Recovery and classification of thirty new meteorites from Roosevelt County, New Mexico

The discovery and classification of 30 new meteorites found in or close to Roosevelt County, NM, are reported, including two H3 chondrites and a ureilite; the others are equilibrated ordinary chondrites. Over 160 meteorites representing at least 100 different falls have been recovered from this regi...

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Main Authors: Scott, E. R. D., Mckinley, S. G., Keil, K., Wilson, I. E.
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Published: 1986
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spelling ftnasantrs:oai:casi.ntrs.nasa.gov:19870032076 2023-05-15T14:01:08+02:00 Recovery and classification of thirty new meteorites from Roosevelt County, New Mexico Scott, E. R. D. Mckinley, S. G. Keil, K. Wilson, I. E. Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available Sep 30, 1986 http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19870032076 unknown http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19870032076 Accession ID: 87A19350 Copyright Other Sources 91 Meteoritics; 21; 303-308 1986 ftnasantrs 2012-02-15T17:08:15Z The discovery and classification of 30 new meteorites found in or close to Roosevelt County, NM, are reported, including two H3 chondrites and a ureilite; the others are equilibrated ordinary chondrites. Over 160 meteorites representing at least 100 different falls have been recovered from this region, mostly from wind blowout areas. As in Antarctica, small specimens predominate and irons, achondrites, and C and E chondrites are rare. Paired specimens are also very difficult to identify. Other/Unknown Material Antarc* Antarctica NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)
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Scott, E. R. D.
Mckinley, S. G.
Keil, K.
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Recovery and classification of thirty new meteorites from Roosevelt County, New Mexico
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description The discovery and classification of 30 new meteorites found in or close to Roosevelt County, NM, are reported, including two H3 chondrites and a ureilite; the others are equilibrated ordinary chondrites. Over 160 meteorites representing at least 100 different falls have been recovered from this region, mostly from wind blowout areas. As in Antarctica, small specimens predominate and irons, achondrites, and C and E chondrites are rare. Paired specimens are also very difficult to identify.
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author Scott, E. R. D.
Mckinley, S. G.
Keil, K.
Wilson, I. E.
author_facet Scott, E. R. D.
Mckinley, S. G.
Keil, K.
Wilson, I. E.
author_sort Scott, E. R. D.
title Recovery and classification of thirty new meteorites from Roosevelt County, New Mexico
title_short Recovery and classification of thirty new meteorites from Roosevelt County, New Mexico
title_full Recovery and classification of thirty new meteorites from Roosevelt County, New Mexico
title_fullStr Recovery and classification of thirty new meteorites from Roosevelt County, New Mexico
title_full_unstemmed Recovery and classification of thirty new meteorites from Roosevelt County, New Mexico
title_sort recovery and classification of thirty new meteorites from roosevelt county, new mexico
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