Meteorites from Grove Mountains, Antarctica: An overview

Thirty-two meteorites were collected in Grove Mountains area, Antarctica, by the 15th and 16th Chinese Antarctic Research Expeditions (CHINARE). Petrography and mineral chemistry of these meteorites are reviewed, among which there are one Martian Lherzolite, one eucrite, one ungrouped iron meteorite...

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Main Authors: Daode, Wang, Yangting, Lin
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Polar Research Institute of China - PRIC 2003
Subjects:
Antarctic
Grove Mountains
Advances in Polar Science
Antarc*
Antarctica
Polar Science
Online Access:http://library.arcticportal.org/2265/
http://library.arcticportal.org/2265/1/A200302007.pdf
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Summary:Thirty-two meteorites were collected in Grove Mountains area, Antarctica, by the 15th and 16th Chinese Antarctic Research Expeditions (CHINARE). Petrography and mineral chemistry of these meteorites are reviewed, among which there are one Martian Lherzolite, one eucrite, one ungrouped iron meteorite, and six unequilibrated and twenty-three equilibrated ordinary chondrites. An equilibrated ordinary chondrite GRV98004 (H5) has an unusually low cosmic-ray exposure age. Meteorite concentrating processes in Grove Mountains area are discussed. In addition, future studies on Grove Mountains (GRV) meteorites are proposed.

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