This book, "Meteorites and the Early Solar System II," edited by D. S. Lauretta and H. Y. McSween Jr., is a comprehensive study of meteorites and their role in understanding the early solar system. The book is divided into nine parts, each focusing on different aspects of meteoritics and the formation of the solar system.
Part I provides an overview of meteoritics, including the types of extraterrestrial materials available for study and recent advances in meteoritics and cosmochemistry. Part II explores the presolar epoch, discussing nucleosynthesis, the origin and evolution of carbonaceous presolar grains, and the chemical processes in the interstellar medium.
Part III delves into the disk formation epoch, covering the collapse of presolar clouds, the population of starting materials for solar system construction, and the physics and chemistry of nebular evolution. Part IV examines the first nebular epoch, focusing on the timescales of the solar protoplanetary disk, the condensation of rocky materials, and the origin of water ice in the solar system.
Part V discusses the second nebular epoch, including irradiation processes, particle-gas dynamics, transient heating events, and chemical processes in igneous calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions. Part VI covers the accretion epoch, with topics such as chronological constraints on planetesimal accretion, accretion dynamics, and meteoritic diversity.
Part VII explores the parent-body epoch, focusing on alteration and metamorphism, including timescales and settings for alteration of chondritic meteorites, asteroidal heating, and the action of water. Part VIII discusses melting and differentiation, covering timescales of planetesimal differentiation, asteroid differentiation, and the evolution of asteroidal cores.
Part IX examines the planetary epoch, with topics such as the timing, mechanisms, and conditions of terrestrial planet accretion and early differentiation, compositional relationships between meteorites and terrestrial planets, and weathering of chondritic meteorites.
The book also includes sections on the flux of extraterrestrial materials, terrestrial ages of meteorites, a glossary, and a color section.This book, "Meteorites and the Early Solar System II," edited by D. S. Lauretta and H. Y. McSween Jr., is a comprehensive study of meteorites and their role in understanding the early solar system. The book is divided into nine parts, each focusing on different aspects of meteoritics and the formation of the solar system.
Part I provides an overview of meteoritics, including the types of extraterrestrial materials available for study and recent advances in meteoritics and cosmochemistry. Part II explores the presolar epoch, discussing nucleosynthesis, the origin and evolution of carbonaceous presolar grains, and the chemical processes in the interstellar medium.
Part III delves into the disk formation epoch, covering the collapse of presolar clouds, the population of starting materials for solar system construction, and the physics and chemistry of nebular evolution. Part IV examines the first nebular epoch, focusing on the timescales of the solar protoplanetary disk, the condensation of rocky materials, and the origin of water ice in the solar system.
Part V discusses the second nebular epoch, including irradiation processes, particle-gas dynamics, transient heating events, and chemical processes in igneous calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions. Part VI covers the accretion epoch, with topics such as chronological constraints on planetesimal accretion, accretion dynamics, and meteoritic diversity.
Part VII explores the parent-body epoch, focusing on alteration and metamorphism, including timescales and settings for alteration of chondritic meteorites, asteroidal heating, and the action of water. Part VIII discusses melting and differentiation, covering timescales of planetesimal differentiation, asteroid differentiation, and the evolution of asteroidal cores.
Part IX examines the planetary epoch, with topics such as the timing, mechanisms, and conditions of terrestrial planet accretion and early differentiation, compositional relationships between meteorites and terrestrial planets, and weathering of chondritic meteorites.
The book also includes sections on the flux of extraterrestrial materials, terrestrial ages of meteorites, a glossary, and a color section.