[meteorite-list] Meteorite shows evidence of ancient volcanism on a long-gone protoplanet

From: Paul <etchplain_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2019 20:32:57 -0500
Message-ID: <ff8658ab-8bc4-1e0b-3db4-16828bd9693d_at_att.net>

A meteorite older than Earth shows evidence of ancient
volcanism on a long-gone protoplanet, Phil Plait, SYFY WIRE
https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/a-meteorite-older-than-earth-shows-evidence-of-ancient-volcanism-on-a-long-gone-protoplanet

Oldest-ever igneous meteorite contains clues to planet
building blocks. University of Arizona, August 2, 2018
https://asunow.asu.edu/20180802-oldest-ever-igneous-meteorite-contains-clues-planet-building-blocks

Taylor, G.J., 2018. The Oldest Volcanic Meteorite: A Silica-Rich Lava
on a Geologically Complex Planetesimal. Planetary Science Research
Discoveries Report, Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology
http://www.psrd.hawaii.edu/Aug18/PSRD-oldest-volcanic-meteorite.pdf

Some papers are:

Hoffmann, V.H., Wimmer, K., Hochleitner, R. and Kaliwoda, M., 2018,
March. Northwest Africa (NWA) 11119---Probing an Unknown Early
Planetary Body?. In Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (Vol. 49).
https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2018/pdf/2468.pdf

Srinivasan, P., Dunlap, D.R., Agee, C.B., Wadhwa, M., Coleff, D., Ziegler,
K., Zeigler, R. and McCubbin, F.M., 2018. Silica-rich volcanism in the
early solar system dated at 4.565 Ga. Nature communications, 9(1),
p.30-36. Open Access
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-05501-0

Yours,

Paul H.
Received on Fri 06 Sep 2019 09:32:57 PM PDT