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Buseck Center for Meteorite Studies

New Research at the Center!

Later this month, several members of the Center for Meteorites Studies will present new findings at the 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC), in Houston, Texas.  The Center's presentations cover a range of topics in meteoritics and cosmochemistry, including meteorites from asteroid Vesta, carbonaceous chondrites, meteorite petrology, the solar wind, and processes in the early Solar System.

Click on the LPSC abstract titles below to learn more about current research at the Center for Meteorite Studies and School of Earth & Space Exploration!


Dating Howardite Melt Clasts: Evidence for an Extended Vestan Bombardment?
J. A. Cartwright, K. V. Hodges, M. Wadhwa, D. W. Mittlefehldt
47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2865

Further Evidence of Beryllium-10 Heterogeneity in the Early Solar System Inferred from Be-B Systematics of Refractory Inclusions in a Minimally Altered CR2 Chondrite
E. Dunham, M. Wadhwa, R. Hervig, S. Simon, L. Grossman
47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2723

53Mn-53Cr Systematics of Brachina Revisited in High Precision
D. R. Dunlap, M. Wadhwa, S. J. Romaniello
47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #3055

Exploring the Mineralogical Diversity of HED Meteorites with Microimaging VSWIR Spectroscopy
A. A. Fraeman, B. L. Ehlmann, G. W. D. Northwood-Smith, Y. Liu, M. Wadhwa, R. N. Greenberger
47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2237

Observations on a 10-kg Graphite Nodule from the Canyon Diablo (IAG-MG) Iron Meteorite
L. A. J. Garvie
47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2567

Using Combination of Near Surface SIMS and ToF-SIMS Depth Profiles as a Success Criteria for Genesis Solar Wind Collector Cleaning
Y. S. Goreva, D. S. Burnett, A. J. Jurewicz, Y. Guan
47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2253

New Constraints on SW Mg Isotopes from Understanding Genesis DoS Collectors, with Implications
A. J. G. Jurewicz, K. D. Rieck, M. Wadhwa, D. S. Burnett, R. Hervig, P. Williams, Y. Guan, R. Wiens, G. R. Huss
47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2350

Hydrogen Fluence Calculated from Genesis Collectors
E. C. Koeman-Shields, G. R. Huss, R. C. Ogliore, A. J. G. Jurewicz, D. S. Burnett, K. Nagashiima, C. T. Olinger
47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2800

Catastrophic Impact of Silicon on Silicon: Unraveling the Genesis Impact Using Sample 61881
K. R. Kuhlman, H. Kim, A. J. G. Jurewicz, C. P. Gonzalez, K. K. Allums
47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2460

Formation Timescales of Wark-Lovering Rims Around Calcium-Aluminum Rich Inclusions
P. Mane, M. Bose, C. Defouilloy, N. T. Kita, G. J. MacPherson, M. Wadhwa
47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2560

Zirconium and Chromium Isotopic Systematics of Non-Allende CAIs
P. Mane, Z. A. Torrano, S. J. Romaniello, G. A. Brennecka, Q. R. Shollenberger, L. Borg, M. Wadhwa
47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2778

A. A. Monroe, E. L. Shock, M. Wadhwa
47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2340

Bulk Solar Wind Na and K Measured in Genesis Collectors
K. D. Rieck, A. J. G. Jurewicz, D. S. Burnett, R. L. Hervig, P. Williams, Y. Guan
47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2922

The Gao-Guenie (Burkina Faso) Impact Melt Breccia — A Piece of an Impact Melt Injection Dike on an H-Chondrite Asteroid
M. Schmieder, D. A. Kring, T. D. Swindle, J. C. Carter-Bond, C. B. Moore
47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1239

Pristine Pre-Accretionary Signatures in CM Chondrite Silicates: A Common Parent-Body with the CO Chondrites?
D. L. Schrader, J. Davidson
47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1288

Evaluating Chondrule Formation Models and the Protoplanetary Disk Background Temperature with Low-Temperature, Sub-Silicate Solidus Chondrule Cooling Rates
D. L. Schrader, R. R. Fu, S. J. Desch
47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #1180

Water in Nominally Anhydrous Crustal Minerals of Vesta
A. Stephant, R. L. Hervig, M. Wadhwa
47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2436

The Electron Microprobe Laboratory at Arizona State University
A. Wittmann, D. Convey, T. Sharp, M. Wadhwa, P. Buseck, K. Hodges
47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #3018