35 Seasons of U. S. Antarctic Meteorites (1976-2010) : A Pictorial Guide to the Collection.
Title:
35 Seasons of U. S. Antarctic Meteorites (1976-2010) : A Pictorial Guide to the Collection.
Author:
Righter, Kevin.
ISBN:
9781118798386
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (318 pages)
Series:
Special Publications ; v.68
Special Publications
Contents:
35 Seasons of U.S. Antarctic Meteorites (1976-2010): A Pictorial Guide to the Collection -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- Chapter 1 The Origin and Early History of the U.S. Antarctic Search for Meteorites Program (ANSMET) -- 1.1. History of Meteorite Finds in Antarctica -- 1.2. Cassidy's First Proposal to the NSF for Meteorite Searches -- 1.2.1. A Link with Japan -- 1.3. Japanese Interest in Antarctic Meteorites -- 1.4. The U.S. Antarctic Search for Meteorites Gets Organized -- 1.4.1. Christchurch, New Zealand -- 1.5. Ansmet Season I: 1976-1977 -- 1.5.1. The U.S-Japan Agreement -- 1.5.2. Processing and Distribution of Samples -- 1.6. A Meeting of Minds at the NSF, 11 November 1977 -- 1.7. Ansmet Season II: 1977-1978 -- 1.7.1. Early Procedures at Johnson Space Center -- 1.7.2. Repercussions from Japan -- 1.8. Becoming a Member of ANSMET -- 1.9. ANSMET Season III: 1978-1979 -- 1.9.1. The Geodetic Network at the Allan Hills -- 1.9.2. The Darwin Camp -- 1.9.3. The Allan Hills -- 1.10. Cataloging the History of ANSMET -- 1.11. ANSMET: Well Established by 1980 -- 1.12. ANSMET Season IV: 1979-1980 -- 1.13. ANSMET Season V: 1980-1981 -- 1.14. ANSMET Season VI: 1981-1982 -- 1.14.1. A Second Remeasurement of the Geodetic Net at the Allan Hills -- 1.14.2. The North Victoria Land Camp -- 1.14.3. A Visit to Granite House -- 1.14.4. The Allan Hills, Continued -- 1.14.5. Systematic Sweeping of the Allan HilIs Icefields -- 1.14.6. "ANSMET Finds a Lunar Sample" -- References -- Chapter 2 Fieldwork Methods of the U.S. Antarctic Search for Meteorites Program -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. ANSMET Field Seasons Yesterday and Today -- 2.2.1. ANSMET's Place Among Modern Antarctic Meteorite Recovery Efforts -- 2.2.2. Preseason Planning and Site Selection -- 2.2.3. Field Season Structure and Logistics -- 2.3. Searching for Meteorites in Antarctica.
2.3.1. Reconnaissance Procedures -- 2.4. Meteorite Recovery Techniques -- 2.4.1. Minimizing Biases -- 2.4.2. Recognizing Meteorites -- 2.4.3. Maximizing Scientific Return during Recovery -- 2.5. Conclusions: The Future of ANSMET Meteorite Recoveries -- References -- Chapter 3 Curation and Allocation of Samples in the U.S. Antarctic Meteorite Collection -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Curation Facilities and Approaches -- 3.2.1. Transport from McMurdo to Houston -- 3.2.2. Staging -- 3.2.3. Initial Processing and Classification -- 3.2.4. Storage -- 3.2.5. Requests, MWG, MSG, and Allocations -- 3.2.6. Sample Handling, Preparation, and Documentation -- 3.2.7. Cleaning and Contamination -- 3.2.8. Long-Term Storage -- 3.3. Samples: Case Studies -- 3.3.1. ALH A81005: First Lunar Meteorite (Plate 64) -- 3.3.2. Allocation History of EET A79001 Lithology B: An Update and Synthesis (Plate 70) -- 3.3.3. QUE 94201: Small Rare Martian Meteorite (Plate 71) -- 3.3.4. MIL 03346: A Large Nakhlite (Plate 74) -- 3.3.5. CR2 Chondrites: High Demand for Diverse Materials of Broad Interest -- 3.4. Summary -- References -- Plate Preface -- Pictorial Guide to Selected Meteorites -- Plate 1 -- Plate 2 -- Plate 3 -- Plate 4 -- Plate 5 -- Plate 6 -- Plate 7 -- Plate 8 -- Plate 9 -- Plate 10 -- Plate 11 -- Plate 12 -- Plate 13 -- Plate 14 -- Plate 15 -- Plate 16 -- Plate 17 -- Plate 18 -- Plate 19 -- Plate 20 -- Plate 21 -- Plate 22 -- Plate 23 -- Plate 24 -- Plate 25 -- Plate 26 -- Plate 27 -- Plate 28 -- Plate 29 -- Plate 30 -- Plate 31 -- Plate 32 -- Plate 33 -- Plate 34 -- Plate 35 -- Plate 36 -- Plate 37 -- Plate 38 -- Plate 39 -- Plate 40 -- Plate 41 -- Plate 42 -- Plate 43 -- Plate 44 -- Plate 45 -- Plate 46 -- Plate 47 -- Plate 48 -- Plate 49 -- Plate 50 -- Plate 51 -- Plate 52 -- Plate 53 -- Plate 54 -- Plate 55 -- Plate 56 -- Plate 57 -- Plate 58 -- Plate 59 -- Plate 60.
