The nature, origin and modification of insoluble organic matter in chondrites, the major source of Earth's C and N

CMOD Alexander, GD Cody, BT De Gregorio, LR Nittler… - Geochemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
All chondrites accreted∼ 3.5 wt.% C in their matrices, the bulk of which was in a
macromolecular solvent and acid insoluble organic material (IOM). Similar material to IOM is …

Meteoritic amino acids: Diversity in compositions reflects parent body histories

JE Elsila, JC Aponte, DG Blackmond… - ACS Central …, 2016 - ACS Publications
The analysis of amino acids in meteorites dates back over 50 years; however, it is only in
recent years that research has expanded beyond investigations of a narrow set of meteorite …

Soluble organic molecules in samples of the carbonaceous asteroid (162173) Ryugu

H Naraoka, Y Takano, JP Dworkin, Y Oba, K Hamase… - Science, 2023 - science.org
The Hayabusa2 spacecraft collected samples from the surface of the carbonaceous near-
Earth asteroid (162173) Ryugu and brought them to Earth. The samples were expected to …

Evolution of organic matter in Orgueil, Murchison and Renazzo during parent body aqueous alteration: In situ investigations

C Le Guillou, S Bernard, AJ Brearley… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2014 - Elsevier
Chondrites accreted the oldest solid materials in the solar system including dust processed
in the protoplanetary disk and diverse organic compounds. After accretion, asteroidal …

The origin and evolution of organic matter in carbonaceous chondrites and links to their parent bodies

DP Glavin, CMOD Alexander, JC Aponte… - Primitive meteorites and …, 2018 - Elsevier
The nature of organic matter in meteorites reveals information about early solar system
chemistry and the histories of parent bodies as recorded in the effects of physical and …

Relationships between organics, water and early stages of aqueous alteration in the pristine CR3. 0 chondrite MET 00426

C Le Guillou, A Brearley - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2014 - Elsevier
In order to investigate the nature of organics at the time of their accretion into chondrite
parent bodies, as well as their subsequent evolution with aqueous alteration, we have …

Plausible sources of membrane-forming fatty acids on the early Earth: a review of the literature and an estimation of amounts

ZR Cohen, ZR Todd, N Wogan, RA Black… - ACS Earth and Space …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The first cells were plausibly bounded by membranes assembled from fatty acids with at
least 8 carbons. Although the presence of fatty acids on the early Earth is widely assumed …

Paris vs. Murchison: Impact of hydrothermal alteration on organic matter in CM chondrites

V Vinogradoff, C Le Guillou, S Bernard, L Binet… - … et Cosmochimica acta, 2017 - Elsevier
Unravelling the origin of organic compounds that were accreted into asteroids requires
better constraining the impact of asteroidal hydrothermal alteration on their isotopic …

[HTML][HTML] The old, unique C1 chondrite Flensburg–Insight into the first processes of aqueous alteration, brecciation, and the diversity of water-bearing parent bodies …

A Bischoff, CMOD Alexander, JA Barrat… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract On September 12, 2019 at 12: 49: 48 (UT) a bolide was observed by hundreds of
eye-witnesses from the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Denmark and the UK. One day …

Type 1 aqueous alteration in CM carbonaceous chondrites: Implications for the evolution of water‐rich asteroids

AJ King, PF Schofield… - Meteoritics & Planetary …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The CM carbonaceous chondrite meteorites experienced aqueous alteration in the early
solar system. They range from mildly altered type 2 to almost completely hydrated type 1 …