Planetary Materials / / 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 environme...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Physical Sciences 1990 - 1999
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2018]
©1998
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Reviews in Mineralogy & Geochemistry , 36
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Physical Description:1 online resource (XX, 864 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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