Discovery of Hg-Cu-bearing metal-sulfide assemblages in a primitive H-3 chondrite: Towards a new insight in early solar system processes

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 349-350, Issue , 2012, Pages 261-271

  Caillet Komorowski, Catherine ^a   El Goresy, Ahmed ^b   Miyahara, Masaaki ^c   Boudouma, Omar ^d   Ma, Chi ^e  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Université Pierre et Marie Curie   (France)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accretionary intergrowth textures; Hg metal; Hg and Cu sulfides; Native Cu; Opaque mineral aggregates; Tieschitz unequilibrated ordinary chondrite

Indexed keywords

CO-EVAPORATIONS; COLD SURFACE; EARLY SOLAR SYSTEMS; HG CONCENTRATIONS; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESSING; INTERGROWTH; LOW TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS; MINERAL AGGREGATE; ORDINARY CHONDRITES; PARENT BODIES; PHASE RELATION; POLYCRYSTALLINE; POLYCRYSTALLINITY; RECONDENSATION; SULFIDATION; SURFACE REGION;

AGGREGATES; ASTEROIDS; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; METALS; METEORITES; MINERALOGY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SOLAR SYSTEM; SUBLIMATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TEXTURES;

MERCURY (METAL);

AGGREGATE; ASTEROID; CHONDRITE; CONDENSATION; COPPER; MERCURY (ELEMENT); SOLAR SYSTEM; SUBLIMATION; TEXTURE;

EID: 84865464552     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.06.039     Document Type: Article

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