| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Special publications ; 68 |
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Special publication (American Geophysical Union) ; 68.
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| Contents |
The origin and early history of the United States search for Antarctic meteorites (ANSMET) -- Fieldwork methods of the US Antarctic search for meteorites program -- Curation and allocation of samples in the US Antarctic meteorite collection -- Pictorial guide to selected meteorites -- Primitive asteroids : expanding the range of known primitive materials -- Achondrites and irons : products of magmatism on strongly heated asteroids -- ANSMET meteorites from the moon -- Meteorites from mars, via antarctica -- Meteorite misfits : fuzzy clues to solar system processes -- Cosmogenic nuclides in antarctic meteorites -- A statistical look at the US Antarctic meteorite collection |
| Summary |
The US Antarctic meteorite collection exists due to a cooperative program involving the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the Smithsonian Institution. Since 1976, meteorites have been collected by a NSF-funded field team, shipped for curation, characterization, distribution, and storage at NASA, and classified and stored for long term at the Smithsonian. It is the largest collection in the world with many significant samples including lunar, martian, many interesting chondrites and achondrites, and even several unusual one-of-a- |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher |
| Subject |
Meteorites -- Catalogs and collections
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Meteorites -- Antarctica
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Meteorites -- United States
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SCIENCE -- Astronomy.
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Meteorites.
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Antarctica.
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United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Catalogs and collections.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Righter, K. (Kevin), 1965-
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Corrigan, Catherine
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Harvey, Ralph (Ralph P.)
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McCoy, Tim (Timothy J.)
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| LC no. |
2014019039 |
| ISBN |
9781118798461 |
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1118798465 |
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9781118798386 |
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1118798384 |
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