A number of distinct methodologies are available for determining the oxygen isotope
composition of minerals and rocks, these include laser-assisted fluorination, secondary ion …

The CM chondrites are samples of primitive water-rich asteroids formed during the early
solar system. They record significant interaction between liquid water and silicate rock …

Saturn's moon Enceladus has an ice-covered ocean; a plume of material erupts from cracks
in the ice. The plume contains chemical signatures of water-rock interaction between the …

Before the origin of simple cellular life, the building blocks of RNA (nucleotides) had to form
and polymerize in favorable environments on early Earth. At this time, meteorites and …

In Earth and planetary sciences, the chemical composition of chondritic meteorites provides
an essential reference to constrain the composition and differentiation history of planetary …

The delivery of water to the inner Solar System, including Earth, is still a debated topic. A
preferential role for hydrated asteroids in this process is supported by isotopic …

This book explores important new NMR spectroscopic methods and describes and
compares the application of NMR to a large variety of useful materials with results from other …

The surface elemental composition of dwarf planet Ceres constrains its regolith ice content,
aqueous alteration processes, and interior evolution. Using nuclear spectroscopy data …

Here we show that bulk H, C and N elemental and isotopic analyses can be used to classify
CM and CR chondrites. These meteorites in both groups form well-defined trends in plots of …

INTRODUCTION Carbonaceous asteroids formed early in Solar System history and
experienced varying degrees of aqueous (water-rock) and thermal alteration. Most models …