Simulation of possible regolith optical alteration effects on carbonaceous chondrite meteorites

• Main Authors: Clark, Beth E., Fanale, Fraser P., Robinson, Mark S.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1993
• Subjects: 90; Antarctic; Murchison; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19940007691

As the spectral reflectance search continues for links between meteorites and their parent body asteroids, the effects of optical surface alteration processes need to be considered. We present the results of an experimental simulation of the melting and recrystallization that occurs to a carbonaceou...