Chemical studies of H chondrites. 6: Antarctic/non-Antarctic compositional differences revisited

Details Chemical studies of H chondrites. 6: Antarctic/non-Antarctic compositional differences revisited Chemical studies of H chondrites. 6: Antarctic/non-Antarctic compositional differences revisited

Feb 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995jgr...100.3335w&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 100, no. E2, p. 3335-3349

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Antarctic Regions, Chemical Composition, Chondrites, Neutron Activation Analysis, Trace Elements, Comparison, Geochronology, Multivariate Statistical Analysis, Populations

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We report data for the trace elements Au, Co, Sb, Ga, Rb, Ag, Se, Cs, Te, Zn, Cd, Bi, T1, and In (ordered by putative volatility during nebular condensation and accretion) determined by radiochemical neutron activation analysis of 14 additional H5 and H6 chondrite falls. Data for the 10 most volatile elements (Rb to In) treated by the multivariate techniques of linear discriminant analysis and logistic regression in these and 44 other falls are compared with those of 59 H4-6 chondrites from Antarctica. Various populations are tested by the multivariate techniques, using the previously developed method of randomization-simulation to assess significance levels. An earlier conclusion, based on fewer examples, that H4-6 chondrite falls are compositionally distinguishable from the Antarctic suite is verified by the additional data. This distinctiveness is highly significant because of the presence of samples from Victoria Land in the Antarctic population, which differ compositionally from falls beyond any reasonable doubt. However, it cannot be proven unequivocally that falls and Antarctic samples from Queen Maud Land are compositionally distinguishable. Trivial causes (e.g., analyst bias, weathering) cannot explain the Victoria Land (Antarctic)/non-Antarctic compositional difference for paradigmatic H4-6 chondrites. This seems to reflect a time-dependent variation of near-Earth meteoroid source regions differing in average thermal history.

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