Plate 61 -- Plate 62 -- Plate 63 -- Plate 64 -- Plate 65 -- Plate 66 -- Plate 67 -- Plate 68 -- Plate 69 -- Plate 70 -- Plate 71 -- Plate 72 -- Plate 73 -- Plate 74 -- Plate 75 -- Plate 76 -- Plate 77 -- Plate 78 -- Plate 79 -- Plate 80 -- Plate Reference List -- 1. WSG 95300-H3.3 Chondrite -- 2. LEW 85320-H5 Chondrite -- 3. LAP 02240-H Chondrite Impact Melt -- 4. QUE 97008-L3.05 Chondrite -- 5. MAC 87302-L4 Chondrite -- 6. ALH 85017-L6 Chondrite -- 7. ALH 78003-L6 Chondrite (With Shock Melt Veins) -- 8. PAT 91501-L Chondrite Impact Melt -- 9. QUE 90201-LL5 Chondrite Strewnfield -- 10. LAP 04757-Ungrouped Chondrite -- 11. QUE 97990-CM2 Chondrite -- 12. ALH A81002-CM2 Chondrite -- 13. ALH 83100-CM1/2 Chondrite -- 14. MET 01070-CM1 Chondrite -- 15. ALH A77307-CO3 Chondrite -- 16. LEW 85332-Ungrouped Chondrite -- 17. MAC 87300,301-Ungrouped Chondrite -- 18. MAC 88107-Ungrouped Chondrite -- 19. ALH 84028-CV3 Chondrite (Oxidized) -- 20. EET 90007-CK5 Chondrite -- 21. QUE 94411 and 94627-CBa Chondrite -- 22. MIL 05082-CBb Chondrite -- 23. GRO 95551-Ungrouped Chondrite -- 24. ALH 85085-CH Chondrite -- 25. EET 92042-CR2 Chondrite -- 26. QUE 99177-CR2 Chondrite -- 27. GRO 95577-CR1 Chondrite -- 28. GRO 95517-EH3 Chondrite -- 29. ALH 81189-EH3 Chondrite -- 30. PCA 91020-EL3 Chondrite -- 31. MAC 88136-EL3 Chondrite -- 32. QUE 94368-EL4 Chondrite -- 33. LAP 02225-E Chondrite Impact Melt -- 34. QUE 94204-Ungrouped Enstat Ite Meteorite -- 35. PCA 91002-R Chondrite -- 36. LAP 04840-R Chondrite -- 37. LEW 87232-K Chondrite -- 38. QUE 94535-Winona Ite -- 39. LEW 86220-Acapulcoite -- 40. ALH A77081-Acapulcoite -- 41. GRA 95209-Lodranite -- 42. LEW 88280-Lodranite -- 43. LEW 88763-Ungrouped Achondrite -- 44. ALH 78019-Ureilite -- 45. PCA 82502-Ureilite -- 46. EET 83309-Polymict Ureilite -- 47. LEW 88774-Ureilite (Anomalous) -- 48. ALH 84025-Brachinite.
49. GRA 06128, 06129-Ungrouped Achondrite -- 50. ALH A78113-Aubrite -- 51. LAP 03719-Unbreciated Olivine Aubrite -- 52. LAR 04316-Aubrite (With Basaltic Vitrophyre Clast) -- 53. LEW 86010-Angrite -- 54. LEW 87051-Angrite -- 55. EET 90020- Unbreciated Eucrite -- 56. ALH A81001-Unbreciated Eucrite -- 57. ALH A76005-Polymict Eucrite -- 58. LAP 91900-Diogenite -- 59. GRO 95555-Unbreciated Diogenite -- 60. GRA 98108-Olivine Diogenite -- 61. EET 87503 and Pairs-Howard Ite -- 62. MIL 03443-HED Dunite -- 63. QUE 93148-Ungrouped Achondrite -- 64. ALH A81005 -Lunar Anorthositic Breccia -- 65. EET 87521/96008-Lunar Basaltic Brecia (Polymict) -- 66. MIL 05035-Unbreciated Lunar Gabro -- 67. LAP 02205-Unbreciated Lunar Basalt -- 68. MAC 88105-Lunar Anorthositic Breccia -- 69. ALH 84001-Martian Orthopyroxenite -- 70. EET A79001-Shergottite -- 71. QUE 94201-Basaltic Shergottite -- 72. ALH A77005-Lherzolitic Shergottite -- 73. RBT 04261,262-Lherzolitic Shergottite -- 74. MIL 03346-Nakhlite -- 75. EET 87500, 501-Mesosiderite -- 76. RKP A79015-Mesosiderite -- 77. CMS 04069-Pallasite -- 78. DRP A78001-IIAB Iron -- 79. MET 00400-IIAB Iron -- 80. HOW 88403-Sulfide-Rich Iron -- Chapter 4 Primitive Asteroids: Expanding the Range of Known Primitive Materials -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. CR Chondrites -- 4.2.1. Organic Compounds in CR2 Chondrites -- 4.3. Metal-Rich CH and CB Chondrites -- 4.3.1. New Type of Metal-Rich Chondrites -- 4.4. Unequilibrated Enstatite (E3) Chondrites (Plates 28 to 31) -- 4.5. K Chondrites -- 4.6. R Chondrites (Plates 35 and 36) -- 4.7. Presolar Grains -- 4.8. Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 5 Achondrites and Irons: Products of Magmatism on Strongly Heated Asteroids -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Ultrametamorphosed Chondritic Material: The Acapulcoite-Lodranite Clan of Primitive Achondrites.
