Derivation of a heterogeneous lithic fragment in the Bovedy L-group chondrite from impact-melted porphyritic chondrules

Details Derivation of a heterogeneous lithic fragment in the Bovedy L-group chondrite from impact-melted porphyritic chondrules Derivation of a heterogeneous lithic fragment in the Bovedy L-group chondrite from impact-melted porphyritic chondrules

Nov 1981

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Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 45, Nov. 1981, p. 2213-2228.

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Chondrites, Chondrule, Fragments, Impact Melts, Meteoritic Composition, Argon Isotopes, Chemical Composition, Electron Probes, Microanalysis, Olivine, Petrography, Pyroxenes, Radioactive Age Determination

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Results are presented of petrographic, compositional and dating analyses of a light-colored lithic fragment in the L-group Bovedy meteorite that has a composition different from that of the host chondrite. Polished thin sections of the lithic fragment, host, and the fragment-host boundary were examined microscopically and analyzed by electron microprobe, metallic Ni-Fe, and instrumental neutron activation techniques; chips of the fragment were also used for Ar-39/Ar-40 dating and oxygen isotope analyses. The poikilitic textures, olivine, low-Ca pyroxene and kamacite composition and low Na2O, K2O and P2O5 contents of the fragment indicate that it represents a solidified, slightly fractionated impact melt formed from a source rich in porphyritic chondrules. A progressive increase on MgO content across the fragment is accounted for by the heterogeneous nucleation of MgO-rich phases. The Ar data indicate that the Bovedy lithic fragment and its host were partly degassed of radiogenic Ar less than 0.94 billion years ago, probably due to shock. The data are consistent with a cooling rate of about 5 C/million years through 500 C, which must have resulted from the burial of the assemblage beneath insulating material on the parent body at depths of at least several km.

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