List of works - Axel Wittmann

A model for the formation of the Chesapeake Bay impact crater as revealed by drilling and numerical simulation

journal article

A pressure-temperature phase diagram for zircon at extreme conditions

journal article

Asymmetrical Distribution of Impact Ejected Lithologies at Barringer Meteorite Crater (a.k.a Meteor Crater) ⬇️

conference paper published in 2011

Connecting Lunar Meteorites to Source Terranes on the Moon

scientific article

Cubic zirconia in >2370 °C impact melt records Earth's hottest crust

scholarly article by Nicholas E. Timms et al published November 2017 in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Decline of giant impacts on Mars by 4.48 billion years ago and an early opportunity for habitability

scientific article published on 24 June 2019

Evidence of Carboniferous arc magmatism preserved in the Chicxulub impact structure

scientific article

Expedition 364 methods

scholarly article

Expedition 364 summary

scholarly article

Exploring Martian Impact Craters: What They Can Reveal About the Subsurface and Why They are Important in the Search for Life ⬇️

conference paper published in 2010

Exploring Martian Impact Craters: Why They are Important for the Search for Life ⬇️

conference paper published in 2010

Explosive interaction of impact melt and seawater following the Chicxulub impact event

scientific article published on 22 November 2019

Extraordinary rocks from the peak ring of the Chicxulub impact crater: P-wave velocity, density, and porosity measurements from IODP/ICDP Expedition 364

scholarly article by Gail L. Christeson et al published August 2018 in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Fold Hinge in Overturned Coconino Sandstone and its Structural Displacement During the Formation of Barringer Meteorite Crater (a.k.a Meteor Crater) ⬇️

conference paper published in 2011

Gale Crater: Formation and post-impact hydrous environments

scholarly article

Geochemistry of impactites and crystalline basement-derived lithologies from the ICDP-USGS Eyreville A and B drill cores, Chesapeake Bay impact structure, Virginia, USA

scholarly article published 2009

Geochemistry, geochronology and petrogenesis of Maya Block granitoids and dykes from the Chicxulub Impact Crater, Gulf of México: Implications for the assembly of Pangea

scholarly article by Jiawei Zhao et al published June 2020 in Gondwana Research

Geologic columns for the ICDP-USGS Eyreville B core, Chesapeake Bay impact structure: Impactites and crystalline rocks, 1766 to 1096 m depth

article by J. Wright Horton Jr. et al published 2009 in Geological Society of America Special Papers

Globally distributed iridium layer preserved within the Chicxulub impact structure ⬇️

scholarly article published in 2021

H/L chondrite LaPaz Icefield 031047 – A feather of Icarus?

scholarly article

Highly Porous and Compositionally Intermediate Ordinary Chondrite LAP 031047 ⬇️

conference paper published in 2010

Impact cratering on the H chondrite parent asteroid

scholarly article

Impact-related dike breccia lithologies in the ICDP drill core Yaxcopoil-1, Chicxulub impact structure, Mexico

scholarly article

Integrated interpretation of physical properties of rocks of the borehole Yaxcopoil-1 (Chicxulub impact structure)

article by S. I. Mayr et al published 3 July 2008 in Journal of Geophysical Research

New shock microstructures in titanite (CaTiSiO5) from the peak ring of the Chicxulub impact structure, Mexico

scholarly article

Ocean resurge-induced impact melt dynamics on the peak-ring of the Chicxulub impact structure, Mexico ⬇️

journal article

Peering inside the peak ring of the Chicxulub Impact Crater-its nature and formation mechanism

journal article

Petrogenesis of lunar impact melt rock meteorite Oued Awlitis 001

article by Axel Wittmann et al published 25 November 2018 in Meteoritics & Planetary Science