5.3. Asteroidal Cores: Ungrouped Iron Meteorites -- 5.4. Asteroidal Mantles: Ureilites -- 5.5. Asteroidal Crust-Mantle Suite: Brachinites -- 5.6. Asteroidal Crusts -- 5.6.1. The Howardite-Eucrite-Diogenite (HED) Clan -- 5.6.2. Angrites -- 5.7. Summary -- References -- Chapter 6 ANSMET Meteorites from the Moon -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Experimental Methods -- 6.3. Lunar Fragmental and Regolith Breccias -- 6.4. Compositional Systematics -- 6.5. Roster of Ansmet Lunar Meteorites -- 6.5.1. Allan Hills A81005 -- 6.5.2. Elephant Moraine 87521 and 96008 -- 6.5.3. MacAlpine Hills 88104 and 88105 -- 6.5.4. Queen Alexandra Range 93069 and 94269 -- 6.5.5. Queen Alexandra Range 94281 -- 6.5.6. Meteorite Hills 01210 -- 6.5.7. Pecora Escarpment 02007 -- 6.5.8. LaPaz Icefield 02205, 02224, 02226, 02436, 03632, and 04841 -- 6.5.9. Miller Range 05035 -- 6.5.10. Graves Nunataks 06157 -- 6.5.11. Larkman Nunatak 06638 -- 6.5.12. Miller Range 07006 -- 6.5.13. Miller Range 090034, 090070, and 090075 -- 6.5.14. Miller Range 090036 -- 6.6. Discussion and Summary -- References -- Chapter 7 Meteorites from Mars, via Antarctica -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Background and Geologic Context -- 7.3. Lherzolitic Shergottite: Alh A77005 -- 7.4. Olivine-Phyric Shergottite: EET A79001 -- 7.5. Orthopyroxenite: ALH 84001 -- 7.6. Basaltic Shergottite: QUE 94201 -- 7.7. Nakhlite: MIL 03346 -- 7.8. Summary -- References -- Chapter 8 Meteorite Misfits: Fuzzy Clues to Solar System Processes -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Materials and Processes in the Solar Nebula -- 8.3. Nebular or Parent Body? -- 8.4. Parent Body Aqueous Alteration -- 8.5. Impact Products -- 8.6. Chondrite-Achondrite Links -- 8.7. Igneous Differentiation -- 8.8. Spacecraft Missions -- 8.9. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 9 Cosmogenic Nuclides in Antarctic Meteorites -- 9.1. Introduction -- 9.2. Terrestrial Ages.
9.2.1. Simplest Calculation of Terrestrial Ages.
Abstract:
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 curation, characterization, distribution, and storage at NASA, and classified and stored for long term at the Smithsonian. It is the largest collection in the world with many significant samples including lunar, martian, many interesting chondrites and achondrites, and even several unusual one-of-a-kind meteorites from as yet unidentified parent bodies. Many Antarctic meteorites have helped to define new meteorite groups. No previous formal publication has covered the entire collection, and an overall summary of its impact and significant samples has been lacking. In addition, available statistics for the collection are out of date and need to be updated for the use of the community. 35 seasons of U.S. Antarctic Meteorites (1976-2011): A Pictorial Guide to the Collection is the first comprehensive volume that portrays the most updated key significant meteoritic samples from Antarctica. 35 seasons of U.S. Antarctic Meteorites presents a broad overview of the program and collection nearly four decades after its beginnings. The collection has been a consistent and reliable source of astromaterials for a large, diverse, and active scientific community. Volume highlights include: â¢Â    Overview of the history, field practices, curation approaches â¢Â    Special focus on specific meteorite types and the impact of the collection on understanding these groups (primitive chondrites, differentiated meteorites, lunar and martian meteorites) â¢Â    Role of Antarctic meteorites in influencing the determination of space and
terrestrial exposure ages for meteorites â¢Â    Statistical summary of the collection by year, region, meteorite type, as well as a comparison to modern falls and hot desert finds â¢Â    The central portion of the book features 80 color plates each of which highlights more influential and interesting samples from the collection. 35 seasons of U.S. Antarctic Meteorites would be of special interest to a multidisciplinary audience in meteoritics, including advanced graduate students and geoscientists specializing in mineralogy, petrology, geochemistry, astronomy, near-earth object science, astrophysics, and astrobiology.Â.
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