When
3:45 p.m., Sept. 25, 2012
Where
Kuiper Space Sciences 308
Dr. Sandra Pizzarello
Emeritus Professor and Research Professor
Arizona State University
"On the Rocks: The Organic Materials of Carbonaceous Meteorites"
Abstract:
The soluble and insoluble organic compositions of Carbonaceous Chondrites have been studied and extensively characterized for over forty years now. However, little is still known of whether or how the syntheses of these meteorite organics, which likely spanned solar as well as presolar cosmic environments, might relate to the concomitant evolution of their host mineral phases. Recent results and surprising new data have changed our general assumptions on this topic; they will be presented and discussed.
Host: Tom Zega
Emeritus Professor and Research Professor
Arizona State University
"On the Rocks: The Organic Materials of Carbonaceous Meteorites"
Abstract:
The soluble and insoluble organic compositions of Carbonaceous Chondrites have been studied and extensively characterized for over forty years now. However, little is still known of whether or how the syntheses of these meteorite organics, which likely spanned solar as well as presolar cosmic environments, might relate to the concomitant evolution of their host mineral phases. Recent results and surprising new data have changed our general assumptions on this topic; they will be presented and discussed.
Host: Tom Zega
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