Meteorites Classification and Properties
My goal in writing this book was to provide an introduction to meteorite science and a handbook on meteorite classification. Insofar as I succeeded it should prove useful both to the practicing professional and to university students at the upper-division and graduate levels. I originally intended t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
1974, 1974
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1974 |
| Series: | Minerals, Rocks and Mountains
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- A. Introduction: Mean Solar-System Abundances
- B. Partition between Coexisting Phases; Studies of Rare-Earth Elements
- C. Volatile Elements
- D. Refractory Elements
- E. Siderophilic Elements
- F. Miscellaneous Elements
- VIII. Stable Isotopes: Elements Other than Rare Gases
- IX. Stable Isotopes of the Rare-Gas Elements and Related Particle-Track Studies
- X. Primordial Radionuclides and Associated Chronologies
- A. Introduction
- B. Formation and Metamorphism Ages
- C. Formation Intervals
- XI. Breakup and Accretional History of Parent Bodies, Meteoroid Shape and Erosion, and Terrestrial Ages of Meteorites
- A. Cosmic-Ray Interactions
- B. Erosion and Preatmospheric Shapes
- C. Exposure-Age Distributions and Their Significance
- D. Accretional History
- E. Terrestrial Ages
- XII. Orbits
- XIII. Fall and Recovery
- XIV. Morphology andMacrostructure
- XV. Organic Matter
- XVI. Magnetic Properties
- XVII. Miscellaneous Physical Studies
- A. Density and Porosity
- B. Mechanical Properties
- C. Thermal Properties
- D. Electrical Properties
- E. Optical Properties
- XVIII. An Example of the Interpretation of Meteorite Properties: The Origin of Ordinary Chondrites
- A. Introduction
- B. Formation Ages and Intervals
- C. On the Number, Size, and Location of the Parent Bodies
- D. Evidence for Metamorphism
- E. Fractionation of Highly Volatile Elements
- F. Metamorphic Reheating
- G. Genomict Chondrites and Solar-Type Rare Gases
- H. Siderophilic-Element and Oxidation-State Fractionations
- I. Chondrule Formation
- J. Fractionation of Moderately Volatile Elements
- K. Fractionation of Refractory Elements
- L. Summary: Temperature History of the Nebula
- References
- Appendix I: Glossary
- Appendix II: Lists of Classified Meteorites
- A. Introduction: Alphabetical List of Well-Classified Meteorites
- B. Listing of Chondrites by Chemical Group and Petrologic Type
- I. Introduction: Meteorites as Probes of Processes Occurring Very Early in the History of the Solar System
- II. Classification of Meteorites
- A. Introduction
- B. Classification of Silicate-Rich Meteorites
- C. Classification of Metal-Rich Meteorites
- D. Summary
- III. The Study of Meteorites: Sources, Bibliographies, and History
- IV. Bulk Composition
- V. Mineralogy and Phase Composition
- A. General
- B. Pressure-Indicating Mineral Systems
- C. Temperature-Indicating Mineral Systems
- D. The System Fe-FeO-MgO-SiO2-O2 and Prior’s Rules
- E. The Fe-Ni System and Cooling Rates
- F. Other Mineral Systems
- VI. Petrology
- A. Petrographic Descriptions of Individual Meteorites
- B. Metallographic and Metallurgical Studies of Metal-Rich Meteorites
- C. Chondrules, Chondrite Petrology, and Metamorphism
- D. Calcium-Aluminium-Rich Inclusions
- E. Differentiated Silicate-Rich Meteorites
- F. Shock and Brecciation
- VII. Trace Elements
- C. Listing of Differentiated Silicate-Rich Meteorites by Chemical Group
- D. Listing of Differentiated Metal-Rich Meteorites by Chemical Group