吉林陨石的形成和演化过程

在对吉林陨石进行多学科综合研究所取得的成果基础上,我们对吉林陨石的形成演化过程作了如下讨论:(1)太阳星云的凝聚过程:根据吉林陨石的凝聚和固化年龄和矿物的组合,探讨了太阳星云凝聚的过程;(2)吉林陨石母体的热变质过程:从稀有气体的丢失,全岩化学成分的特征,稀土元素的自纯化过程和橄榄石、斜方辉石成分的稳定性,讨论了热变质过程的特征;(3)吉林陨石母体的冷却过程:根据镍纹石的镍含量和宽度,还根据矿物中Ar和裂变径迹的保存性,分析了吉林陨石母体的冷却史;(4)吉林陨石母体的破碎和宇宙线照射历史:根据对宇宙成因He3、Ne20,21,22、Ar38、Na22、Al26、Mn54、Mn53和Co60的测定结果,提出了吉林陨石的两阶段照射历史的模式。第一阶段的吉林陨石母体,年龄10—11my,r=10m,确定了各样品在母体中的相对位置;第二阶段的吉林陨石母体,年龄0.3—0.5my,r=80—90cm确定了各样品的埋藏深度及通过大气层后的烧失量;(5)吉林陨石的降落过程:讨论了吉林陨星在太阳系空间和大气层中的轨道及降落过程。      

吉林陨石（H5）的冲击压缩线及其意义

在二级轻气炮动高压装置上运用电探针技术测量了具有H群球粒陨石典型代表性的吉林陨石冲击压缩线。当冲击压力>～70GPa时,吉林陨石发生相变,其高压相零压密度为4.425g/cm~3,硅酸盐部分高压相零压密度为4.068g/cm~3。吉林陨石冲击压缩性质的研究结果与地球形成的星子堆积模型(IAB铁陨石+H群球粒陨石)一致。此外,根据陨石或其类似物的冲击压缩线,用阻抗匹配原理计算了主要类型陨石中重要冲击特征形成的最小碰撞速度,揭示了陨石冲击效应形成的动力学条件与空间环境。     

吉林陨石冲击波压缩和幔岩模型

应用冲击波试验技术研究吉林陨石在冲击压缩期间所出现的相转变。试验雨贡纽点采用最小二乘方去拟合伯奇-默纳汉或默纳汉状态方程分析。文中提出了估计吉林陨石高压态的零压参数方法;试验结果得出,在高压吉林陨石中大部分矿物形成高压相矿物聚合体。它的零压密度为4.395g/cm3,可能含有零压密度6.32g/cm3的钙钛矿结构矿物。计算得出,吉林陨石硅酸盐相零压密度是4.10g/cm3。显然,它与地球模式的下地幔矿物聚合体的零压密度(4.15g/cm3)极一致。由此得出,原始下地幔可能是普通球粒陨石;原始地核是铁陨石小行星。这样,陨石和铁镁硅酸盐中的铁化物岐变,随着地球增长源源不断的提供外核的铁来源。      

吉林陨石稀有气体的分布特征及其热历史的初步探讨

吉林陨石的宇成和放射成因稀有气体存在大幅度的变化.宇成3He、20, 21, 22Ne和38Ar_c之间彼此近似线性相关, 放射成因4He和40Ar之间近似线性相关.放射成因4He、40Ar与作为陨星深度标尺的宇成60Co间近似线性相关, 但与作为吉林陨石母体深度标尺的21Ne之间不存在线性相关.上述事实表明:4He和40Ar在吉林陨石中的分布是不均匀的, 在吉林母体中的分布是不规则的, 而在吉林流星中, 由表面至中心呈现递增的倾向.我们试图用吉林陨石母体与小行星间的碰撞效应解释用4He和40Ar的上述独特分布特征.      

