Lithium isotopes as indicators of meteorite parent body alteration

• Published in: Meteoritics & Planetary Science
• Main Authors: Sephton, Mark, James, Rachael H., Fehr, Manuela, Bland, Philip, Gounelle, Matthieu
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Murchison; Tagish; Tagish Lake
• Online Access: https://oro.open.ac.uk/36968/; https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.12094

Hydrothermal processing on planetesimals in the early solar system produced new mineral phases, including those generated by the transformation of anhydrous silicates into their hydrated counterparts. Carbonaceous chondrites represent tangible remnants of such alteration products. Lithium isotopes a...