The thermoluminescence of meteorites: a brief 2010 perspective

• Autorzy: Sears D. W. G.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Early work on meteorite thermoluminescence, influenced by pottery dating and dosimetry applications, demonstrated a relationship between natural thermoluminescence and (1) the orbital per-ihelion of a meteorite and (2) the terrestrial age (time since fall) of a meteorite. For 14 years natural TL measurements were routinely made on newly recovered Antarctic meteorites to help identify unu-sual thermal and radiation histories, and to sort them by terrestrial age and perihelion. Two examples of the value of such data are presented, an Antarctic meteorite that underwent a major orbit change prior to fall and the collection mechanics of meteorites at the Lewis Cliff collection site. A second major area of focus for meteorite TL, that has no non-meteorite heritage, is the use of their induced TL to provide an extraordinarily sensitive and quantitative means of exploring metamorphic intensity and palaeothermometry. While especially valuable for unequilibrated ordinary chondrites, these types of measurement have proved useful with virtually every major class of meteorite, asteroidal and plan-etary. The challenge now is to extend the technique to small particles, micrometeorites, interplanetary dust particles, and cometary particles.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

thermoluminescence; meteorites; orbits; Terrestrial Age; metamorphism

• Wydawca: De Gruyter
• Czasopismo: Geochronometria
• Rocznik: 2011
• Tom: Vol. 38, no. 3
• Strony: 303--313
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 112 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Sears D. W. G.

• Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Sciences and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA,

Bibliografia

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