• Meteorite Research

    Meteorites are solid bodies from space that enter Earth's atmosphere and reach the surface. They primarily originate from asteroids, though there are also meteorites that come from Mars or the Moon. Meteorites, especially chondrites, are remnants from the early phase of our solar system and remained more or less unchanged since then.

    Most meteorites are fragments of asteroids and originate from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. When these fragments enter Earth's atmosphere as meteoroids, they burn up due to their high speed and become visible as fireballs. If material survives the atmospheric entry and reaches Earth's surface, it can be collected as a meteorite. The majority of meteorites are "finds" and are discovered in hot and cold deserts, such as the Sahara or Antarctica, where they fell thousands of years ago and are easy to spot during expeditions.

    Although fireballs caused by meteoroids entering the atmosphere occur regularly, actual meteorite falls are rarer. These are particularly valuable for research, as meteorites on Earth are quickly altered by high humidity and water.

    Meteorites provide us with unique insights into the early history of our solar system. By studying them, we can reconstruct processes within the solar system, examine rock samples from the Moon, Mars, and asteroids, and gain a deeper understanding of the formation and evolution of the solar system. Research focuses on various topics, such as the formation and development of chondrites and their components, the brecciation and reaccretion of meteorite parent bodies, the role of fluids and volatile elements in asteroids, the formation and evolution of differentiated meteorite parent bodies, and the experimental study of meteorites as analog materials for asteroids.

    The institute’s meteorite collection, hosting more than 4,000 different meteorites, is one of the largest in Europe. It is actively curated and extensively used for research purposes.

     

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  • Publications

    Peer-reviewed publications produced partially or totally by members of the “Meteoritics”-Group since 2010.
     

    2025

    1. Ebert S., Nagashima K., Krot A. N., and Bischoff A.: Two isotopically distinct populations of refractory inclusions in the EHa3 chondrite Sahara 97072 – Significance for understanding the evolution of the CAI-formation region. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta (2025) doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2024.12.025.

     

     

    2024

    1. Bischoff A., Patzek M., Barrat J.-A., Berndt J., Busemann H., Degering D., Di Rocco T., Ek M., Harries H., Godinho J. R. A., Heinlein D., Kriele A., Krietsch D., Maden C., Marchhart O., Marshal R. M., Martschini M., Merchel S., Möller A., Pack A., Raab H., Reitze M. P., Rendtel I., Rüfenacht M., Sachs O., Schönbächler M., Schuppisser A., Weber I., Wieser A., and Wimmer K.: Cosmic pears from the Havelland (Germany): Ribbeck, the twelfth recorded aubrite fall in history. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 59, 2660–2694 (2024); doi: 10.1111/maps.14245.
    2. Ebert S., Nagashima K., Krot A. N., Wakita S., Barrat J.-A., and Bischoff A.: Early generation of a refractory inclusions-enriched H-chondritic parent body: A safe harbor for Ca,Al-rich inclusions. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 646, 119010 (2024); doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2024.119010.
    3. Ebert S., Nagashima K., Krot A. N., Patzek M., and Bischoff A.: Oxygen isotopic variation in the calcium, aluminum-rich inclusion-forming region recorded by a single refractory inclusion from the CO3.1 carbonaceous chondrite Dar Al Gani 083. The Astrophysical Journal 966:10 (2024). DOI 10.3847/1538-4357/ad2ea8.
    4. Bischoff A., Patzek M., Alosius R. M. L., Barrat J.-A., Berndt J., Busemann H., Degering D., Di Rocco T., Ek M., Gattacceca J., Godinho J. R. A., Heinlein D., Krietsch D., Maden C., Marchhart O., Martschini M., Merchel S., Pack A., Peters S., Rüfenacht M., Schlüter J., Schönbächler M., Stojic A., Storz J., Tillmann W., Wieser A., Wimmer K., and Zielke R.: The anomalous polymict ordinary chondrite breccia of Elmshorn (H3-6) - Late re-accretion after collision between two ordinary chondrite parent bodies, complete disruption, and mixing possibly about 2.8 Gyr ago. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 59, 2321–2356 (2024) doi: 10.1111/maps.14193.
    5. Storz J., Reitze M. P., Stojic A. N., Kerraouch I., Bischoff A., Hiesinger H., and John T.: Micro-FTIR reflectance spectroscopy of Ryugu, CI chondrites and volatile-rich clasts – Comparing spectral features in the Mid-IR (2.5–16.5 µm) region. ICARUS 420 (2024) 116189. doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116189

