Yanzhuang Meteorite: Mineralogy and Shock Metamorphism

by Xiande Xie and Ming Chen

Book Overview

Preface.- Samples and experimental methods.- General introduction of the Yanzhuang meteorite.- Microstructures and shock metamorphic features of minerals in the unmelted chondritic portion.- Morphology and petrography of shock-produced melt veins and melt pockets.- Transparent minerals and silicate glass in shock-produced melt.- Vapor-grown crystals in the Yanzhuang meteorite.- Morphology and cooling rates of metal-sulfide eutectic nodules.- Intra-microstructures...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811507376
• ISBN13: 9789811507373
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"