Planetary Materials / / ed. by James J. Papike.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Physical Sciences 1990 - 1999
• MitwirkendeR: Brearley, Adrian J.,; Goodrich, Cyrena A.,; Jones, Rhian H.,; Kracher, Alfred,; McCoy, Timothy J.,; McSween Jr., Harry Y.,; Mittlefehldt, David W.,; Papike, J. J.,; Papike, James J.,; Rietmeijer, F. J. M.,; Rietmeijer, Frans J. M.,; Ryder, Graham,; Shearer, C. K.,; Shearer, Charles K.,; Treiman, Allan H.,
• HerausgeberIn: Papike, James J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2018]; ©1998
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry , 36
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XX, 864 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Copyright --; List of RiM Volumes --; List of volumes currently available in the Reviews in Mineralogy series --; Foreword --; Preface --; TABLE of CONTENTS --; Chapter 1. THE PLANETARY SAMPLE SUITE AND ENVIRONMENTS OF ORIGIN --; Chapter 2. INTERPLANETARY DUST PARTICLES --; Chapter 3. CHONDRITIC METEORITES --; INTRODUCTION --; CHONDRULES: PRIMARY PROPERTIES --; CALCIUM-ALUMINUM-RICH INCLUSIONS (CAI) OR REFRACTORY INCLUSIONS, FREMDLINGE AND AMOEBOID OLIVINE AGGREGATES --; CHONDRITE MATRIX — PRIMARY AND SECONDARY MINERALOGY, DARK INCLUSIONS --; OPAQUE MINERALOGY OF UNEQUILIBRATED AND EQUILIBRATED CHONDRITES --; INTERSTELLAR GRAINS --; TYPE 4-6 CHONDRITES: NON-OPAQUE MATERIAL --; SHOCK METAMORPHISM --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; APPENDIX: Representative mineral compositions in chondritic meteorites --; REFERENCES --; Chapter 4. NON-CHONDRITIC METEORITES FROM ASTEROIDAL BODIES --; Chapter 5. LUNAR SAMPLES --; Chapter 6. MARTIAN METEORITES --; Chapter 7. COMPARATIVE PLANETARY MINERALOGY: CHEMISTRY OF MELT-DERIYED PYROXENE, FELDSPAR, AND OLIVINE --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781501508806; 9783110637236
• ISSN: 1529-6466
• DOI: 10.1515/9781501508806
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by James J. Papike.

Volume 36 of Reviews in Mineralogy presents a comprehensive coverage of the mineralogy and petrology of planetary materials. The book is organized with an introductory chapter that introduces the reader to the nature of the planetary sample suite and provides some insights into the diverse environments from which they come. Chapter 2 on Interplanetary Dust Particles (IDPs) and Chapter 3 on Chondritic Meteorites deal with the most primitive and unevolved materials we have to work with. It is these materials that hold the clues to the nature of the solar nebula and the processes that led to the initial stages of planetary formation. Chapter 4, 5, and 6 consider samples from evolved asteroids, the Moon and Mars respectively. Chapter 7 is a brief summary chapter that compares aspects of melt-derived minerals from differing planetary environments.