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PLANETARY SCIENCE: Enhanced: A Meteorite Falls on Ice
Jeffrey N. Grossman
Primitive meteorites provide a glimpse into the early history of our solar system, but some of the most primitive meteorites are also rarely found on Earth. In his Perspective, Grossman explains why the fall of the Tagish Lake meteorite on 18 January 2000 in British Columbia, Canada, was a lucky event for meteorite researchers. The first analysis of the meteorite is reported by Brown et al. Well-preserved organic matter in the meteorite provides a unique opportunity to study the nature and origin of organic matter that may have accreted on early Earth and played a role in the origin of life.
The author is at the U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA 20192, USA. E-mail: jgrossman{at}usgs.gov
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Peter G. Brown, Alan R. Hildebrand, Michael E. Zolensky, Monica Grady, Robert N. Clayton, Toshiko K. Mayeda, Edward Tagliaferri, Richard Spalding, Neil D. MacRae, Eric L. Hoffman, David W. Mittlefehldt, John F. Wacker, J. Andrew Bird, Margaret D. Campbell, Robert Carpenter, Heather Gingerich, Michael Glatiotis, Erika Greiner, Michael J. Mazur, Phil JA. McCausland, Howard Plotkin, and Tina Rubak Mazur (13 October 2000) Science290 (5490), 320.
[DOI: 10.1126/science.290.5490.320] |Abstract »|Full Text »|PDF »
