A preliminary investigation into the nature of carbonaceous material in ordinary chondrites

Details A preliminary investigation into the nature of carbonaceous material in ordinary chondrites A preliminary investigation into the nature of carbonaceous material in ordinary chondrites

Sep 1989

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Meteoritics (ISSN 0026-1114), vol. 24, Sept. 1989, p. 147-154. Research supported by SERC.

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Carbonaceous Chondrites, Meteoritic Composition, Petrography, Abundance, Antarctic Regions, Carbon 13, Catalogs, Chemical Analysis, Weathering

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The nature and isotopic composition of carbonaceous components in a variety of ordinary chondrites have been studied using stepped combustion. The samples were chosen to include falls, finds, and Antarctic meteorites; specimens from all three chemical groups (H, L, and LL) have been analyzed. Apart from terrestrial contaminants and weathering products, some of the unequilibrated ordinary chondrites appear to contain an indigenous organic component. In addition, most of the samples studied show evidence for an amorphous/graphitic component. There does not appear to be any difference in delta-C-13 for this carbon between Antarctic and non-Antarctic meteorites. In contrast, low temperature carbon in Antarctic samples is characterized by a C-13-enrichment. This is thought to be due to the influence of terrestrial weathering products introduced in the Antarctic. Curiously, the low temperature carbon in non-Antarctic finds appears to be intermediate in delta-C-13 between Antarctic finds and non-Antarctic falls. This suggests that the weathering processes which are so obviously apparent from Antarctic samples may also extend, albeit in a more limited way, to non-Antarctic meteorites.

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