铁陨石中若干元素的仪器中子活化分析及其化学分类

本文采用堆中子和超硼中子活化方法对Mundrabilla、浙江宁波、湖北黄陵、河北商都、广西南丹、贵州董岭、四川乐山、广西邕宁、新疆准噶尔等九个铁陨石和吉林陨石的金属颗粒作了分析,测定了Ge,Ga,Ir,Ni,Au,As,Cu和Co等八个元素的含量。并对九个铁陨石作了化学群的分类,它们分别属于ⅠAB,ⅢAB,ⅢCD和IVA群。南丹和董岭铁陨石的化学组成极为相似,它们可能是“成对”的铁陨石。      

我国九个球粒陨石化学组成的研究

在球粒陨石化学组成的研究中,经过试验我们建立了测定各化学元素的分析流程,测定了九个球粒陨石样品中各元素的含量,根据测定结果论证了它们各自所属的化学群、氧化还原趋势以及某些共同特征。     

若干陨石微量元素的仪器中子活化分析

中子活化分析特别是仪器中子活化分析具有灵敏度高、使用样品量少、可同时测定多种元素、容易避免样品污染等优点,因而广泛地应用于地学和空间化学的研究中,本工作采用热中子仪器活化分析对安龙、东台、阳江、吉兰太、吉林、清镇等六个石陨石的微量元素进行了测定。分析中采用相对比较法,以美国地质调查所标准岩石样品G-1作为直接多元素标准,为了检验分析方法的准确性,还用G-1标准岩石对部分单元素液体标准做了对比验证分析,结果表明在误差范围内符合得较好,证明本方法是可靠的。     

安徽亳县球粒陨石的铅同位素研究

本文报道了安徽亳县LL4型球粒陨石的全岩、球粒、橄榄石、辉石和陨硫铁的铅同位素比值,以及上述部分样品的铀、钍、铅的含量.由陨石的铅-铅等时线求得的年龄为45.3±0.2亿年,这是安徽陨石母体的形成年龄.而南安徽陨石的内部等时线求得的年龄为44.4±0.2亿年,此年龄暗示着安徽陨石母体在形成后的大约1亿年以前产生过局部或全部的熔融.从安徽陨石的铀-铅一致曲线图解中得到的上交点年龄为45.4±0.2亿年,此与陨石母体形成的铅-铅年龄一致.而下交点的年龄为4亿年,这可能意味着在较近期内安徽陨石又经历了一次热扰动(如热冲击).全岩、球粒和陨硫铁都呈现出过剩的放射性成因铅,这与陨石经受过热事件有关.      

不是雨的“雨”

陨石雨陨石雨不是雨,它也与气象学无关,只是一个天文学名词。它是指大量陨石体碎块陨落在地球上某一地区的现象。其成因是由于体积较大的流星(亦即“陨星”、“陨石”)体,在陨落的过程中,因其本身结构和组成的不均匀性,在高热、摩擦的作用下,不断地分裂,最后形成许多碎块散落到地面上。不过,在习惯上,人们只是把散落数量达到一定规模的才称为“陨石雨”。例如,1976年3月8日,一块陨石闯入地球大气层,发生燃烧爆炸后降落在吉林市约500平方千米的范围内,这就是举世罕见的“吉林陨石雨”。吉林市博物馆在收集陨石标本的基础上,建成了世界上惟一…     

月球表面太空风化作用及其效应

太空风化作用普遍发生在月球、小行星等一些无大气层的天体表面, 主要包括太阳风离子辐射和微陨石撞击等作用. 通过对真实月球样品太空风化作用的研究成果以及低能离子和激光照射等地面模拟实验结果的系统综述和分析, 重点分析了月壤颗粒中非晶质层和纳米铁的成因, 指出太空风化研究中存在的太阳风离子辐射和微陨石撞击贡献难以区分及模拟实验模拟效果尚不充分的问题.进而提出月球太空风化研究不能简单套用其他天体的模型, 并建议未来开展更多月球和陨石样品的精细化学分析.      

安徽亳县陨石的热释光研究

毫县陨石于1977年10月20日下午2时30分左右降落于安徽亳县张沃公社吝子门大队.陨石表面灰黑色,有0.5mm厚的烧蚀层,具有明显的球粒结构.已查明[1]该陨石的透明矿物有镁橄榄石、贵橄榄石、透铁橄榄石、古铜辉石、顽火辉石、斜顽辉石、顽火透辉石、易变辉石、斜长石、正长石、白磷钙矿、石英、黑云母、白云母、方解石、刚玉等;不透明矿物有陨硫铁、铁纹石、镍纹石、铬铁矿、镁铁尖晶石、钛铁矿、镍黄铁矿、石墨、磁铁矿、方铁矿、自然铜和张衡矿等.经研究[1]该陨石的化学-岩石类型为LL₄,属于平衡球粒陨石.      