    2023

    1. Rout S. S., Storz J., Davydok A., Bischoff A., John T., Krywka C., and Ritter M.: Formation of diamond and lonsdaleite in ureilites by impact shock processing of graphite. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 58, 1469–1494 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.14082
    2. Bischoff A., Komnik M., Storz J., and Berndt J.: Anorthositic lunar regolith breccia Dhofar 1769 – clear indications for repeated mixing of impact melt lithologies. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 58, 1260–1273 (2023); (http://doi.org/10.1111/maps.14052).
    3. Bischoff A., Patzek M., Di Rocco T., Pack A., Stojic A., Berndt J., and Peters S.: Saint-Pierre-le-Viger (L5-6) from Asteroid 2023 CX1 recovered in the Normandy, France - 220 years after the historic fall of L`Aigle (L6 breccia) in the neighborhood. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 58, 1385–1398 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.14074
    4. Barrat J.-A., Bischoff A., and Zanda B.: Trace element redistributions during metamorphism of E-chondrites: implications for reduced bodies and the Earth. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 356, 51-56 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2023.07.003
    5. Zhu K., Schiller M., Moynier F., Groen M., Alexander C. M.O’D., Davidson J., Schrader D. L., Bischoff A., Bizzarro M.: Chondrite diversity revealed by chromium, calcium and magnesium isotopes. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 342, 156-168 (2023); doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2022.12.014
    6. Peterson L. D., Newcombe M. E., Alexander C. M. O’D., Wang J., Sarafian A. R., Bischoff A., and Nielsen S. G.: The H2O content of the ureilite parent body. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 340, 141-157 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2022.10.036

    2022

    1. Bischoff A., Patzek M., Peters S. T. M., Barrat J.-A., Di Rocco T., Pack A., Ebert S., Jansen C. A., and Kmieciak K.: The chondrite breccia of Antonin (L4-5) – a new meteorite fall from Poland with a heterogeneous distribution of metal. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 57, 2127–2142 (2022); DOI:10.1111/maps.13905.
    2. Render J., Bryson J. F. Y., Ebert S., and Brennecka G. 2022. Disk transport rates from Ti isotopic signatures of refractory inclusions. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 57, 2158-2169. doi: 10.1111/maps.13923.
    3. Bischoff A., Bannemann L., Decker S., Ebert S., Haberer S., Heitmann U., Horstmann M., Klemm K. I., Kraemer A.-K., Lentfort S., Patzek M., Storz J., and Weyrauch M.: Asteroid 2008 TC3, not a polymict ureilitic but a polymict C1 chondrite parent body? - Survey of 249 Almahata Sitta fragments. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 57, 1339–1364 (2022); DOI: 10.1111/maps.13821.
    4. Ebert S., Nagashima K., Bischoff A., Berndt J., and Krot A. N.: Mineralogy, petrology, and oxygen isotopic compositions of aluminum-rich chondrules from unequilibrated ordinary and the Dar al Gani 083 (CO3.1) chondrite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 336: 448–468 (2022). doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2022.08.026.
    5. Goodrich C. A., Collinet M., Treiman A., Prissel T. C., Patzek M., Ebert S., Jercinovic M. J., Bischoff A., Pack A., Barrat J.-A., and Decker S.: The first main-group ureilite with primary plagioclase: A missing link in the differentiation of the ureilite parent body. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 57, 1589–1616 (2022); DOI: 10.1111/maps.13889.
    6. Kerraouch I., Kebukawa Y., Bischoff A., Zolensky M. E., Wölfer E., Hellmann J. L., Ito M.,  Patzek M., Trieloff M., Ludwig T., Barrat J.-A., Schmitt-Kopplin P., King A., Fockenberg T., Marrocchi Y., Fries M., Mathurin J., Dartois E., Duprat J., Engrand C., Deniset A., Dazzi A.,  Kiryu K., Igisu M., Shibuya T., Wakabayashi D., Yamashita S., Takeichi Y., Takahashi Y.,  Ohigashi T., Kodama Y., and Kondo M.: Heterogeneous nature of the carbonaceous chondrite breccia Aguas Zarcas – cosmochemical characterization and origin of new carbonaceous chondrite lithologies. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 334, 155-186 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2022.07.010
    7. Shollenberger Q. R., Render J., Jordan M. K., McCain K. A., Ebert S., Bischoff A., Kleine T., and Young E. D.: Titanium isotope systematics of refractory inclusions: Echoes of molecular cloud heterogeneity. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 324, 44-65 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2022.03.001
    8. Bischoff A., Storz J., Barrat J.-A., Heinlein D., Jull A. J. T., Merchel S., Pack A., and Rugel G.: Blaubeuren, Cloppenburg, and Machtenstein - three recently recognized H-group chondrite finds in Germany with distinct terrestrial ages and weathering effects. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 57, 136-153 (2022). DOI: 10.1111/maps.13779.

