Modal mineralogy of CM chondrites by X-ray diffraction (PSD-XRD): Part 2. Degree, nature and settings of aqueous alteration

Within 5 million years after formation of calcium aluminium rich inclusions (CAI), high temperature anhydrous phases were transformed to hydrous phyllosilicates, mostly serpentines, which dominate the matrices of the most primitive carbonaceous chondrites. CMs are the largest group of meteorites to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Howard, K., Benedix, Gretchen, Bland, Phil, Cressey, G.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7373