Mathematics – Logic
Scientific paper
Nov 1979
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979gecoa..43.1761m&link_type=abstract
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 43, Nov. 1979, p. 1761-1765, 1767-1770.
Mathematics
Logic
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Abundance, Carbonaceous Chondrites, Chemical Composition, Metal Matrix Composites, Mineralogy, Revisions, Microphotographs, Petrography, Petrology, Volatility, Meteorites, Carbonaceous Chondrites, Modal Analysis, Chemistry, Matrix, Abundance, Cm Chondrites, Concentrations, Volatile Elements, Petrology, Iron/Silicon, Phyllosilicates, Phases, Magnesium/Iron, Optical Properties, Minerals, Isotopes, Anomalies, Patterns, Procedure, Analysis, Data, Catalogs, Photomicrographs, Composition, Chronology, Comparisons,
Scientific paper
The modal abundance of matrix in CM chondrites appears to vary from 57-85 vol%. The concentrations of volatile elements that should occur in matrix remain approximately constant despite differences in the proportions of matrix, suggesting that the differing matrix contents may not be real primary variations but are optical effects due to aqueous alteration processes that make other petrologic components unrecognizable. Apparent matrix content can be used as a qualitative measure of the degree of alteration experienced by each CM chondrite. Fe/Si ratios in matrices decrease progressively with increasing alteration due to the formation of new phyllosilicate phases with higher Mg/Fe ratios and optically recognizable opaque minerals that are not counted as matrix. The aqueous alteration process in CM chondrites appears to have been largely isochemical if the bulk meteorites are considered as the reacting systems, although depletion patterns and isotopic anomalies indicate open-system behavior for a few highly mobile components.
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