The crust structure of the Morasko meteorite – a preliminary hypothesis

Wojciech T.J. Stankowski

doi:10.1515/logos-2017-0005

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The crust structure of the Morasko meteorite – a preliminary hypothesis

Geologos

Volume 23 (2017): Issue 1 (March 2017)

By: Wojciech T.J. Stankowski

Open Access

|May 2017

Abstract

A small piece of the Morasko meteorite, weighing 970 g, yields traces of its journey through the Earth’s atmosphere and of its impact into a mineral substrate, such as reflected in the meteorite’s crust. This is seen in the crust structure in the form of sintered as well as fusion and semi-fusion layers for which ablative niches are optimum sites. Subsequent weathering processes have resulted in significant mineralogical changes in the crusts. The meteorite crusts originated during polygenetic processes.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/logos-2017-0005 | Journal eISSN: 2080-6574 | Journal ISSN: 1426-8981

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Language: English

Page range: 53 - 56

Submitted on: Jan 6, 2017

Accepted on: Feb 28, 2017

Published on: May 22, 2017

Published by: Adam Mickiewicz University

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 3 issues per year

Keywords:

sintered crust,

fusion crust,

genesis,

SEM,

EDS

Related subjects:

Geosciences,

Geophysics,

Geology and mineralogy,

Geosciences, other

© 2017 Wojciech T.J. Stankowski, published by Adam Mickiewicz University
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Volume 23 (2017): Issue 1 (March 2017)