     

    2021

    1. Vernazza P., P. Beck, O. Ruesch, A. Bischoff, L. Bonal,· G. Brennecka, R. Brunetto, H. Busemann, J. Carter, C. Carli, C. Cartier, M. Ciarniello,·V. Debaille, A. Delsanti, L. D’Hendecourt, E. Füri, O. Groussin, A. Guilbert‑Lepoutre, J. Helbert, P. Hoppe, E. Jehin, L. Jorda, A. King, T. Kleine, P. Lamy, J. Lasue, C. Le Guillou, H. Leroux, I. Leya, T. Magna, Y. Marrocchi, A. Morlok, O. Mousis, E. Palomba, L. Piani, E. Quirico, L. Remusat, M. Roskosz, M. Rubin, S. Russell, M. Schönbächler, N. Thomas, J. Villeneuve, V. Vinogradoff, P. Wurz, and B. Zanda; Sample return of primitive matter from the outer Solar System. Experimental Astronomy (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-021-09811-y.
    2. Storz J., Ludwig T., Bischoff A., Schwarz W. H., and Trieloff M.: Graphite in ureilites, enstatite chondrites, and unique clasts in ordinary chondrites – Insights from the carbon-isotope composition. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 307, 86–104 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2021.05.028.
    3. Bischoff A., Alexander C. M. O’D., Barrat J.-A., Burkhardt C., Busemann H., Degering D., Di Rocco T., Fischer M., Fockenberg T., Foustoukos D. I., Gattacceca J., Godinho J. R. A., Harries D., Heinlein D., Hellmann J. L., Hertkorn N., Holm A., Jull A. J. T., Kerraouch I., King A. J., Kleine T., Koll D., Lachner J., Ludwig T., Merchel S., Mertens C. A. K., Morino P., Neumann W., Pack A., Patzek M., Pavetich S., Reitze M. P., Rüfenacht M., Rugel G., Schmidt C., Schmitt-Kopplin P., Schönbächler M., Trieloff M., Wallner A., Wimmer K., and Wölfer E. 2021. The old, unique C1 chondrite Flensburg – Insight into the first processes of aqueous alteration, brecciation, and the diversity of water-bearing parent bodies and lithologies. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 293, 142–186.
      doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2020.10.014
    4. Kerraouch I., Bischoff A., Zolensky M. E., Pack A., Patzek M., Hanna R. D., Fries M. D., Harries D., Kebukawa Y., Le L., Ito M., and Rahman Z. 2021. The polymict carbonaceous breccia Aguas Zarcas: A potential analogue to samples being returned by the OSIRIS-REx and Hayabusa2 missions. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 56, 277–310. DOI: 10.1111/maps.13620.
    5. Lentfort S., Bischoff A., Ebert S., and Patzek M. 2021 Classification of CM chondrite breccias – implications for the evaluation of samples from the OSIRIS-REx and Hayabusa 2 missions. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 56, 127-147. DOI: 10.1111/MAPS.13486
    6. Zhu K., Moynier F., Schiller M., Alexander C. M. O’D., Barrat J.-A., Bischoff A., and Bizzarro M. 2021. Mass-independent and mass-dependent Cr isotopic composition of the Rumuruti (R) chondrites: Implications for their origin and planet formation. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 293, 598-609.
      https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2020.10.007

     

