Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Mar 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011m%26ps...46..443l&link_type=abstract
Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Volume 46, Issue 3, pp. 443-458.
Mathematics
Logic
Scientific paper
Weathering of meteorites at the scale of the entire Antarctic Search for Meteorites program population is studied by analyzing the recent version of the online Antarctic meteorite classification database that includes information about 15,263 meteorites. This paper updates, supplements, and expands on the last Antarctic meteorite weathering census by Velbel (1988, Meteoritics 23:151-0159). On average 5% of all Antarctic meteorites are indicated as evaporite bearing in the Antarctic Meteorite Database. Evaporite formation depends on compositional group. Evaporites are much more common on C chondrites than on ordinary chondrites, supporting previous findings. Ordinary chondrites of petrologic type 3 more often have evaporites on their surface than meteorites of other petrologic types. Contrary to previous findings, there is no apparent relation between evaporite formation and meteorite rustiness. Some meteorite-bearing fields influence the frequency of evaporite-mineral formation on meteorites. The influence of location is apparently related to differences in environmental conditions, most probably microclimate or/and hydrologic conditions. There is no relation between abundance of evaporite-bearing meteorites and distance from the sea. Evaporite formation varies with year of collection; however, it was not possible to distinguish whether this is related to annual changes in environment or an artifact of sample categorization or curation.
Losiak Anna
Velbel Michael Anthony
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