Chondrule properties and formation conditions

Y Marrocchi, RH Jones, SS Russell, DC Hezel… - Space Science …, 2024 - Springer
Chondrules are iconic sub-millimeter spheroids representing the most abundant high-
temperature dust formed during the evolution of the circumsolar disk. Chondrules have been …

Isotopic evolution of the inner solar system revealed by size-dependent oxygen isotopic variations in chondrules

Y Marrocchi, A Longeau, RL Goupil, V Dijon… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2024 - Elsevier
The systematic isotopic difference between refractory inclusions and chondrules, particularly
for oxygen, has long indicated an isotopic evolution of the solar protoplanetary disk …

16O-rich anhydrous silicates in CI chondrites: Implications for the nature and dynamics of dust in the solar accretion disk

GLF Morin, Y Marrocchi, J Villeneuve… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2022 - Elsevier
CI chondrites have nonvolatile chemical compositions closely resembling that of the Sun's
photosphere and are thus considered to have the most primitive compositions of all known …

Isotopic evidence for two chondrule generations in CR chondrites and their relationships to other carbonaceous chondrites

Y Marrocchi, M Piralla, M Regnault, V Batanova… - Earth and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
Among primitive meteorites, CR chondrites have peculiar isotopic compositions, the origin of
which is uncertain and may have involved contributions from primordial molecular cloud …

The last generation of nebular chondrules possibly sampled in the CH/CBb chondrite Isheyevo

T Mahlé, Y Marrocchi, J Neukampf, J Villeneuve… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2024 - Elsevier
Among carbonaceous chondrites, the chondrules of CB and CH stand out by being
dominated by skeletal barred olivine and cryptocrystalline textures. These non-porphyritic …

From whom Bells tolls: Reclassifying Bells among CR chondrites and implications for the formation conditions of CR parent bodies

Y Marrocchi, E Jacquet, J Neukampf… - … & Planetary Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The ungrouped carbonaceous chondrite (CC) Bells has long been considered
petrographically similar to CM chondrites based on its matrix abundance and degree of …

Late Pebble Accretion of Comet 81P/Wild 2 Nucleus: Evidence from a Plagioclase-bearing Chondrule Fragment, Pyxie

M Zhang, ME Zolensky, K Fukuda… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Comet 81P/Wild 2 is a∼ 4.5 km-sized primordial object that almost has not been modified by
internal heating by 26 Al decay. Its nucleus could have been formed by hierarchical …

M icro‐XCT chondrule classification for subsequent isotope analysis

N Jäggi, ASG Roth, M Rüfenacht, M Schönbächler… - 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Chondrules are microscopic, recrystallized melt droplets found in chondritic meteorites. High‐
resolution isotope analyses of minor elements require large enough element quantities …

The secondary classification of unequilibrated chondrites

E Jacquet, B Doisneau - Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The multiplication of decimal petrologic schemes for different or the same chondrite groups
evinces a lack of unified guiding principle in the secondary classification of type 1–3 …

Conditions of formation and agglomeration of dust in the early solar system

G Pinto - 2023 - theses.hal.science
The conditions for the formation and agglomeration of solar system solids are still relatively
poorly understood. Chondrites are fragments of asteroids that were never sufficiently heated …