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35 seasons of US antarctic meteorites (1976-2010): a pictorial guide to the collection

The US Antarctic meteorite collection exists due to a cooperative program involving the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the Smithsonian Institution.  Since 1976, meteorites have been collected by a NSF-funded field team, shipped for c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Righter, Kevin, Corrigan, Catherine, McCoy, Timothy, Harvey, Ralph
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: Wiley 2014
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/2230064
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Sumario:The US Antarctic meteorite collection exists due to a cooperative program involving the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the Smithsonian Institution.  Since 1976, meteorites have been collected by a NSF-funded field team, shipped for curation, characterization, distribution, and storage at NASA, and classified and stored for long term at the Smithsonian.  It is the largest collection in the world with many significant samples including lunar, martian, many interesting chondrites and achondrites, and even several unusual one-of-