Computer Science
Scientific paper
Jul 1983
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Earth and Planetary Science Letters (ISSN 0012-821X), vol. 64, no. 1, July 1983, p. 1-8.
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Antarctic Regions, Chondrites, Meteoritic Composition, Particle Tracks, Radioactive Age Determination, Ablation, Manganese Isotopes, Rare Gases, Meteorites, Antarctic Meteorites, Cosmogony, Samples, Meteorite, L Chondrites, H Chondrites, Analysis, Nuclear Tracks, Manganese 53, Density, Comparisons, Allan Hills Meteorites, Alha77215, Alha77216, Alha77217, Alha77252, Petrography, Alha78105, Grains, Exposure Age, Irradiation, Size, Ablation
Scientific paper
Aliquot samples of 29 Antarctic L and H chondrites are analyzed for their nuclear track records and Mn-53 activities. The track density in the analyzed samples ranges from 10 to the 4th to approximately 6 x 10 to the 6th per sq cm. A significant finding is the observation of track-rich grains in a set of four L3 chondrites (ALHA 77215, 77216, 77217, and 77252), suspected of belonging to the same fall based on petrographic observations. An additional sample, ALHA 78105, an L6 chondrite, also has track-rich grains. Mn-53 activity is at near saturation level in approximately 65 percent of the analyzed samples, suggesting exposure ages of greater than 10 m.y. in these cases. Very few H chondrites from the 7-m.y. exposure age peak are apparently sampled among the ones investigated in this study. Approximately 6 percent and 4 percent, respectively, of the Antarctic H and L chondrites analyzed thus far for their cosmogenic records have precompaction irradiation features. A combined analysis of Mn-53 and nuclear track data makes it possible to confirm or rule out the proposed pairing of several sets of Antarctic meteorites and to estimate the preatmospheric sizes of some of these meteorites. The results suggest that most of the small Antarctic meteorites (less than 1 kg) have suffered high (greater than 95 percent) ablation mass-loss.
Goswami Jitendra N.
Nishiizumi Kuni
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