<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>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.</p></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.

The crust structure of the Morasko meteorite – a preliminary hypothesis

Geologos

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

{"article-title":"The crust structure of the Morasko meteorite \u2013 a preliminary hypothesis"}

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,...

The crust structure of the Morasko meteorite – a preliminary hypothesis

Published Online: May 22, 2017

Page range: 53 - 56

Received: Jan 06, 2017

Accepted: Feb 28, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/logos-2017-0005

Keywords
sintered crust, fusion crust, genesis, SEM, EDS

© 2017 Wojciech T.J. Stankowski, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The crust structure of the Morasko meteorite – a preliminary hypothesis

Published Online: May 22, 2017

Page range: 53 - 56

Received: Jan 06, 2017

Accepted: Feb 28, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/logos-2017-0005

Keywordssintered crust, fusion crust, genesis, SEM, EDS

© 2017 Wojciech T.J. Stankowski, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
sintered crust, fusion crust, genesis, SEM, EDS