Origin, interrelationships and possible precursor components

correction of a scholarly article

Evaporation of nebular fines during chondrule formation

Evidence for primitive nebular components in chondrules from the Chainpur chondrite

Evidence in CO3.0 chondrules for a drift in the O isotopic composition of the solar nebula

scholarly article

Excavation and analysis of layered tektites from northeast Thailand: Results of 1994 field expedition

Exposing metal and silicate charges to electrical discharges: Did chondrules form by nebular lightning?

Extreme oxygen-isotope compositions in magnetite from unequilibrated ordinary chondrites

scientific article published in Nature

Extremely rapid cooling of a carbonaceous-chondrite chondrule containing very 16O-rich olivine and a 26Mg-excess

article

FOUR NEW IRON METEORITE FINDS

FRACTIONATION OF MODERATELY VOLATILE ELEMENTS IN ORDINARY CHONDRITES

Fayalite-silica association in unequilibrated ordinary chondrites: Evidence for aqueous alteration on a parent body

Field recovery of layered tektites in northeast Thailand

scientific article published in 1995

Fine, nickel-poor Fe-Ni grains in the olivine of unequilibrated ordinary chondrites

Formation of IIAB iron meteorites

scientific article

Formation of mesosiderites by low-velocity impacts as a natural consequence of planet formation

scientific article published in November 1985

Formation of metal and silicate globules in Gujba: a new Bencubbin-like meteorite fall

Formation of ordinary chondrites

Formation of the Bencubbin polymict meteoritic breccia

Formation of the Treysa quintet and the main‐group pallasites by impact‐generated processes in the IIIAB asteroid

scientific article published on 22 March 2016

Fractionated matrix composition in CV3 Vigarano and alteration processes on the CV parent asteroid

Gallium, germanium, indium and iridium variations in a suite of L-group chondrites

Geochemical constraints on the nature of large accretionary events

Geochemistry of Germanium, benchmark papers in Geology

High noble metal concentrations in a late Pliocene sediment

scientific article published in Nature

Igneous rims on low-FeO and high-FeO chondrules in ordinary chondrites

Initial 26Al/27Al in carbonaceous-chondrite chondrules: too little 26Al to melt asteroids

Iridium anomaly associated with the Australasian tektite-producing impact: Masses of the impactor and of the Australasian tektites

Large aerial bursts: an important class of terrestrial accretionary events

scholarly article

Layered tektites: a multiple impact origin for the Australasian tektites

1991 scholarly article by John T. Wasson et al.

Main-group pallasites

Maribo-A new CM fall from Denmark

scientific article published in January 2012

Massive chromite in the Brenham pallasite and the fractionation of Cr during the crystallization of asteroidal cores

Matrix and whole-rock fractionations in the Acfer 094 type 3.0 ungrouped carbonaceous chondrite

Memorial: George West Wetherill (1925-2006)

Mesosiderites and howardites: igneous formation and possible genetic relationships

Mesosiderites—I. Compositions of their metallic portions and possible relationship to other metal-rich meteorite groups

Metal and associated phases in Bishunpur, a highly unequilibrated ordinary chondrite

Metal and associated phases in Krymka and Chainpur: Nebular formational processes

Metal in CR chondrites

Metal–silicate silicon isotope fractionation in enstatite meteorites and constraints on Earth's core formation

Meteorite research

Microscale oxygen isotopic exchange and magnetite formation in the Ningqiang anomalous carbonaceous chondrite

Mineralogy and petrology of amoeboid olivine inclusions in CO3 chondrites: Relationship to parent-body aqueous alteration

scholarly article

Naked stars and hot meteorites

scientific article published in Nature

Nebular condensation of Ga, Ge and Sb and the chemical classification of iron meteorites

scientific article published in Nature

Nebular condensation of moderately volatile elements and their abundances in ordinary chondrites

scientific article

Neutron Activation Determination of Iridium in Meteorites

Ni, Ga, Ge and Ir in the metal of iron-meteorites-with-silicate-inclusions

Nier Prize Citation for Byeon-Gak Choi

Non-nebular origin of dark mantles around chondrules and inclusions in CM chondrites

