Meteorites: Messengers from SpacceSpringer Science & Business Media, 17/02/1995 - 231 من الصفحات Meteorites - as well as shooting stars and meteors - result from a collision of a solid body from space with our Earth, but only meteorites are able to penetrate the Earth's protective shield, the atmosphere, and fall to the Earth's surface. Before the return of lunar samples, they were the only materials from beyond the Earth which we could take in hand and study. This book gives a concise and up-to-date description of meteorites - fall phenomena, chemical and mineral composition, classification - as well as a discussion of their formation and origin, which also tells us the story of the formation of our Planetary System. The text is understandable for laymen and students, but can also be used as an introduction to the field for students and scientists. |
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Fall Phenomena | 5 |
12 Sound Phenomena | 16 |
13 The Main Meteorite Groups | 18 |
14 Effects on Landing | 19 |
15 Meteorite Showers | 24 |
16 Hypervelocity Impacts | 29 |
162 Shock Effects | 42 |
163 The Ries Crater | 46 |
25123 Aubrites | 134 |
25124 Ureilites | 135 |
252 Iron Meteorites | 136 |
253 Stony Iron Meteorites | 149 |
2532 Mesosiderites | 151 |
26 The Chemical Significance of Meteorites | 152 |
27 The Cosmic Abundance of the Elements | 157 |
28 Isotope Anomalies | 164 |
164 Probable Meteorite Craters | 51 |
165 Meteoritic Indicator Elements | 53 |
166 The Tunguska Event | 55 |
167 Tektites | 58 |
168 Impacts and the History of the Planets | 62 |
169 EarthApproaching Asteroids | 64 |
17 Number and Distribution of Meteorite Falls | 66 |
172 Geographic Distribution | 68 |
173 Times of Fall | 75 |
174 The Dangers of Descending Meteorites | 79 |
18 The History of Meteoritics | 81 |
19 Observations of Importance for a Meteorite Fall | 89 |
110 How Can a Meteorite Be Recognized? | 92 |
The Meteorites | 97 |
22 The Size of Meteorites | 100 |
23 The Shape of Meteorites | 107 |
24 Surface Characteristics | 110 |
25 Mineralogy and Classification of Meteorites | 112 |
251 Stone Meteorites | 113 |
25111 Ordinary Chondrites | 121 |
25112 Enstatite Chondrites | 125 |
25113 Carbonaceous Chondrites | 126 |
2512 Achondrites | 131 |
25122 SNC Meteorites | 133 |
29 Organic Compounds | 166 |
The Origin and Formation of Meteorites | 169 |
311 Formation Age | 172 |
312 Cosmic Ray Exposure Ages | 175 |
313 Terrestrial Ages | 178 |
32 The Origin of Meteorites | 180 |
321 Asteroids | 182 |
322 Meteorites from Mars and the Moon | 185 |
33 The Formation of Chondrites | 187 |
332 Condensation and CaAlRich Inclusions | 188 |
333 The Origin of Chondrules | 190 |
334 Matrix | 193 |
34 Planetesimals and the Formation of Achondrites | 194 |
35 Regolith Primordial Rare Gases and the Solar Wind | 196 |
36 The Planets | 198 |
37 Conclusions | 199 |
Appendix | 203 |
42 Exchange Value of Meteorites | 207 |
43 Etching of Iron Meteorites | 210 |
45 Meteorite Falls from 1985 Through 1992 | 211 |
46 Literature | 217 |
47 Composition of Meteorites and the Earths Crust | 220 |
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abundance Al-rich Allende asteroids atmosphere atomic number Aubrites Australia breccias carbonaceous chondrites chemical chondrules composition condensation consist contain cosmic dust crystals diameter Diogenites distribution drites dust Earth ejected enstatite chondrites eucrites feldspar fell fireball formation formed fragments Germany grains H-chondrite Howardites impact craters iron meteorites isotopes Juvinas kamacite km/s km² lamellae largest mass matrix melt Mesosiderites metal mete meteor meteorite craters meteorite falls meteorite shower meteorite types Mexico million minerals Moon Museum natural nickel nickel-iron observed Octahedrite olivine orbit ordinary chondrites origin orites oxide Pallasites parent body path Photograph planets projectile pyroxene recovered Ries Crater rocks sample shock shown in Fig shows Sikhote-Alin silicates SNC meteorites solar nebula Solar System specimen stone stony meteorites structure sulfide surface Table taenite tektites temperature teorite terrestrial tion trace elements trail Ureilites vaporized velocity volatile elements weight Widmanstätten Widmanstätten pattern
مقاطع مشهورة
الصفحة 218 - Buchwald, VF 1975: Handbook of iron meteorites, their history, distribution, composition and structure.