P21A:
Nondestructive Study of Meteorites
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Session ID#: 6811
Session Description:
Each meteorite represents a research opportunity and therefore preservation is highly desirable. Non-destructive study of meteorites allow the acquisition of critical data without altering the material and/or to strategically plan which subset of the samples might be subsequently used in more invasive investigations. This session features a wide range of non-destructive analytical techniques including, but not limited to, high-resolution 3D laser imaging of meteorite surfaces; measurements of physical properties such as electrical and thermal conductivity, magnetic susceptibility and density, micro X-ray diffraction and tomography, and numerical modelling of these data. The session welcomes contributions on advances on the techniques themselves and associated challenges, and on new knowledge on meteorites derived from their application. It covers studies of meteorites at different scales, from detailed mineralogy at the micron-scale to hand samples.
OSPA Liaison: Claire Samson, Carleton University, Earth Sciences, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Chairs: Roberta L Flemming, University of Western Ontario, Earth Sciences, London, ON, Canada and Claire Samson, Carleton University, Earth Sciences, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Primary Convener: Claire Samson, Carleton University, Earth Sciences, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Convener: Roberta L Flemming, University of Western Ontario, Earth Sciences, London, ON, Canada
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Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
Characterization of Meteorites by Focused Ion Beam Sectioning: Recent Applications to CAIs and Primitive Meteorite Matrices (Invited) (36689)
Roy Christoffersen, Jacobs/JETS Contract, NASA Johnson Space Center, Mail Code XI2, Houston, United States, Lindsay P Keller, NASA Johnson Space Ctr, Mail Code XI2, Houston, TX, United States, Jangmi Han, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston, TX, United States, Zia Rahman, Jacobs/JETS Contract, NASA Johnson Space Center, Mail Code XI2, Houston, TX, United States and Eve L. Berger, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, United States
Investigation of Changes in Sample Density During Impact Processes Using X-Ray Analysis (Invited) (35809)
Melissa Strait1, Sarah Jack1, Angela Clayton1, George Flynn2 and Daniel D Durda3, (1)Alma College, Alma, MI, United States, (2)State University of New York-Plattsburgh, Physics, Plattsburgh, NY, United States, (3)Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, CO, United States
Non-destructive analyses of Martian meteorites using Raman Spectroscopy (Invited) (33958)
Kim Tait1, Matthew R Izawa1, Desmond Moser2 and Brendt C Hyde1, (1)Royal Ontario Museum, Natural History, Mineralogy, Toronto, ON, Canada, (2)University of Western Ontario, Department of Earth Sciences, London, ON, Canada
Nebular Conditions in the Early Solar System from the 3D Tomography of Chondrules. (36018)
Christopher Charles1, Don Davis2, Phil J A McCausland3, Pierre Yves Robin2, Joseph Umoh4 and David Holdsworth4, (1)University of Ottawa, AEL AMS Laboratory, Ottawa, ON, Canada, (2)University of Toronto, Earth Sciences, Toronto, ON, Canada, (3)University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, (4)Western University, Robarts Research Institute, London, ON, Canada
Volumetric Analysis and Phase Discrimination in Meteorites by Medical X-Ray Micro-CT (36337)
David Edey1,2, Roberta L Flemming3, Steven Pollmann2, Daniel Lorusso2,4, Maria Drangova2,5, Phil J A McCausland6 and David Holdsworth7, (1)Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, (2)Robarts Research Institute, Imaging Research Laboratories, London, ON, Canada, (3)University of Western Ontario, Earth Sciences, London, ON, Canada, (4)University of Western Ontario, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, ON, Canada, (5)University of Western Ontario, Department of Medical Biophysics, London, ON, Canada, (6)University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, (7)Western University, Robarts Research Institute, London, ON, Canada
Non-destructive markers of parent body aqueous alteration in carbonaceous chondrites based on magnetometry and X-ray diffraction of mm-sized meteorite fragments (35871)
Agnes Elmaleh1, Martine Gérard1, Benoît Baptiste1, Serena C. Tarantino2, Brigitte Zanda1 and Michele Zema2, (1)Sorbonne Universités - UPMC / CNRS, Institut de Minéralogie de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie (IMPMC), Paris, France, (2)Università degli Studi di Pavia, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e dell'Ambiente, Pavia, Italy
