They range in size from microscopic particles to masses of many tons. The geologic diversity of asteroids and other rocky bodies of the solar system are displayed in the enormous variety of textures and mineralogies observed in meteorites. The composition, chemistry, and mineralogy of primitive meteorites collectively provide evidence for a wide variety of chemical and physical processes. This book synthesizes our current understanding of the early solar system, summarizing information about processes that occurred before its formation. It will be valuable as a textbook for graduate education in planetary science and as a reference for meteoriticists and researchers in allied fields worldwide.
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Meteorites and the Early Solar System II
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Collaborating Authors
- Scientific Organizing Committee and Acknowledgment of Reviewers
- Foreword
- Preface
- Part I: Meteoritics Overview
- Part II: The Presolar Epoch: Meteoritic Constraints on Astronomical Processes
- Part III: Disk Formation Epoch: The Astrophysical Setting and Initial Conditions of the Solar Nebula
- Part IV: The First Nebular Epoch: Genesis of the First Solar System Materials
- Part V: The Second Nebular Epoch: Materials Processing in the Nebula
- Part VI: The Accretion Epoch: Formation of Planetesimals
- Part VII: The Parent-Body Epoch: A. Alteration and Metamorphism
- Part VIII: The Parent-Body Epoch: B. Melting and Differentiation
- Part IX: The Planetary Epoch: Meteorites and the Earth
- Glossary
- Color Section
- Index
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