A new type of solar-system material recovered from Ordovician marine limestone

B. Schmitz; Q. -Z. Yin; M. E. Sanborn; M. Tassinari; C. E. Caplan; G. R. Huss

doi:10.1038/ncomms11851

Nature Communications (Jun 2016)

A new type of solar-system material recovered from Ordovician marine limestone

B. Schmitz,
Q. -Z. Yin,
M. E. Sanborn,
M. Tassinari,
C. E. Caplan,
G. R. Huss

Affiliations

B. Schmitz: Department of Physics, Astrogeobiology Laboratory, Lund University
Q. -Z. Yin: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California at Davis
M. E. Sanborn: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California at Davis
M. Tassinari: Department of Physics, Astrogeobiology Laboratory, Lund University
C. E. Caplan: Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
G. R. Huss: Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawai'i at Manoa

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11851
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Meteorites falling on Earth today are believed to represent 100–150 parent bodies. Within 470 Myr ago sediments at a limestone quarry in Sweden, Schmitz et al. have found and identified a new type of meteorite based on chromium and oxygen isotopes sourced from a previously unknown parental body.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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