Paula Lindgren
I am interested in planetary science and my current research focusses mainly on two topics:
- The effects of impact shock melting on carbonaceous material
- The thermal history of CM carbonaceous chondrites
The effects of impact shock melting on carbonaceous material
Impact cratering is a fundamental process in the solar system and has been proposed as a possible mechanism for the alteration of carbon leading to the origin and evolution of life. My research asks to what extent carbon is preserved in shock melted carbon-rich targets and what structural form the carbon takes after being incorporated in an impact melt.
Thermal history of CM carbonaceous chondrites
The CM carbonaceous chondrite meteorites probably came to earth from small icy bodies in the outer asteroid belt. These meteorites represent the most primitive material in the solar system and can give us clues about how the planets formed ~4.56 billion years ago. I study the composition and structure of secondary minerals within these primitive rocks to better understand their aqueous and thermal evolution.
Publications
Retrieved from Lund University's publications database
Publications
- 2017
- Evidence for an impact-induced biosphere from the δ34S signature of sulphides in the Rochechouart impact structure, France
(2017) Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Journal article - Fluid evolution in CM carbonaceous chondrites tracked through the oxygen isotopic compositions of carbonates
(2017) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Journal article - Shock metamorphism and hydrothermal alteration of mafic impact ejecta from the Lockne impact structure, Sweden
(2017) GFF
Journal article
- Evidence for an impact-induced biosphere from the δ34S signature of sulphides in the Rochechouart impact structure, France
- 2016
- Anomalous supply of bioessential molybdenum in mid-Proterozoic surface environments
(2016) Precambrian Research
Journal article - Aqueous alteration of chondrules from the Murchison CM carbonaceous chondrite : Replacement, pore filling, and the genesis of polyhedral serpentine
(2016) Meteoritics and Planetary Science
Journal article - Elephant Moraine 96029, a very mildly aqueously altered and heated CM carbonaceous chondrite : Implications for the drivers of parent body processing
(2016) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Journal article
- Anomalous supply of bioessential molybdenum in mid-Proterozoic surface environments
- 2015
- 4.6-billion-year-old aragonite and its implications for understanding the geological record of Ca-carbonate
(2015) Carbonates and Evaporites
Journal article review - Enhanced microbial activity in carbon-rich pillow lavas, Ordovician, Great Britain and Ireland
(2015) Geology
Journal article - The paradox between low shock-stage and evidence for compaction in CM carbonaceous chondrites explained by multiple low-intensity impacts
(2015) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Journal article
- 4.6-billion-year-old aragonite and its implications for understanding the geological record of Ca-carbonate
- 2014
- Aragonite, breunnerite, calcite and dolomite in the CM carbonaceous chondrites : High fidelity recorders of progressive parent body aqueous alteration
(2014) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Journal article
- Aragonite, breunnerite, calcite and dolomite in the CM carbonaceous chondrites : High fidelity recorders of progressive parent body aqueous alteration
- 2013
- A high-precision 40Ar/39Ar age for hydrated impact glass from the Dellen impact, Sweden
(2013) Geological Society Special Publication
Journal article - Clasts in the CM2 carbonaceous chondrite Lonewolf Nunataks 94101 : Evidence for aqueous alteration prior to complex mixing
(2013) Meteoritics and Planetary Science
Journal article - Constraining the pressure threshold of impact induced calcite twinning : Implications for the deformation history of aqueously altered carbonaceous chondrite parent bodies
(2013) Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Journal article - Sample return missions to minor bodies
(2013) Astronomy and Geophysics
Journal article - The oxygen isotope evolution of parent body aqueous solutions as recorded by multiple carbonate generations in the Lonewolf Nunataks 94101 CM2 carbonaceous chondrite
(2013) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Journal article
- A high-precision 40Ar/39Ar age for hydrated impact glass from the Dellen impact, Sweden
- 2012
- Extended chronologies of aqueous alteration in the CM2 carbonaceous chondrites : Evidence from carbonates in Queen Alexandra Range 93005
(2012) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
Journal article - The effects of meteorite impacts on the availability of bioessential elements for endolithic organisms
(2012) Meteoritics and Planetary Science
Journal article
- Extended chronologies of aqueous alteration in the CM2 carbonaceous chondrites : Evidence from carbonates in Queen Alexandra Range 93005
- 2011
- A demonstration of an affinity between pyrite and organic matter in a hydrothermal setting
(2011) Geochemical Transactions
Journal article - Microstructure of calcite in the CM2 carbonaceous chondrite LON 94101 : Implications for deformation history during and/or after aqueous alteration
(2011) Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Journal article
- A demonstration of an affinity between pyrite and organic matter in a hydrothermal setting
- 2010
- Elevated flux of cosmic spherules (micrometeorites) in Ordovician rocks of the Durness Group, NW Scotland
(2010) Scottish Journal of Geology
Journal article - Putative fossil life in a hydrothermal system of the Dellen impact structure, Sweden
(2010) International Journal of Astrobiology
Journal article - Sulfur isotope signatures for rapid colonization of an impact crater by thermophilic microbes
(2010) Geology
Journal article - The preservation of fossil biomarkers during meteorite impact events : Experimental evidence from biomarker-rich projectiles and target rocks
(2010) Meteoritics and Planetary Science
Journal article - The search for sustainable subsurface habitats on mars, and the sampling of impact ejecta
(2010) Sustainability
Journal article review
- Elevated flux of cosmic spherules (micrometeorites) in Ordovician rocks of the Durness Group, NW Scotland
- 2009
- Preservation of biological markers in clasts within impact melt breccias from the haughton impact structure, Devon Island
(2009) Astrobiology
Journal article
- Preservation of biological markers in clasts within impact melt breccias from the haughton impact structure, Devon Island
- 2008
- The thermal alteration by pyrolysis of the organic component of small projectiles of mudrock during capture at hypervelocity
(2008) Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis
Journal article
- The thermal alteration by pyrolysis of the organic component of small projectiles of mudrock during capture at hypervelocity
- 2007
- Formation of uranium-thorium-rich bitumen nodules in the Lockne impact structure, Sweden : A mechanism for carbon concentration at impact sites
(2007) Meteoritics and Planetary Science
Journal article
- Formation of uranium-thorium-rich bitumen nodules in the Lockne impact structure, Sweden : A mechanism for carbon concentration at impact sites
- 2006
- Petrographic criteria for fluid mobility of graphitic carbon in terrestrial and extraterrestrial samples
(2006) Journal of Geochemical Exploration
Journal article - Potential for irradiation of methane to form complex organic molecules in impact craters : Implications for Mars, Titan and Europa
(2006) Journal of Geochemical Exploration
Journal article - Rapid heating of carbonaceous matter by igneous intrusions in carbon-rich shale, Isle of Skye, Scotland : An analogue for heating of carbon in impact craters?
(2006) International Journal of Astrobiology
Journal article - Survival of reactive carbon through meteorite impact melting
(2006) Geology
Journal article
- Petrographic criteria for fluid mobility of graphitic carbon in terrestrial and extraterrestrial samples