Petrographic observations on the Exmore breccia, ICDP-USGS drilling at Eyreville, Chesapeake Bay impact structure, USA

scientific article published in 2009

Petrography and composition of Martian regolith breccia meteorite Northwest Africa 7475

scholarly article

Petrology of impact melt rocks from the Chesapeake Bay crater, USA

scholarly article published 2009

Probing the hydrothermal system of the Chicxulub impact crater ⬇️

scientific article published on 29 May 2020

Rapid recovery of life at ground zero of the end-Cretaceous mass extinction

scientific article published in Nature

Shaping of the Present-Day Deep Biosphere at Chicxulub by the Impact Catastrophe That Ended the Cretaceous

scientific article

Shergottite Northwest Africa 6963: A Pyroxene-Cumulate Martian Gabbro

scientific article

Shock impedance amplified impact deformation of zircon in granitic rocks from the Chicxulub impact crater ⬇️

journal paper

Shocked titanite records Chicxulub hydrothermal alteration and impact age

scholarly article

Site M0077: Lower Peak Ring

scholarly article

Site M0077: Open Hole

scholarly article

Site M0077: Post-Impact Sedimentary Rocks

article by Sean P.S. Gulick et al published 30 December 2017 in Proceedings of the International Ocean Discovery Program

Site M0077: Upper Peak Ring

scholarly article

Site M0077: introduction

scholarly article

Site M0077: microbiology

scholarly article

Spinel assemblages in lunar meteorites Graves Nunataks 06157 and Dhofar 1528: Implications for impact melting and equilibration in the Moon's upper mantle

scientific article published on 28 November 2018

Structure and impact indicators of the Cretaceous sequence of the ICDP drill core Yaxcopoil-1, Chicxulub impact crater, Mexico

scholarly article

Testing the ureilite projectile hypothesis for the El'gygytgyn impact: Determination of siderophile element abundances and Os isotope ratios in ICDP drill core samples and melt rocks

scholarly article

The Ar-Ar age and petrology of Miller Range 05029: Evidence for a large impact in the very early solar system

scholarly article

The Habitat of the Nascent Chicxulub Crater ⬇️

journal article from 'AGU Advances' published in 2020

The Mineralogy of the K-Pg Transition on the Peak Ring of the Chicxulub Impact Crater in Drill Cores of IODP-ICDP Expedition 364

scientific article published in July 2017

The first day of the Cenozoic

scientific article published on 09 September 2019

The formation of peak rings in large impact craters

scientific article

The importance of (Noachian) impact craters as windows to the subsurface and as potential hosts of life ⬇️

white paper published in 2009

The petrogenesis of impact basin melt rocks in lunar meteorite Shişr 161

scholarly article

The record of ground zero in the Chesapeake Bay impact crater—Suevites and related rocks

scholarly article published 2009

U-Pb memory behavior in Chicxulub's peak ring — Applying U-Pb depth profiling to shocked zircon

scholarly article

Winding down the Chicxulub Impact: The Transition Between Impact and Normal Marine Sedimentation Near Ground Zero ⬇️

journal article from 'Marine Geology' published in 2020

List of works by Axel Wittmann

A model for the formation of the Chesapeake Bay impact crater as revealed by drilling and numerical simulation

A pressure-temperature phase diagram for zircon at extreme conditions

Asymmetrical Distribution of Impact Ejected Lithologies at Barringer Meteorite Crater (a.k.a Meteor Crater) ⬇️

Connecting Lunar Meteorites to Source Terranes on the Moon

Cubic zirconia in >2370 °C impact melt records Earth's hottest crust

Decline of giant impacts on Mars by 4.48 billion years ago and an early opportunity for habitability

Evidence of Carboniferous arc magmatism preserved in the Chicxulub impact structure

Expedition 364 methods

Expedition 364 summary

Exploring Martian Impact Craters: What They Can Reveal About the Subsurface and Why They are Important in the Search for Life ⬇️

Exploring Martian Impact Craters: Why They are Important for the Search for Life ⬇️

Explosive interaction of impact melt and seawater following the Chicxulub impact event

Extraordinary rocks from the peak ring of the Chicxulub impact crater: P-wave velocity, density, and porosity measurements from IODP/ICDP Expedition 364

