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Meteorites

Classification and Properties

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  • © 1974

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Authors:
  1. John T. Wasson

    1. Department of Chemistry and Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

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Part of the book series: Minerals, Rocks and Mountains (MINERALS, volume 10)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. Introduction: Meteorites as Probes of Processes Occurring Very Early in the History of the Solar System

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    Pages 1-10

  3. Classification of Meteorites

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    Pages 11-38

  4. The Study of Meteorites: Sources, Bibliographies, and History

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    Pages 39-41

  5. Bulk Composition

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    Pages 42-45

  6. Mineralogy and Phase Composition

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    Pages 46-60

  7. Petrology

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    Pages 61-76

  8. Trace Elements

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    Pages 77-90

  9. Stable Isotopes: Elements Other than Rare Gases

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    Pages 91-96

  10. Stable Isotopes of the Rare-Gas Elements and Related Particle-Track Studies

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    Pages 97-109

  11. Primordial Radionuclides and Associated Chronologies

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    Pages 110-121

  12. Breakup and Accretional History of Parent Bodies, Meteoroid Shape and Erosion, and Terrestrial Ages of Meteorites

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    Pages 122-132

  13. Orbits

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    Pages 133-142

  14. Fall and Recovery

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    Pages 143-148

  15. Morphology and Macrostructure

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    Pages 149-163

  16. Organic Matter

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    Pages 164-168

  17. Magnetic Properties

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    Pages 169-174

  18. Miscellaneous Physical Studies

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    Pages 175-180

  19. An Example of the Interpretation of Meteorite Properties: The Origin of Ordinary Chondrites

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    Pages 181-205

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 206-316
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About this book

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 the book to be nearly twice as long. The second half was to be a review of properties relating to the origin of each group of meteorites. Chapter XVIII is an example of how these later chapters would have looked, although most would not have been as interpretative. These chapters would have been useful chiefly to meteorite researchers looking for a quick summary of group properties; they were not written because of lack of time. Perhaps I will start to prepare this "second volume" in a year or so when my family and I have recovered from the preparation of the present volume. Although some parts of the classification portion are mildly icono­ clastic, I have attempted either to avoid the inclusion of speculative interpretations or to flag them with a caveat to the reader. I have relaxed these principles somewhat in Chapter XVIII to conserve space, but even there the discussion of alternative speculations should give the reader a feeling for the degree of uncertainty attached.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Chemistry and Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

    John T. Wasson

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