    2020

    1. Vollmer C., Leitner J., Kepaptsoglou D., Ramasse Q. M., King A. J., Schofield P. F., Bischoff A., Araki T., and Hoppe P. 2020. A primordial 15N-depleted organic component detected within the carbonaceous chondrite Maribo. Scientific Reports 10:20251. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77190-z.
    2. Ebert S., Nagashima K., Krot A. N., and Bischoff A. 2020. Oxygen-isotope heterogeneity in the Northwest Africa 3358 (H3.1) refractory inclusions – Fluid-assisted isotopic exchange on the H-chondrite parent body. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 282, 98-112.
    3. Harries D. and Bischoff A. 2020. Petrological evidence for the existence and disruption of a 500 km-sized differentiated planetesimal of enstatite-chondritic parentage. Earth Planetary Science Letters 548, 116506. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116506.
    4. Visser R., John T., Whitehouse M. J., Patzek M, and Bischoff A. 2020. A short-lived 26Al induced hydrothermal alteration event in the outer solar system: Constraints from Mn/Cr ages of carbonates. Earth Planetary Science Letters 547, 116440.
    5. Morlok M., Weber I., Stojic A. N., Sohn M., Bischoff A., Martin D., Hiesinger H., and Helbert J. 2020. Mid-infrerad reflectance spectroscopy of aubrite components. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 55, 2080–2096. DOI: 10.1111/maps.13568.
    6. Ma C., Krot  A. N., Beckett J. R., Nagashima K., Tschauner O., Rossman G. R., Simon S. B.,  and Bischoff A. 2020. Warkite, Ca2Sc6Al6O20, a new mineral in carbonaceous chondrites and a key-stone phase in ultra-refractory inclusions from the solar nebula. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 277, 52-86. doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2020.03.002.
    7. Ebert S., Patzek M., Lentfort S., and Bischoff A. 2020. Accretion of differentiated achondritic and aqueously-altered chondritic materials in the Early Solar System - significance of an igneous fragment in the CM chondrite NWA 12651. Meteoritics & Planetary Science; DOI: 10.1111/maps.13407.
    8. Lunning N.G., Bischoff A., Gross J., Patzek M., Corrigan C. M., and McCoy T. J. 2020. Insights into the formation of silica-rich achondrites from impact melts in Rumuruti-type chondrites. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 55, 130-148. doi:10.1111/maps.13430.
    9. Patzek M., Hoppe P., Bischoff A., Visser R., and John T. 2020. Hydrogen isotopic composition of CI- and CM-like clasts from meteorite breccias – Sampling unknown sources of carbonaceous chondrite material. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 272, 177-197. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2019.12.017.

    2019

    1. Alfing J., Patzek M., and Bischoff A. 2019. Modal abundances of coarse-grained (>5 µm) components within CI-chondrites and their individual clasts – mixing of various lithologies on the CI parent body(ies). Geochemistry – Chemie der Erde 79, 125532; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemer.2019.08.004.
    2. Bischoff A., Barrat J.-A., Berndt J., Borovicka J., Burkhardt C., Busemann H., Hakenmüller J., Heinlein D., Hertzog J., Kaiser J., Maden C., Meier M. M. M., Morino P., Pack A., Patzek M., Reitze M. P., Rüfenacht M., Schmitt-Kopplin P., Schönbächler M., Spurny P., Weber I., Wimmer K., and Zikmund T. 2019. The Renchen L5-6 chondrite breccia – the first confirmed meteorite fall from Baden-Württemberg (Germany). Geochemistry – Chemie der Erde 79, 125525; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemer.2019.07.007.
    3. Kerraouch I., Ebert S., Patzek M., Bischoff A., Zolensky M. E., Pack A., Schmitt-Kopplin P., Belhai D., Bendaoud A., and Le L. 2019. A light, chondritic xenolith in the Murchison (CM) chondrite – formation by fluid-assisted percolation during metasomatism? Geochemistry - Chemie der Erde 79, 125518; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemer.2019.06.002.
    4. Krot A. N., Ma C., Nagashima K., Davis A. M., Beckett J. R., Simon S. B., Komatsu M., Fagan T. J., Brenker F., Ivanova M. A., and Bischoff A. 2019. Mineralogy, petrography, and oxygen isotopic compositions of ultrarefractory inclusions from carbonaceous chondrites. Geochemistry - Chemie der Erde 79, 125519; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemer.2019.07.001.
    5. Haack H., Sørensen A. N., Bischoff A., Patzek M., Barrat J.-A., Midtskoge S., Stempel E., Laubenstein M., Greenwood, Schmitt-Kopplin R. P, Busemann H., Maden C., Bauer K., Schönbächler M., and Dahl-Jensen T. 2019. Ejby - a new H5/6 ordinary chondrite fall in Copenhagen, Denmark. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 54, 1853-1869. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13344
    6. Visser R., John T., Patzek M., Bischoff A. 2019. Whitehouse M.J.: Sulfur isotope study of sulfides in CI, CM, C2ung chondrites and volatile-rich clasts – Evidence for different generations and reservoirs of sulfide formation. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 261, 210-223 (2019). Visser, R., John, T., Patzek, M., Bischoff, A., & Whitehouse, M. J. (2019). Sulfur isotope study of sulfides in CI, CM, C2ung chondrites and volatile-rich clasts - evidence for different generations and reservoirs of sulfide formation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2019.06.046
    7. Brugier Y.-A., Barrat J.-A., Gueguen B., Agranier A., Yamaguchi A., and Bischoff A. 2019. Zinc isotopic variations in ureilites. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 246, 450-460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2018.12.009
    8. Roszjar J., Whitehouse M. J., Terada K., Fukuda K., John T., Bischoff A., Morihita Y., and Hiyagon H. 2019. Chemical, microstructural and chronological record of phosphates in the Ksar Ghilane 002 enriched shergottite. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 245, 385-405.
          doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2018.11.015
    9. Ebert S., Bischoff A., Harries D., Lentfort S., Barrat J.-A., Pack A., Gattacceca J., Visser R., Schmid-Beurmann P., and Kimpel S. 2019. Northwest Africa 11024 –a heated and dehydrated unique carbonaceous (CM) chondrite. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 54, 328-356. doi: 10.1111/maps.13212
    10. Bischoff A., Schleiting M., and Patzek M. 2019. Shock stage distribution of 2280 ordinary chondrites – can bulk chondrites with a shock stage S6 exist as individual rocks? Meteoritics & Planetary Science 54, 2189-2202. doi: 10.1111/maps.13208

