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ArticleNature communications2025

Impact-induced sublimation drives volatile depletion in carbonaceous meteorites.

Zheng-Yu Long, Frederic Moynier, Tim F J Bögels, Linru Fang, Razvan Caracas, Marine Paquet, Fred Jourdan, Tu-Han Luu, Dimitri Rigoussen, Kun-Feng Qiu and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Zheng-Yu LongUniversité Paris Cité, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, CNRS, Paris, France. long@ipgp.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2824-6822
Frederic MoynierUniversité Paris Cité, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, CNRS, Paris, France. moynier@ipgp.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4321-5581
Tim F J BögelsUniversité Paris Cité, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, CNRS, Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9521-7864
Linru FangUniversité Paris Cité, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, CNRS, Paris, France.
Razvan CaracasUniversité Paris Cité, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, CNRS, Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4586-776X
Marine PaquetUniversité de Lorraine, CNRS, CRPG, Nancy, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6274-5559
Fred JourdanWestern Australian Argon Isotope Facility, John de Laeter Centre, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5626-4521
Tu-Han LuuUniversité Paris Cité, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, CNRS, Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2121-3702
Dimitri RigoussenUniversité Paris Cité, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, CNRS, Paris, France.
Kun-Feng QiuState Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, Frontiers Science Center for Deep-time Digital Earth, School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, China.
Jun DengState Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources, Frontiers Science Center for Deep-time Digital Earth, School of Earth Sciences and Resources, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, China.
James M D DayScripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9520-3465

Funding

China Scholarship Council (CSC) 202206400044
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Carbonaceous chondrites are amongst the most chemically primitive solid materials in the Solar System, yet many are depleted in moderately volatile elements. Here, we report enrichments in heavier zinc isotopes in heated carbonaceous chondrites compared to the typical ranges for chondritic meteorites. Our results indicate that impact-driven thermal metamorphism under low-pressure conditions led to partial sublimation of zinc. First-principles calculations support that zinc escapes from solids in the absence of melting, consistent with shock heating and rapid outgassing. The resulting solid residue is strongly enriched in heavier Zn isotopes with minimal recondensation. These findings link extreme isotopic signatures to collisional processing, revealing that asteroid-scale impacts can drive volatile loss from undifferentiated asteroids. These carbonaceous chondrites provide the first unequivocal evidence for purely kinetic Zn isotope fractionation during volatilization. Impact-induced volatilization drives volatile depletion in asteroidal parent bodies, with implications for the delivery and distribution of volatiles in early planetary systems.

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PMID40610459
PMCPMC12229693

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