35 seasons of U.S. Antarctic meteorites (1976-2010) : a pictorial guide to the collection /

The US Antarctic meteorite collection exists due to a cooperative program involving the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the Smithsonian Institution. Since 1976, meteorites have been collected by a NSF-funded field team, shipped for cur...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Righter, K. (Kevin), 1965-, Corrigan, Catherine, Harvey, Ralph (Ralph P.), McCoy, Tim (Timothy J.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2014]
Colección:Special publication (American Geophysical Union) ; 68.
Temas:
Meteorites > Catalogs and collections.
Meteorites > Antarctica.
Meteorites > United States.
Météorites > Catalogues.
Météorites > Antarctique.
Météorites > États-Unis.
SCIENCE > Astronomy.
Meteorites
Antarctica
United States
Catalogs and collections
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The origin and early history of the United States search for Antarctic meteorites (ANSMET)
  • Fieldwork methods of the US Antarctic search for meteorites program
  • Curation and allocation of samples in the US Antarctic meteorite collection
  • Pictorial guide to selected meteorites
  • Primitive asteroids : expanding the range of known primitive materials
  • Achondrites and irons : products of magmatism on strongly heated asteroids
  • ANSMET meteorites from the moon
  • Meteorites from mars, via antarctica
  • Meteorite misfits : fuzzy clues to solar system processes
  • Cosmogenic nuclides in antarctic meteorites
  • A statistical look at the US Antarctic meteorite collection.

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