    2018

    1. Patzek M., Bischoff A., Visser R., and John T. 2018. Mineralogy of volatile-rich clasts in brecciated meteorites. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 53, 2519-2540. doi.org/10.1111/maps.13175
    2. Visser R., John T., Menneken M., Patzek M., and Bischoff A. 2018. Temperature constraints by Raman spectroscopy of organic matter in volatile-rich clasts and carbonaceous chondrites. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 241, 38-55. doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2018.08.037
    3. Bischoff A., Schleiting M., Wieler R., and Patzek M. 2018. Brecciation among 2280 ordinary chondrites – constraints on the evolution of their parent bodies. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 238, 516-541.
          doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2018.07.020
    4. Ebert S., Render J., Brennecka G.A., Burkhardt C., Bischoff A., Gerber S., and Kleine T. 2018. Ti isotopic evidence for a non-CAI refractory component in the inner Solar System. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 398, 257-265. doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.06.040
    5. Shollenberger Q., Borg L. E., Render J., Ebert S., Bischoff A., Russell S. S., and Brennecka G. A. 2018. Isotopic coherence of refractory inclusions from CV and CK meteorites: Evidence from multiple isotope systems. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 228, 62-80. doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2018.02.006
    6. Weyrauch M., Horstmann M., and Bischoff A.: Chemical variations of sulfides and metal in enstatite chondrites – Introduction of a new classification scheme. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 53, 394-415. doi: 10.1111/maps.1302.

    2017

    1. Friend P., Hezel D. C., Palme H., Bischoff A., and Gellissen M.: Complementary element relationships between chondrules and matrix in Rumuruti chondrites. Earth Planetary Science Letters 480, 87-96 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.09.049.
    2. Gerber S., Burkhardt C., Budde G., Metzler K., Kleine T. 2017. Mixing and Transport of Dust in the Early Solar Nebula as Inferred from Titanium Isotope Variations among Chondrules. Astrophysical Journal Letters 841, No. 1. Doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/aa72a2.
    3. Kruijer T. S., Kleine T., Borg L. E., Brennecka G. A., Irving A. J., Bischoff A., and Agee C. A.: The early differentiation of Mars inferred from Hf–W chronometry. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 474, 345-354 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.06.047
    4. Roth A.S.G., Metzler K., Baumgartner L.P., Hofmann, B.A., and Leya I.: Protracted storage of CR chondrules in a region of the disk transparent to galactic cosmic rays. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 52, 2166-2177 (2017). DOI: 10.1111/maps.12923.
    5. Riebe M. E. I., Welten C. K., Meier M. M. M., Wieler R., Barth M. I. F., Ward D. Bischoff A., Caffee M.W., Nishiizumi K., and Busemann H. Cosmic-ray exposure ages of six chondritic Almahata Sitta fragments. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 52, 2353-2374 (2017). DOI: 10.1111/maps.12936.
    6. Riebe, M. E. I., Huber L., Metzler K., Busemann H., Luginbuehl S. M., Meier M. M. M., Maden C., and Wieler R.: Cosmogenic He and Ne in chondrules from clastic matrix and a lithic clast of Murchison: No pre-irradiation by the early sun. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 213, 618-634 (2017).
      https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2017.06.035.
    7. Bischoff A., Barrat J.-A.,Bauer K., Burkhardt C., Busemann H., Ebert S., Gonsior M., Hakenmüller J.,Haloda J., Harries D., Heinlein D., Hiesinger H., Hochleitner R., Hoffmann V., Kaliwoda M., Laubenstein M., Maden C., Meier M. M. M., Morlok A., Pack A., Ruf A., Schmitt-Kopplin P., Schönbächler M., Steele R. C. J., Spurny P., and Wimmer K. 2017. The Stubenberg meteorite - an LL6 chondrite fragmental breccia recovered soon after precise prediction of the strewn field. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 52, 1683-1703. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12883/pdf.
    8. Ward D., Bischoff A., Roszjar J., Berndt J., and Whitehouse M. J. 2017. Trace element inventory of meteoritic Ca-phosphates. American Mineralogist 102, 1856-1880. http://www.minsocam.org/msa/Ammin/AM_Preprints/6056WardPreprintSep.pdf .
    9. Bischoff A., Wurm G., Chaussidon M., Horstmann M., Metzler K., Weyrauch M., and Weinauer J.: The Allende multi-compound chondrule (ACC) – chondrule formation in a local super-dense region of the early Solar System. 2017. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 52, 906-924,
      http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12833/epdf.
    10. Roth A.S.G., Trappitsch R., Metzler K., Hofmann B.A., and Ingo Leya I. Neon produced by solar cosmic rays in ordinary chondrites. 2017. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 52, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/maps.12868/epdf.
    11. Bartoschewitz R., Appel P., Barrat J.-A., Bischoff A., Caffee M. W., Franchi I. A., Gabelica Z., Greenwood R. C., Harir M., Harries D., Hochleitner R., Hopp J., Laubenstein M., Mader B., Marques R., Morlok A., Nolze G., Prudêncio M. I., Rochette P., Ruf A., Schmitt-Kopplin Ph, Seemann E., Szurgot M., Tagle R., Wach R. A., Welten K. C., Weyrauch M., and Wimmer K. 2017. The Braunschweig meteorite – a recent L6 chondrite fall in Germany. Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry 77: 207-224. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemer.2016.10.004.
    12. Morlok A., Bischoff A., Patzek M., Sohn M., and Hiesinger H. 2017. Chelyabinsk – a rock with many different (stony) faces: An infrared study. Icarus 284, 431-442. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2016.11.030]
    13. Bast R., Scherer E.E., Bischoff A. 2017. ‘The 176Lu-176Hf systematics of ALM-A: A sample of the recent Almahata Sitta meteorite fall.’ Geochemical Perspectives Letters 3: 45-54. doi: 10.7185/geochemlet.1705.

