Lithium isotope geochemistry

S Penniston-Dorland, XM Liu… - … in Mineralogy and …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The lithium isotope system is increasingly being applied to a variety of Earth science studies,
as the burgeoning literature attests; over 180 papers have been published in the last twelve …

Mass fractionation laws, mass-independent effects, and isotopic anomalies

N Dauphas, EA Schauble - Annual Review of Earth and …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Isotopic variations usually follow mass-dependent fractionation, meaning that the relative
variations in isotopic ratios scale with the difference in mass of the isotopes involved (eg …

Oxygen isotope evidence from Ryugu samples for early water delivery to Earth by CI chondrites

RC Greenwood, IA Franchi, R Findlay, JA Malley… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
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 …

The oxygen isotopic composition of the Sun inferred from captured solar wind

KD McKeegan, APA Kallio, VS Heber, G Jarzebinski… - Science, 2011 - science.org
All planetary materials sampled thus far vary in their relative abundance of the major isotope
of oxygen, 16O, such that it has not been possible to define a primordial solar system …

26Al‐26Mg isotope systematics of the first solids in the early solar system

NT Kita, QZ Yin, GJ MacPherson… - … & Planetary Science, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
High‐precision bulk aluminum‐magnesium isotope measurements of calcium‐aluminum‐
rich inclusions (CAI s) from CV carbonaceous chondrites in several laboratories define a …

A perspective from extinct radionuclides on a young stellar object: the Sun and its accretion disk

N Dauphas, M Chaussidon - Annual Review of Earth and …, 2011 - annualreviews.org
Meteorites, which are remnants of solar system formation, provide a direct glimpse into the
dynamics and evolution of a young stellar object (YSO), namely our Sun. Much of our …

Distribution of 26Al in the CR chondrite chondrule-forming region of the protoplanetary disk

DL Schrader, K Nagashima, AN Krot, RC Ogliore… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2017 - Elsevier
We report on the mineralogy, petrography, and in situ measured oxygen-and magnesium-
isotope compositions of eight porphyritic chondrules (seven FeO-poor and one FeO-rich) …

Incorporation of 16O-rich anhydrous silicates in the protolith of highly hydrated asteroid Ryugu

MC Liu, KA McCain, N Matsuda, A Yamaguchi… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The abundant phyllosilicate and carbonate minerals characterizing most of the returned
particles from asteroid Ryugu suggest a history of extensive aqueous alteration on its parent …

Refractory inclusions in carbonaceous chondrites: Records of early solar system processes

AN Krot - Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Chondrites consist of three major components: refractory inclusions (Ca, Al‐rich inclusions
[CAI s] and amoeboid olivine aggregates), chondrules, and matrix. Here, I summarize recent …

Stable calcium isotopic composition of meteorites and rocky planets

JI Simon, DJ DePaolo - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2010 - Elsevier
New measurements of mass-dependent calcium isotope effects in meteorites, lunar and
terrestrial samples show that Earth, Moon, Mars, and differentiated asteroids (eg, 4-Vesta …