MAGNETITE IN CI CARBONACEOUS METEORITES - ORIGIN BY AQUEOUS ACTIVITY ON A PLANETESIMAL SURFACE

被引:125
作者
KERRIDGE, JF
MACKAY, AL
BOYNTON, WV
机构
[1] UNIV LONDON BIRKBECK COLL, DEPT CRYSTALLOG, LONDON WC1E 7HX, ENGLAND
[2] UNIV ARIZONA, LUNAR & PLANETARY LAB, TUCSON, AZ 85721 USA
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10.1126/science.205.4404.395
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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The composition and morphology of magnetite in CI carbonaceous meteorites appear incompatible with a nebular origin. Mineralization on the meteorite parent body is a more plausible mode of formation. The iodine-xenon age of this material therefore dates an episode of secondary mineralization on a planetesimal rather than the epoch of condensation in the primitive solar nebula. Copyright © 1979 AAAS.
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