The crust structure of the Morasko meteorite – a preliminary hypothesis
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Keywords

sintered crust
fusion crust
genesis
SEM
EDS

How to Cite

Stankowski, W. T. (2017). The crust structure of the Morasko meteorite – a preliminary hypothesis. Geologos, 23(1), 53–56. https://doi.org/10.1515/logos-2017-0005

Abstract

A small piece of the Morasko meteorite, weighing 970 g, yields traces of its journey through the Earth’s atmosphere and of its impact into a mineral substrate, such as reflected in the meteorite’s crust. This is seen in the crust structure in the form of sintered as well as fusion and semi-fusion layers for which ablative niches are optimum sites. Subsequent weathering processes have resulted in significant mineralogical changes in the crusts. The meteorite crusts originated during polygenetic processes.

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