    2016

    1. Roth A. S. G., Metzler K., Baumgartner L. P., Leya I. 2016. ‘Cosmic-ray exposure ages of chondrules.’ Meteoritics & Planetary Sciences 51: 1256-1267. doi: 10.1111/maps.12658
    2. Barrat J., Jambon A., Yamaguchi A., Bischoff A., Rouget M., Liorzou C. 2016. ‘Partial melting of a C-rich asteroid: Lithophile trace elements in ureilites.’ Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 194, 163-178. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2016.08.042.
    3. Roszjar J., Whitehouse M., Srinivasan G., Mezger K., Scherer E., Van Orman J., Bischoff A. 2016. ‘Prolonged magmatism on 4 Vesta inferred from Hf–W analyses of eucrite zircon.’ Earth and Planetary Science Letters 452, 216-226. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.07.025.
    4. Ebert S. and Bischoff A.: Genetic relationship between Na-rich chondrules and Ca,Al-rich inclusions? – Formation of Na-rich chondrules by melting of refractory and volatile precursors in the solar nebula. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 177, 182-204 (2016). doi:10.1016/j.gca.2016.01.014
    5. Metzler K. and  Pack A.:Chemistry and oxygen isotopic composition of cluster chondrite clasts and their components in LL3 chondrites. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 51, 276-302 (2016) DOI: 10.1111/maps.12592
    6. Barrat J.-A., Gillet P., Dauphas N., Bollinger C., Etoubleau J., Bischoff A., and Yamaguchi A.: Evidence from Tm anomalies for non-CI refractory lithophile element proportions in terrestrial planets and achondrites. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 176, 1-17 (2016). doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2015.12.004.
    7. Weber I., Morlok A., Bischoff A., Hiesinger H., Ward D., Joy K. H., Crowther S. A., Jastrzebski N. D., Gilmour J. D., Clay P. L., Wogelius R.A., Greenwood R.C., Franchi I.A., and Münker C.: Cosmochemical and spectroscopic properties of Northwest Africa 7325 – a consortium study. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 51, 3-30 (2016). doi:  10.1111/maps.12586.

    2015

    1. Vogel N., Bochsler P., Bühler F., Heber V. S., Grimberg A., Baur H., Horstmann M., Bischoff A., and Wieler R.: Similarities and differences between the solar wind light noble gas compositions determined on Apollo 15 SWC foils and on NASA Genesis targets. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 50, 1663-1683 (2015).
    2. Barrat J.-A., Rouxel O., Wang K., Moynier F., Yamaguchi A., Bischoff A., and Langlade J.: Early stages of core segregation recorded by Fe isotopes in an asteroidal mantle. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 419, 93–100 (2015).

