Mineralogical alteration of artificial meteorites during atmospheric entry. The STONE-5 experiment

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 976-984

  Brandstätter, Franz ^a   Brack, André ^b   Baglioni, Pietro ^c   Cockell, Charles S ^d   Demets, René ^c   Edwards, Howell G M ^e   Kurat, Gero ^a   Osinski, Gordon R ^f   Pillinger, Judith M ^d   Roten, Claude Alain ^g   Sancisi Frey, Suzy ^d  

^a NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

^b CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Canada)

^g Institut de Genetique et de Biologie Microbiennes Universite de Lausanne   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Artificial meteorite; Atmospheric entry; Dolerite; Fusion crust; Gneiss impactite; Sandstone

Indexed keywords

MICROORGANISMS; REENTRY; ROCKS; SPACE DEBRIS;

ARTIFICIAL METEORITE; ATMOSPHERIC ENTRY; FUSION CRUST; GNEISS IMPACTITE;

MINERALOGY;

EID: 42749095795     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2007.12.014     Document Type: Article

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