[meteorite-list] Scientific book on meteorites

From: Alexander Seidel <gsac_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:57:26 +0200
Message-ID: <20070822205726.117100_at_gmx.net>

One of the more advanced books on meteorites, providing a good general
overview and specific insights into different classes of meteorites,
(..even for the interested layman, and a non-professional like me),
uses to be:

      Reviews in Mineralogy Volume 36
      "PLANETARY MATERIALS"
      (J. J. Papike, Ed., ISBN 0-939950-46-4)
      (c) 1998 Mineralogical Society of America

I stumbled upon this work again a short time ago when I was looking for some info about the CR class of meteorites, while at the same time I realized this was issued about nine years ago. Now I wonder whether there has been any "update" work issued ever since, or may be a book somehow comparable to this very remarkable volume. I don?t mean a journal like MAPS, which I am automatically subscribed to as a MetSoc member, but I rather think of a similar comprehensive "overview book" with more up-to-date scientific details.

Any suggestions from the experts? Or do you know of a volume possibly in the pipeline, not yet issued, which may satisfy the needs for an update overview?

Alex
Berlin/Germany
Received on Wed 22 Aug 2007 04:57:26 PM PDT