    2014

    1. Horstmann M., Humayun M., Fischer-Gödde M., Bischoff A., and Weyrauch M.: Si-bearing metal and niningerite in Almahata Sitta fine-grained ureilites and insight into the diversity of metal on the ureilite parent body. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 49, 1948-1977 (2014).
    2. Loesche C., Teiser J., Wurm G., Hesse A., Friedrich J.M., and Bischoff A.: Photophoretic strength on chondrules. 2. Experiment. Astrophys. J. 792, 73 (2014).
    3. Horstmann M., Humayun M., and Bischoff A.: Clues to the origin of metal in Almahata Sitta EL and EH chondrites and implications for primitive E chondrite thermal histories. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 140, 720-744 (2014).
    4. Bischoff A., Horstmann M., Barrat J.-A., Chaussidon M., Pack A., Herwartz D., Ward D., Vollmer C., and Decker S.: Trachyandesitic volcanism in the early Solar System. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 111, 12689-12692 (2014).
    5. Goodrich C. A., Bischoff A., and O'Brien D. P.: Asteroid 2008 TC3 and the fall of Almahata Sitta, a unique meteorite breccia. Elements 10, 31-37 (2014).
    6. Herwartz D., Pack A., Friedrichs B., and Bischoff A.: Identification of the giant impactor Theia in lunar rocks. Science 344, 1146-1150 (2014).
    7. Horstmann M. and Bischoff A.: The Almahata Sitta polymict breccia and the late accretion of Asteroid 2008 TC3 - Invited Review. Chemie der Erde - Geochemistry 74, 149-184 (2014).
    8. Bermingham K.R., Mezger K., Desch S.J., Scherer E.E., Horstmann M.: Evidence for extinct 135Cs from Ba isotopes in Allende CAIs? Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 133, 463-478 (2014).
    9. Moroz L. V., Starukhina L. V., Rout S. S., Sasaki S., Helbert J., Baither D., Bischoff A., and Hiesinger H.: Space weathering of silicate regoliths with various FeO contents: New insights from laser irradiation experiments and theoretical spectral simulations. Icarus 235, 187-206 (2014).
    10. Roszjar J., Whitehouse M. J., and Bischoff A.: Meteoritic zircon – Occurrence and chemical characteristics. Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry 74, 453-469 (2014).
    11. Trigo-Rodriguez J. M., Llorca J., Weyrauch M., Bischoff A., Moyano-Cambero C. E., Keil K., Laubenstein M., Pack A., Madiedo J. M., Alonso-Azcárate J., Riebe M., Wieler R., Ott U., Tapia M., and Mestres N.: The Ardón L6 ordinary chondrite: A long hidden Spanish meteorite fall. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 49, 1475-1484 (2014).

    2013

    1. Horstmann M., Humayun M., Harries D., Langenhorst F., Chabot N. L., Bischoff A., Zolensky M. E.: Wüstite in the fusion crust of Almahata Sitta sulfide-metal assemblage MS-166: Evidence for oxygen in metallic melts. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 48, 730-743 (2013).
    2. Bischoff A., Dyl K. A., Horstmann M., Ziegler K., Wimmer K., and Young E. D.: Reclassification of Villalbeto de la Peña – occurrence of a winonaite-related fragment in a hydrothermally metamorphosed polymict L-chondritic breccias. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 48. 628-640 (2013).
    3. Llorca J., Roszjar J., Cartwright J.A., Bischoff A., Ott U., Pack A., Merchel S., Rugel G., Fimiani L., Korschinek G., Casado J. V., and Allepuz D.: The Ksar Ghilane 002 shergottite – the 100th registered Martian meteorite fragment. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 48, 493-513 (2013).
    4. Loesche C., Wurm G., Teiser J., Friedrich J. M., and Bischoff A.: Photophoretic strength on chondrules. 1: Modeling. The Astrophysical Journal 778:101 (2013).

