The crust structure of the Morasko meteorite – a preliminary hypothesis
22. Mai 2017
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Online veröffentlicht: 22. Mai 2017
Seitenbereich: 53 - 56
Eingereicht: 06. Jan. 2017
Akzeptiert: 28. Feb. 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/logos-2017-0005
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© 2017 Wojciech T.J. Stankowski, published by De Gruyter Open
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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.