Non-spherical lobate chondrules in CO3.0 Y-81020: General implications for the formation of low-FeO porphyritic chondrules in CO chondrites

scholarly article

Notizen: Messung der Einfanggamma- und Röntgen-Spektren von Sm und Gd

ON NAMING METEORITES

scholarly article

On the origin of lunar soil 12033

Ordinary chondrites: Bulk compositions, classification, lithophile-element fractionations and composition-petrographic type relationships

scientific article published in October 1989

Origin of Iron Meteorite Groups IAB and IIICD

scientific article published in August 1980

Origin of metallic Fe-Ni in Renazzo and related chondrites

Oxygen isotopes in R-chondrite magnetite and olivine: links between R chondrites and ordinary chondrites

Oxygen isotopes in chondrules and coarse-grained chondrule rims from the Allende meteorite

Oxygen-isotopic compositions of low-FeO relicts in high-FeO host chondrules in Acfer 094, a type 3.0 carbonaceous chondrite closely related to CM

Oxygen-isotopic compositions of relict and host grains in chondrules in the Yamato 81020 CO3.0 chondrite

Oxygen-isotopic evolution of the solar nebula

Petrology and chemistry of two “large” granite clasts from the moon

Possible impact-induced refractory-lithophile fractionations in EL chondrites

Progressive aqueous alteration of CM carbonaceous chondrites

scientific article

Progressive aqueous alteration of CR carbonaceous chondrites

scientific article published in August 2014

Properties of the Guin ungrouped iron meteorite: the origin of Guin and of group-IIE irons

R-chondrite bulk-chemical compositions and diverse oxides: Implications for parent-body processes

Radioactive cobalt and manganese in Discoverer 17 stainless steel

scientific article published in 1962

Radioactivity in Sputnik 4 fragment

scientific article published in 1964

Radioactivity in interplanetary dust

Radioactivity produced in Discoverer XVII by November 12, 1960, solar protons

scientific article published in 1961

Reduction during metamorphism of four ordinary chondrites

Refractory element fractionations among carbonaceous chondrite groups

Refractory precursor components of Semarkona chondrules and the fractionation of refractory elements among chondrites

Relationship between iron-meteorite composition and size: Compositional distribution of irons from North Africa

Relationship between siderophilic-element content and oxidation state of ordinary chondrites

Reply to Edward Anders: A discussion of alternative models for explaining the distribution of moderately volatile elements in ordinary chondrites

Ru, Re, Os, Pt and Au in iron meteorites

scholarly article

Secondary melting events in Semarkona chondrules revealed by compositional zoning in low-Ca pyroxene

Seventh Foray: Whitlockite-rich lithologies, a diopside-bearing troctolitic anorthosite, Ferroan anorthosites, and KREEP

scientific article published in 1983

Shock effects in the Willamette ungrouped iron meteorite

scholarly article

Shock effects in “EH6” enstatite chondrites and implications for collisional heating of the EH and EL parent asteroids

Si-rich Fe–Ni grains in highly unequilibrated chondrites

Siderophile-element anomalies in CK carbonaceous chondrites: Implications for parent-body aqueous alteration and terrestrial weathering of sulfides

Siderophile-enriched sediments from the Cretaceous–Tertiary boundary

scientific article published in Nature

Siderophiles and volatiles in Apollo-16 rocks and soils

Silica and pyroxene in IVA irons; possible formation of the IVA magma by impact melting and reduction of L-LL-chondrite materials followed by crystallization and cooling

Silica-merrihueite/roedderite-bearing chondrules and clasts in ordinary chondrites: New occurrences and possible origin

