[meteorite-list] Questions - meteoritics

From: Bernd Pauli HD <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:41:12 2004
Message-ID: <3A96E6E0.9ED2B99B_at_lehrer1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>

Robert Beauford wrote:

> oxygen fugacity: properties are given in
> terms of FMQ and IW... What are these?

QFM = quartz-fayalite-magnetite oxygen buffer

> What is 1.3Ga as a unit of time?

1.3 Ga = 1.3 billion years
[G = giga; a = year (French: an, année; Latin: annum)]

> IDP

IDP = usually: Interplanetary Dust Particles

... but does it make sense in your context?

> cotectic melting

Eutectic = melting readily
(Greek "tektos" = molten; hence the word "tektite")

"co-" should indicate something like "melting in
combination with/at the same time as something
else (just a guess!)


Best wishes,

Bernd
Received on Fri 23 Feb 2001 05:40:32 PM PST