Chondrules: chemical, petrographic and chronologic clues to their origin by impact

Hutchison, R.; Bridges, J.C. and Gilmour, J.D. (2005). Chondrules: chemical, petrographic and chronologic clues to their origin by impact. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, 341 pp. 933–950.

URL: http://aspbooks.org/publications/341/933.pdf

Abstract

Major element contents of chondrite groups were volatility controlled and established in a nebula after formation of Ca-Al-rich inclusions but before chondrules formed. Elemental abundances in chondrules tend to correlate with chemical affinity. Calcium was fractionated from Al by a planetary, not a nebular process. Chondrules were contemporaneous with igneous activity and aqueous and thermal metamorphism. Planetary bodies of varied size and structure co-existed during the first 50-80 million years of the Solar System, when chondrules formed and impact was common. We propose that most chondrules formed by impacts on differentiated bodies.

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• Item ORO ID
• 78
• Item Type
• Journal Item
• ISSN
• 1050-3390
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• Part of the Proceedings of a workshop held 8-11 November 2004 in Kaua'i, Hawai'i
  
  Chondrites and the Protoplanetary Disk
  edited by Alexander N. Krot, Edward R. D. Scott, Bo Reipurth
  ISBN: 1-58381-208-3
• Keywords
• chrondite; nebula; igneous activity
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• Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) > Physical Sciences
  Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
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