Hypervelocity impacts are among the fundamental phenomena occurring during the
evolution of the solar system and are characterized by instantaneous ultrahigh pressure and …

Abstract Knowledge of water in the solar system is important for the understanding of a wide
range of evolutionary processes and the thermal history of the solar system. To explore the …

Meteorites are fascinating cosmic visitors. Using accessible language, this book documents
the history of mineralogy and meteorite research, summarizes the mineralogical …

The first test explosion of a nuclear bomb, the Trinity test of 16 July 1945, resulted in the
fusion of surrounding sand, the test tower, and copper transmission lines into a glassy …

We report the discovery of a dodecagonal quasicrystal Mn72. 3Si15. 6Cr9. 7Al1. 8Ni0. 6—
composed of a periodic stacking of atomic planes with quasiperiodic translational order and …

This book provides an interdisciplinary guide to quasicrystals, the 2011 Nobel Prize in
Chemistry winning topic, by presenting an up-to-date and detailed introduction to the many …

We report the discovery of Al34Ni9Fe2, the first natural known periodic crystalline
approximant to decagonite (Al71Ni24Fe5), a natural quasicrystal composed of a periodic …

A recently described micrometeorite from the Nubian desert (Sudan) contains an exotic Al‐
Cu‐Fe assemblage closely resembling that observed in the Khatyrka chondrite (Suttle et al …

We investigated noble gas (He, Ne, Ar, Kr and Xe) and nitrogen isotopic composition in the
carbonaceous chondrite Bukhara (CV3). This is the first report of N and noble gases …

Icosahedral quasicrystals (i-phases) in the Al–Cu–Fe system are of great interest because of
their perfect quasicrystalline structure and natural occurrences in the Khatyrka meteorite …