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Meteorites: A Petrologic, Chemical, and Isotopic Synthesis

This advanced yet succinct introduction provides a classification of meteorites, and discusses their ages and origin. It considers the mechanism and timing of core formation and basaltic volcanism on asteroids, and the effects of heating water-rich bodies. Results from meteorite research are placed in a galactic setting, and a theory is proposed for the origin of the planets of our Solar System.

Contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. The chondrites: chemistry and classification; 3. The components of chondrites; 4. Petrography of the chondrites I: carbonaceous chondrites; 5. Petrography of the chondrites II: non-carbonaceous chondrites; 6. Time in the evolution of chondrites; 7. Origin of chondrites and their components; 8. Differentiated meteorites I: primitive achondrites, ureilites and aubrites; 9. Differentiated meteorites II: asteroidal, lunar and Martian basaltic meteorites; 10. Differentiated meteorites III: iron and stony iron meteorites; 11. Parent body processes and petrogenetic associations; 12. Origin of Solar System planets: a meteoriticist s view; Glossary; Bibliography; Index of meteorite names; General index.

About the author

Robert Hutchison is a retired research scientist and curator of meteorites at the Natural History Museum, London.

Specifications

Pm Supplier	CUP/ Cambridge University Press
Pm Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Pm Isbn 10	0521035392
Pm Isbn 13	9780521035392
Pm Publication Date	2007-01-29
Pm Width	170
Pm Height	30
Pm Author	Hutchison, Robert
Pm Longness	244

Key Info: 130 illus, 49 tabs
Author: Hutchison, Robert
Page Count: 478
Publication Date: 2007-01-29