Olivine-rich achondrites from Vesta and the missing mantle problem

Zoltan Vaci; James M. D. Day; Marine Paquet; Karen Ziegler; Qing-Zhu Yin; Supratim Dey; Audrey Miller; Carl Agee; Rainer Bartoschewitz; Andreas Pack

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-25808-9

Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

Olivine-rich achondrites from Vesta and the missing mantle problem

Zoltan Vaci,
James M. D. Day,
Marine Paquet,
Karen Ziegler,
Qing-Zhu Yin,
Supratim Dey,
Audrey Miller,
Carl Agee,
Rainer Bartoschewitz,
Andreas Pack

Affiliations

Zoltan Vaci: Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico
James M. D. Day: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego
Marine Paquet: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego
Karen Ziegler: Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico
Qing-Zhu Yin: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Davis
Supratim Dey: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Davis
Audrey Miller: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California Davis
Carl Agee: Institute of Meteoritics, University of New Mexico
Rainer Bartoschewitz: Bartoschewitz Meteorite Laboratory
Andreas Pack: Georg-August-Universität

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25808-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Ultramafic olivine-rich achondrites provide insight into the missing mantle problem in the asteroid belt. The petrology and geochemistry of these samples suggests they are related to Vesta or the Vestoids.

Published in Nature Communications

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