Highly siderophile elements in Earth, Mars, the Moon, and asteroids

JMD Day, AD Brandon… - Reviews in Mineralogy …, 2016‏ - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The highly siderophile elements (HSE: Os, Ir, Ru, Rh, Pt, Pd, Re, Au) are key tracers of
planetary accretion and differentiation processes due to their affinity for metal relative to …

Meteoritic minerals and their origins

AE Rubin, C Ma - Geochemistry, 2017‏ - Elsevier
About 435 mineral species have been identified in meteorites including native elements,
metals and metallic alloys, carbides, nitrides and oxynitrides, phosphides, silicides, sulfides …

Copper systematics in arc magmas and implications for crust-mantle differentiation

CTA Lee, P Luffi, EJ Chin, R Bouchet, R Dasgupta… - Science, 2012‏ - science.org
Arc magmas are important building blocks of the continental crust. Because many arc lavas
are oxidized, continent formation is thought to be associated with oxidizing conditions. On …

Systematics and evaluation of meteorite classification

MK Weisberg, TJ McCoy, AN Krot - Meteorites and the early …, 2006‏ - books.google.com
Classification of meteorites is largely based on their mineralogical and petrographic
characteristics and their whole-rock chemical and O-isotopic compositions. According to the …

Origin and age of the earliest Martian crust from meteorite NWA 7533

M Humayun, A Nemchin, B Zanda, RH Hewins… - Nature, 2013‏ - nature.com
The ancient cratered terrain of the southern highlands of Mars is thought to hold clues to the
planet's early differentiation,, but until now no meteoritic regolith breccias have been …

Young chondrules in CB chondrites from a giant impact in the early Solar System

AN Krot, Y Amelin, P Cassen, A Meibom - Nature, 2005‏ - nature.com
Chondrules, which are the major constituent of chondritic meteorites, are believed to have
formed during brief, localized, repetitive melting of dust (probably caused by shock waves,) …

Enrichment of moderately volatile elements in first-generation planetesimals of the inner Solar System

DS Grewal, S Bhattacharjee, B Zhang, NX Nie… - Science …, 2025‏ - science.org
The depletion of moderately volatile elements (MVEs) in terrestrial planets remains poorly
understood, with explanations including partial nebular condensation and MVE loss during …

Early core formation in asteroids and late accretion of chondrite parent bodies: Evidence from 182Hf-182W in CAIs, metal-rich chondrites, and iron meteorites

T Kleine, K Mezger, H Palme, E Scherer… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2005‏ - Elsevier
The 182Hf-182W isotopic systematics of Ca-Al-rich inclusions (CAIs), metal-rich chondrites,
and iron meteorites were investigated to constrain the relative timing of accretion of their …

Partitioning of Ru, Rh, Pd, Re, Ir, and Au between Cr-bearing spinel, olivine, pyroxene and silicate melts

K Righter, AJ Campbell, M Humayun… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2004‏ - Elsevier
A series of high temperature experiments was undertaken to study partitioning of several
highly siderophile elements (HSE; Ru, Rh, Pd, Re, Os, Ir, Pt and Au) between Cr-rich spinel …

Abundance, distribution, and origin of 60Fe in the solar protoplanetary disk

H Tang, N Dauphas - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Meteorites contain relict decay products of short-lived radionuclides that were present in the
protoplanetary disk when asteroids and planets formed. Several studies reported a high …