[meteorite-list] Meteorite Picture of the Day

2017-02-04 Thread Paul Swartz via Meteorite-list
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: NWA 8607

Contributed by: TGMS17

http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpodmain.asp?DD=02/05/2017
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[meteorite-list] No link between gigantic Ordovician asteroid break-up, rise in biodiversity (open access paper)

2017-02-04 Thread Paul via Meteorite-list

Myth busted: No link between gigantic asteroid break-up,
rise in biodiversity, University of Copenhagen, February 3, 2017
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/02/170203110156.htm
https://phys.org/news/2017-01-meteorites-enrich-ocean-life.html

the paper is;

Lindskog, A., M. M. Costa, C.M.Ø. Rasmussen, J. N. Connelly,
and M. E. Eriksson, 2017, Refined Ordovician timescale reveals
no link between asteroid breakup and biodiversification.
Nature Communications, 2017; 8: 14066 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14066
http://www.readcube.com/articles/10.1038/ncomms14066

Yours,

Paul H.

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[meteorite-list] Dwarf planet Ceres may have vanishing ice volcanoes

2017-02-04 Thread Paul via Meteorite-list

Dwarf planet Ceres may have vanishing ice volcanoes

American Geophysical Union, February 2, 2017

https://phys.org/news/2017-02-ceres-ice-volcanoes.html

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/02/170202123044.htm

Ceres' vanishing ice volcanoes: Dwarf planet may have

had 'cryovolcanoes' millions of years ago that flattened

out over time, leaving just one behind, Daily Mail

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4186036/Study-investigates-Ceres-vanishing-ice-volcanoes.html

The paper is:

Michael M. Sori, Shane Byrne, M. T. Bland, A. M. Bramson,

A. I. Ermakov, C. W. Hamilton, K. A. Otto, O. Ruesch, and

C. T. Russell, 2017, The vanishing cryovolcanoes of Ceres.

Geophysical Research Letters, 2017; DOI: 10.1002/2016GL072319

Yours,

Paul H.

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[meteorite-list] AD: lot of meteorite Thin Sections from 5 USD in Ebay

2017-02-04 Thread cbo via Meteorite-list
Dear Collectors!

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Best Regards!
Zsolt Kereszty
IMCA, MetSoc

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[meteorite-list] Evidence of 2 billion years of volcanic activity on Mars

2017-02-04 Thread Paul via Meteorite-list

Evidence of 2 billion years of volcanic activity on Mars
Meteorite found in Africa provides clues to evolution
of the red planet, University of Houston, February 2, 2017
http://www.uh.edu/news-events/stories/2017/February/02012017mars-volcano-meteorite.php
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/02/170202090848.htm
https://phys.org/news/2017-02-evidence-billion-years-volcanic-mars.html

The paper is:

Lapen, T. J., M. Righter, R. Andreasen, A. J. Irving,
A. M. Satkoski, B. L. Beard, K. Nishiizumi, A. J. T. Jull,
and M. W. Caffee. Two billion years of magmatism
recorded from a single Mars meteorite ejection site.
Science Advances, 2017; 3 (2): e1600922 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1600922
http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/2/e1600922

Yours,

Paul H.

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