Meteorites and the Early Solar System II
1st Edition
Published on 1. July 2006
978 pages
978-0-8165-4659-6 (ISBN)
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They range in size from microscopic particles to masses of many tons. The geologic diversity of asteroids and other rocky bodies of the solar system are displayed in the enormous variety of textures and mineralogies observed in meteorites. The composition, chemistry, and mineralogy of primitive meteorites collectively provide evidence for a wide variety of chemical and physical processes. This book synthesizes our current understanding of the early solar system, summarizing information about processes that occurred before its formation. It will be valuable as a textbook for graduate education in planetary science and as a reference for meteoriticists and researchers in allied fields worldwide.
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Dante S. Lauretta | Harry Y. McSween
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Collaborating Authors
- Scientific Organizing Committee and Acknowledgment of Reviewers
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part I: Meteoritics Overview
- Types of Extraterrestrial Material Available for Study / M. M. Grady and I. Wright
- Systematics and Evaluation of Meteorite Classification / M. K. Weisberg, T. J. McCoy, and A. N. Krot
- Recent Advances in Meteoritics and Cosmochemistry / H. Y. McSween, Jr., D. S. Lauretta, and L. A. Leshin
- Part II: The Presolar Epoch: Meteoritic Constraints on Astronomical Processes
- Nucleosynthesis / B. S. Meyer and E. Zinner
- Origin and Evolution of Carbonaceous Presolar Grains in Stellar Environments / T. J. Bernatowicz, T. K. Croat, and T. L. Daulton
- Meteorites and the Chemical Evolution of the Milky Way / L. R. Nittler and N. Dauphas
- Chemical Processes in the Interstellar Medium: Source of the Gas and Dust in the Primitive Solar Nebula / J. A. Nuth III, S. B. Charnley, and N. M. Johnson
- Part III: Disk Formation Epoch: The Astrophysical Setting and Initial Conditions of the Solar Nebula
- Presolar Cloud Collapse and the Formation and Early Evolution of the Solar Nebula / A. P. Boss and J. N. Goswami
- The Population of Starting Materials Available for Solar System Construction / S. Messenger, S. Sandford, and D. Brownlee
- The Physics and Chemistry of Nebular Evolution / F. J. Ciesla and S. B. Charnley
- Part IV: The First Nebular Epoch: Genesis of the First Solar System Materials
- Timescales of the Solar Protoplanetary Disk / S. S. Russell, L. Hartmann, J. Cuzzi, A. N. Krot, M. Gounelle, and S. Weidenschilling
- Condensation of Rocky Material in Astrophysical Environments / D. S. Ebel
- The Fayalite Content of Chrondritic Olivine: Obstacle to Understanding the Condensation of Rocky Material / A. V. Fedkin and L. Grossman
- Volatile Evolution and Loss / A. M. Davis
- Origin of Water Ice in the Solar System / J. I. Lunine
- Part V: The Second Nebular Epoch: Materials Processing in the Nebula
- Irradiation Processes in the Early Solar System / M. Chaussidon and M. Gounelle
- Solar System Deuterium/Hydrogen Ratio / F. Robert
- Particle-Gas Dynamics and Primary Accretion / J. N. Cuzzi and S. J. Weidenschilling
- Transient Heating Events in the Protoplanetary Nebula / H. C. Connolly Jr., S. J. Desch, R. D. Ash, and R. H. Jones
- Chemical Processes in Igneous Calcium-Aluminum-rich Inclusions: A Mostly CMAS View of Melting and Crystallization / J. R. Beckett, H. C. Connolly, and D. S. Ebel
- Petrology and Origin of Ferromagnesian Silicate Chondrules / D. S. Lauretta, H. Nagahara, and C. M. O'D. Alexander
- Part VI: The Accretion Epoch: Formation of Planetesimals
- Chronological Constraints on Planetesimal Accretion / R. H. Nichols Jr.
- Accretion Dynamics and Timescales: Relation to Chondrites / S. J. Weidenschilling and J. N. Cuzzi
- Meteoritic Diversity and Planetesimal Formation / J. Chambers
- Trapping and Modificiation Processes of Noble Gases and Nitrogen in Meteorites and Their Parent Bodies / R. Wieler, H. Busemann, and I. A. Franchi
- Part VII: The Parent-Body Epoch: A. Alteration and Metamorphism
- Timescales and Settings for Alteration of Chondritic Meteorites / A. N. Krot, I. D. Hutcheon, A. J. Brearley, O. V. Pravdivtseva, M. I. Petaev, and C. M. Hohenberg
- Asteroidal Heating and Thermal Stratification of the Asteroid Belt / A. Ghosh, S. J. Weidenschilling, H. Y. McSween Jr., and A. Rubin
- Thermal Metamorphism in Chrondrites / G. R. Huss, A. E. Rubin, and J. N. Grossman
- The Action of Water / A. J. Brearley
- The Nature and Distribution of the Organic Material in Carbonaceous Chondrites and Interplanetary Dust Particles / S. Pizzarello, G. W. Cooper, and G. J. Flynn
- Shock Effect in Meteorites / T. G. Sharp and P. S. De Carli
- Nature and Origins of Meteoritic Breccias / A. Bischoff, E. R. D. Scott, K. Metzler, and C. A. Goodrich
- Part VIII: The Parent-Body Epoch: B. Melting and Differentiation
- Timescales of Planetesimal Differentiation in the Early Solar System / M. Wadhwa, G. Srinivasan, and R. W. Carlson
- Asteroid Differentiation / T. J. McCoy, D. M. Mittlefehldt, and L. Wilson
- Evolution of Asteroidal Cores / N. L. Chabot and H. Haack
- Part IX: The Planetary Epoch: Meteorites and the Earth
- Meteorites and the Timing, Mechanisms, and Conditions of Terrestrial Planet Accretion and Early Differentiation / A. N. Halliday and T. Kleine
- Compositional Relationships Between Meteorites and Terrestrial Planets / K. Righter, M. J. Drake, and E. Scott
- Irradiation Records, Comsic-Ray Exposure Ages, and Transfer Times of Meteorites / O. Eugster, G. F. Herzog, K. Marti, and M. W. Caffee
- Weathering of Chrondritic Meteorites / P. A. Bland, M. E. Zolensky, G. K. Benedix, and M. A. Sephton
- Flux of Extraterrestrial Materials / M. Zolensky, P. Bland, P. Brown, and I. Halliday
- Terrestrial Ages of Meteorites / A. J. T. Jull
- Glossary
- Color Section
- Index