Fold Hinge in Overturned Coconino Sandstone and its Structural Displacement During the Formation of Barringer Meteorite Crater (a.k.a Meteor Crater) ⬇️

Gale Crater: Formation and post-impact hydrous environments

Geochemistry of impactites and crystalline basement-derived lithologies from the ICDP-USGS Eyreville A and B drill cores, Chesapeake Bay impact structure, Virginia, USA

Geochemistry, geochronology and petrogenesis of Maya Block granitoids and dykes from the Chicxulub Impact Crater, Gulf of México: Implications for the assembly of Pangea

Geologic columns for the ICDP-USGS Eyreville B core, Chesapeake Bay impact structure: Impactites and crystalline rocks, 1766 to 1096 m depth

Globally distributed iridium layer preserved within the Chicxulub impact structure ⬇️

H/L chondrite LaPaz Icefield 031047 – A feather of Icarus?

Highly Porous and Compositionally Intermediate Ordinary Chondrite LAP 031047 ⬇️

Impact cratering on the H chondrite parent asteroid

Impact-related dike breccia lithologies in the ICDP drill core Yaxcopoil-1, Chicxulub impact structure, Mexico

Integrated interpretation of physical properties of rocks of the borehole Yaxcopoil-1 (Chicxulub impact structure)

New shock microstructures in titanite (CaTiSiO5) from the peak ring of the Chicxulub impact structure, Mexico

Ocean resurge-induced impact melt dynamics on the peak-ring of the Chicxulub impact structure, Mexico ⬇️

Peering inside the peak ring of the Chicxulub Impact Crater-its nature and formation mechanism

Petrogenesis of lunar impact melt rock meteorite Oued Awlitis 001

Petrographic observations on the Exmore breccia, ICDP-USGS drilling at Eyreville, Chesapeake Bay impact structure, USA

Petrography and composition of Martian regolith breccia meteorite Northwest Africa 7475

Petrology of impact melt rocks from the Chesapeake Bay crater, USA

Probing the hydrothermal system of the Chicxulub impact crater ⬇️

Rapid recovery of life at ground zero of the end-Cretaceous mass extinction

Shaping of the Present-Day Deep Biosphere at Chicxulub by the Impact Catastrophe That Ended the Cretaceous

Shergottite Northwest Africa 6963: A Pyroxene-Cumulate Martian Gabbro

Shock impedance amplified impact deformation of zircon in granitic rocks from the Chicxulub impact crater ⬇️

Shocked titanite records Chicxulub hydrothermal alteration and impact age

Site M0077: Lower Peak Ring

Site M0077: Open Hole

Site M0077: Post-Impact Sedimentary Rocks

Site M0077: Upper Peak Ring

Site M0077: introduction

Site M0077: microbiology

Spinel assemblages in lunar meteorites Graves Nunataks 06157 and Dhofar 1528: Implications for impact melting and equilibration in the Moon's upper mantle

Structure and impact indicators of the Cretaceous sequence of the ICDP drill core Yaxcopoil-1, Chicxulub impact crater, Mexico

Testing the ureilite projectile hypothesis for the El'gygytgyn impact: Determination of siderophile element abundances and Os isotope ratios in ICDP drill core samples and melt rocks

The Ar-Ar age and petrology of Miller Range 05029: Evidence for a large impact in the very early solar system

The Habitat of the Nascent Chicxulub Crater ⬇️

The Mineralogy of the K-Pg Transition on the Peak Ring of the Chicxulub Impact Crater in Drill Cores of IODP-ICDP Expedition 364

The first day of the Cenozoic

The formation of peak rings in large impact craters

The importance of (Noachian) impact craters as windows to the subsurface and as potential hosts of life ⬇️

The petrogenesis of impact basin melt rocks in lunar meteorite Shişr 161

The record of ground zero in the Chesapeake Bay impact crater—Suevites and related rocks

U-Pb memory behavior in Chicxulub's peak ring — Applying U-Pb depth profiling to shocked zircon

Winding down the Chicxulub Impact: The Transition Between Impact and Normal Marine Sedimentation Near Ground Zero ⬇️