Why aqueous alteration in asteroids was isochemical: High porosity ≠ high permeability

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 287, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 559-568

  Bland, Philip A ^a,b   Jackson, Matthew D ^a   Coker, Robert F ^c   Cohen, Barbara A ^d   Webber, J Beau W ^e,f   Lee, Martin R ^g   Duffy, Christina M ^a   Chater, Richard J ^a   Ardakani, Mahmoud G ^a   McPhail, David S ^a   McComb, David W ^a   Benedix, Gretchen K ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^f HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

asteroidal alteration; carbonaceous chondrite; closed open system; fluid flow; isochemical alteration; meteorite; permeability

Indexed keywords

ASTEROIDAL ALTERATION; CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE; CLOSED/OPEN SYSTEM; FLUID FLOW; ISOCHEMICAL ALTERATION; PERMEABILITY;

ASTEROIDS; CAPILLARITY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; ISOTOPES; LIQUIDS; OXYGEN; PETROGRAPHY; SOLAR SYSTEM; THERMOANALYSIS;

METEORITES;

ASTEROID; CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY;

EID: 70350222005     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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