Silicon concentrations in the metal of iron meteorites

Silicon in the Nedagolla ataxite and the relationship between Si and Cr in reduced iron meteorites

Sixth foray for pristine nonmare rocks and an assessment of the diversity of lunar anorthosites

scientific article published in 1983

Systematic compositional variations in the Cape York iron meteorite

THE NEEDLES (CALIFORNIA) IRON METEORITE

THE PARSA ENSTATITE CHONDRITE

Tektites and climate

scientific article published in 1993

The Anoka, Minnesota iron meteorite as parent to Hopewell meteoritic metal beads from Havana, Illinois

The IIG iron meteorites: Probable formation in the IIAB core

scientific article (publication date: August 2009)

The Lodran meteorite and its relationship to the ureilites

The Ningqiang Meteorite: Classification and Petrology of an Anomalous CV Chondrite

The North Chilean hexahedrites: Variations in composition and structure

The Portales Valley meteorite breccia: evidence for impact-induced melting and metamorphism of an ordinary chondrite

The Twannberg (Switzerland) IIG iron meteorites: Mineralogy, chemistry, and CRE ages

scholarly article

The Vicência meteorite fall: A new unshocked (S1) weakly metamorphosed (3.2) LL chondrite

scholarly article

The chemical classification of iron meteorites

scientific article published in May 1970

The chemical classification of iron meteorites: I. A study of iron meteorites with low concentrations of gallium and germanium

scholarly article by John T. Wasson published January 1967 in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

The chemical classification of iron meteorites—II. Irons and pallasites with germanium concentrations between 8 and 100 ppm

The chemical classification of iron meteorites—III. Hexahedrites and other irons with germanium concentrations between 80 and 200 ppm

The chemical classification of iron meteorites—V groups IIIC and IIID and other irons with germanium concentrations between 1 and 25 ppm

scientific article published in February 1971

The chemical classification of iron meteorites—VII. A reinvestigation of irons with Ge concentrations between 25 and 80 ppm

scholarly article

The compositional classification of chondrites: II The enstatite chondrite groups

The compositional classification of chondrites: III. Ungrouped carbonaceous chondrites

scientific article published in November 1982

The compositional classification of chondrites: IV. Ungrouped chondritic meteorites and clasts

scientific article published in January 1985

The compositional classification of chondrites: V. The Karoonda (CK) group of carbonaceous chondrites

scientific article published in March 1991

The compositional classification of chondrites: VI. The CR carbonaceous chondrite group

scientific article published in July 1994

The compositional classification of chondrites: VII. The R chondrite group

The compositional classification of chondrites—I. The carbonaceous chondrite groups

scientific article published in July 1981

The compositional classification of some Chinese iron meteorites

The histories of ordinary chondrite parent bodies: U,Th-He age distributions

The marketing of Meteoritics: A valedictory editorial

The origin and history of the metal and sulfide components of chondrules

The origin of KREEP

The origin of chromitic chondrules and the volatility of Cr under a range of nebular conditions

The rediscovery of the Vaca Muerta strewnfield

The role of S in the evolution of the parental cores of the iron meteorites

scientific article published in December 1982

The study of chemical composition of 35 iron meteorites and its application in taxonomy

Trace Element Partitioning between Taenite and Kamacite; Relationship to the Cooling Rates of Iron Meteorites

Trapped melt in IIIAB irons; solid/liquid elemental partitioning during the fractionation of the IIIAB magma

Troilite in the chondrules of type-3 ordinary chondrites: implications for chondrule formation

Ubiquitous low-FeO relict grains in type II chondrules and limited overgrowths on phenocrysts following the final melting event

Variations in impact effects among IIIE iron meteorites

scientific article published on 11 July 2016

Vesta and extensively melted asteroids: Why HED meteorites are probably not from Vesta

article

Volatile elements on the earth and the moon

Volatiles in chainpur chondrules

scientific article published in 1979