Chondrules

RH Hewins - Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 1997 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract Chondrules are∼ 1-mm igneous droplets in primitive meteorites, and their
abundance suggests widespread melting in the protoplanetary disk. Chondrules with relict …

Petrologic, geochemical and experimental constraints on models of chondrule formation

AE Rubin - Earth-Science Reviews, 2000 - Elsevier
The petrologic and geochemical properties of chondrules as well as results of experimental
studies provide strong constraints on chondrule-formation models. Nebular formation is …

The onset of metamorphism in ordinary and carbonaceous chondrites

JN Grossman, AJ Brearley - Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Ordinary and carbonaceous chondrites of the lowest petrologic types were surveyed by X‐
ray mapping techniques. A variety of metamorphic effects were noted and subjected to …

The condensation with partial isolation (CWPI) model of condensation in the solar nebula

MI Petaev, JA Wood - Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
We have developed a nebular condensation model and a computational routine that
potentially can account for the unequilibrated mineral assemblages in chondritic meteorites …

Oxygen isotope systematics of chondrule phenocrysts from the CO3. 0 chondrite Yamato 81020: Evidence for two distinct oxygen isotope reservoirs

TJ Tenner, T Ushikubo, E Kurahashi, NT Kita… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2013 - Elsevier
High-precision oxygen three-isotope measurements of olivine and pyroxene were
performed on 33 chondrules in the Yamato 81020 CO3. 0 chondrite by secondary ion mass …

Petrology of FeO-poor, porphyritic pyroxene chondrules in the Semarkona chondrite

RH Jones - Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 1994 - Elsevier
The mineralogy and petrology of FeO-poor, porphyritic, pyroxene-and olivine-rich
chondrules in the Semarkona (LL3. 0) chondrite are described in detail. In an extension of …

The formation and alteration of the Renazzo-like carbonaceous chondrites II: Linking O-isotope composition and oxidation state of chondrule olivine

DL Schrader, HC Connolly Jr, DS Lauretta… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2013 - Elsevier
To better understand the formation conditions of type-I and type-II chondrules in the
Renazzo-like carbonaceous (CR) chondrites, an in situ major-and minor-element and O …

Carbon and the formation of reduced chondrules

HC Connolly Jr, RH Hewins, RD Ash, B Zanda… - Nature, 1994 - nature.com
CHONDRULES are millimetre-sized spheroidal bodies composed mainly of olivine and
orthopyroxene, which comprise the dominant fraction of most chondritic meteorites. They are …

The lack of potassium‐isotopic fractionation in Bishunpur chondrules

CMOD Alexander, JN Grossman… - … & Planetary Science, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
In a search for evidence of evaporation during chondrule formation, the mesostases of 11
Bishunpur chondrules and melt inclusions in olivine phenocrysts in 7 of them have been …

Volatile-depletion processing of the building blocks of Earth and Mars as recorded by potassium isotopes

Y Hu, F Moynier, X Yang - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2023 - Elsevier
The stable potassium isotopic ratios (41 K/39 K) of Earth and Mars have been interpreted to
reflect either nucleosynthetic isotope anomalies or volatility-driven K depletion. Chondrites …