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The role of chondrules in nebular fractionations of volatiles and other elementsFor at least 30 years, cosmochemists have been grappling with the question of how and why groups of geochemically and volatility related elements became fractionated in the major chondrite groups. At least five relatively independent fractionations are known. Virtually everyone who has thought about these facts has been attempted to attribute at least some of the fractionations to the physical separation or mixing of the visible components. By far the most abundant of these components in meteorites is chondrules, and indeed chondrules have long been suspected of playing a direct role in fractionation of volatile elements. The question addressed here is whether chondrules formed before or after chemical components became separated is of fundamental importance to our understanding of the early solar system, as the answer constrains how, when, where, and from what chondrules formed, and tells us about how materials were processed in the nebula.
Document ID
19950012885
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Grossman, J. N.
(Geological Survey Reston, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1994
Publication Information
Publication: Lunar and Planetary Inst., Papers Presented to the Conference on Chondrules and the Protoplanetary Disk
Subject Category
Astrophysics
Accession Number
95N19300
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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