    2012

    1. Weyrauch M. and Bischoff A.: Macrochondrules in chondrites – Formation by melting of mega-sized dust aggregates and/or by rapid collisions at high temperatures? Meteoritics and Planetary Science 47: 2237-2250 (2012).
    2. Dyl K. A., Bischoff A., Ziegler K., Young E. D. Wimmer K., and Bland P. A. Early Solar System hydrothermal activity in chondritic asteroids on 1-10-year timescales. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci 109:18306-18311 (2012).
    3. Metzler K.: Ultrarapid chondrite formation by hot chondrule accretion? Evidence from unequilibrated ordinary chondrites. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2193-2217 (2012).
    4. Robens E., Adolphs J., Bischoff A., Goworek J., Kutarov V. V., Mendyk E., Schreiber A., and Skrzypiec K.: Investigation of surface properties of lunar soils. Z. geol. Wissenschaften Berlin 40; 1, 43 – 55 (2012).
    5. Srama R., H. Krüger, T. Yamaguchi, T. Stephan, M. Burchell, A. Kearsley, V. Sterken, F. Postberg, S. Kempf, E. Grün, N. Altobelli, P. Ehrenfreund, V. Dikarev, M. Horanyi, Z. Sternovsky, J. D. Carpenter, A. Westphal, Z. Gainsforth, A. Krabbe, J. Agarwal, H. Yano, J. Blum, H. Henkel, J. Hillier, P. Hoppe, M. Trieloff, S. Hsu, A. Mocker, K. Fiege, S. F. Green, A. Bischoff, F. Esposito, R. Laufer, T. W. Hyde, G. Herdrich, S. Fasoulas, A. Jäckel, G. Jones, P. Jenniskens, E. Khalisi, G. Moragas-Klostermeyer, F. Spahn, H. U. Keller, P. Frisch, A. C. Levasseur-Regourd, N. Pailer, K. Altwegg, C. Engrand, S. Auer, J. Silen, S. Sasaki, M. Kobayashi, J. Schmidt, J. Kissel, B. Marty, P. Michel, P. Palumbo, O. Vaisberg, and H. P. Röser: SARIM PLUS - Sample Return of Comet 67P/CG and of Interstellar Matter. Experimental Astronomy 33, 723-751 (2012).
    6. Haack H., Grau T., Bischoff A., Horstmann M., Wasson J., Sorensen A., Laubenstein M., Ott U., Palme H., Gellissen M., Greenwood R., Pearson V., Franchi I., Gabelica Z., and Schmitt-Kopplin P.: Maribo – a new CM fall from Denmark. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 47, 30-50 (2012).

    2011

    1. Bischoff A., Vogel N., and Roszjar J.: The Rumuruti chondrite group – Invited Review. Chemie der Erde - Geochemistry 71, 101-134 (2011).
    2. Roszjar J., Metzler K., Bischoff A., Barrat J.-A., Geisler T., Greenwood R. C., Franchi I. A., and Klemme S.: Thermal history of Northwest Africa (NWA) 5073 - a coarse-grained Stannern-trend eucrite containing cm-sized pyroxenes and large zircon grains. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 46, 1754-1773 (2011).
    3. Welten K.C., Caffee M.W., Franke L., Jull A.J.T., Leclerc M. D., Metzler K., and Ott U.: The L3-6 chondritic regolith breccia Northwest Africa (NWA) 869: (II) Noble gases and cosmogenic radionuclides. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 46, 970-988 (2011).
    4. Bischoff A. Jersek M., Grau T., Mirtic B., Ott U., Kucera J., Horstmann M., Laubenstein M., Herrmann S., Randa Z., Weber M., and Heuser G.: Jesenice – a new meteorite fall from Slovenia. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 46, 793-804 (2011).
    5. Metzler K., Bischoff A., Greenwood R.C., Palme H., Gellissen M., Hopp J., Franchi I.A., and Trieloff M.: The L3-6 chondritic regolith breccia Northwest Africa (NWA) 869: (I) Petrology, chemistry, oxygen isotopes, and Ar-Ar age determinations. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 46, 652-680 (2011).
    6. Roszjar J., Metzler K., Bischoff A., Barrat J.-A., Geisler T., Greenwood R. C., Franchi I. A., and Klemme S.: Thermal history of Northwest Africa (NWA) 5073 - a coarse-grained Stannern-trend eucrite containing cm-sized pyroxenes and large zircon grains. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 46, 1754-1773 (2011).
    7. Vogel N., Baur H., Bischoff A., Wieler R. Cosmic ray exposure ages of Rumuruti chondrites from North Africa. Chemie der Erde - Geochemistry 71, 135-142 (2011).

    2010

    1. Bischoff A., Horstmann M., Pack A., Laubenstein M., and Haberer S.: Asteroid 2008 TC3 – Almahata Sitta: A spectacular breccia containing many different ureilitic and chondritic lithologies. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 45, 1638-1656 (2010).
    2. Horstmann M., Bischoff  A., Pack A., and Laubenstein M.: Almahata Sitta – fragment MS-CH: Characterization of a new chondrite type. Meteoritics & Planetary Science 45, 1657-1667 (2010).
    3. Wurm G., Teiser J., Bischoff A., Haack H., and Roszjar J. Experiments on the photophoretic motion of chondrules and dust aggregates – Indications for the transport of matter in protoplanetary disks. Icarus 208, 482-491 (2010).

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