信阳陨石热历史与原始氩特征

信阳陨石于1977年12月1日18时57分, 陨落在我国河南省信阳县肖王公社。陨落后, 破裂为X-Ⅰ(48kg)及X-Ⅱ(27.5kg)两大块和几小块碎屑。陶克捷等对该陨石做过化学组成、矿物组分及结构特征研究, 指出属H6型。本文试图根据40Ar/39Ar快中子活化资料及原始捕获氩同位素特征, 探讨信阳陨石的演化特点。      

The Kumtag meteorite strewn field

The Kumtag meteorite strewn field was found in the Kumtag desert, 132 km south of Hami city in the Xinjiang province, China. It is an ellipse of 2.5 × 7.9 km, with a long axis extending along the northeast-southwest direction. The largest individual meteorite of the strewn field weighs about 10 kg; the smallest individual has a mass of only 27 g. In total, more than 100 individuals with a total mass of more than 180 kg were collected. The location and the distribution of the fragments suggest that the Kumtag meteoroid entered the atmosphere in the direction Northeast-Southwest. All meteorites collected in this strewn field are samples from the same unique meteorite shower. The Kumtag meteorite is an H5 ordinary chondrite with a shock stage S2, and a weathering grade W2. The cosmic ray exposure age of Kumtag is 6.7 ± 0.8 Ma, which is rather typical for H chondrites and which indicates that Kumtag was derived from the massive impact event on its parent body ~7 Ma ago. A significant amount of He has been lost during certain unknown processe(s) before the Kumtag meteorite was ejected from its parent body.     

Origin of organic compounds in carbonaceous chondrites.

Carbonaceous chondrites, a class of primitive meteorite, have long been known to contain their complement of carbon largely in the form of organic, i.e., hydrocarbon-related, matter. Both discrete organic compounds and an insoluble, macromolecular material are present. Several characteristics of these materials provide evidence for their abiotic origin. The principal formation hypotheses have invoked chemistry occurring either in the solar nebula or on the parent body. However, recent stable isotope analyses of the meteorite carboxylic acids and amino acids indicate that they may be related to interstellar cloud compounds. These results suggest a formation scheme in which interstellar compounds were incorporated into the parent body and subsequently converted to the present suite of meteorite organics by the hydrothermal process believed to have formed the clay minerals of the meteorite matrix.     

Meteorites in Antarctica — Statistics on falls, concentration, recovery and alteration on ice-sheet

The Antarctic meteorites are distributed on the blue-ice area surfaces in the ablation zone of the Antarctic ice-sheet, to where meteorites have been transported by the ice-flow within the ice-sheet from the wider accumulation zone. Among the Antarctic meteorite collection H- and L-chondrites are most abundant; this is also true in the non-Antarctic meteorite collection. Meteorite showers also are involved in the collection. Several new types of stony meteorites have been discovered from the Antarctic meteorite collection. The mass and shape of Antarctic meteorites are in agreement with those of resultant fragments of high-speed impact basaltic rocks. In Antarctica, small fragments of meteorite smaller than 1 kg in weight can easily be found and collected. The solidification and the gas retention ages of Antarctic meteorites also are concentrated around 4.5×10⁹ years, but some of them are considerably younger. Their cosmic-ray exposure ages are extended up to 9×10⁶ years and their terrestrial ages are 9×10⁴-7×10⁵ years.     

南丹铁陨石微量元素的微区分布特征

本文用同步辐射X荧光微区扫描法(SRXRFMS)研究了南丹铁陨石中微量元素的微区分布特征。讨论了南丹铁陨石的分类、起源及演化等基本问题。指出南丹铁陨石似分为IAB群较合理,它可能是由具有球粒陨石组成的母源物质受冲击、经局部熔融而形成。     

The chemical conditions on the parent body of the murchison meteorite: Some conclusions based on amino, hydroxy and dicarboxylic acids

Amino and hydroxy acids have been identified in the Murchison meteorite. Their presence is consistent with a synthetic pathway involving aldehydes, hydrogen cyanide and ammonia in an aqueous environment (Strecker-cyanohydrin synthesis). From the various equilibrium and rate constants involved in this synthesis, four independent estimates of the ammonium ion concentrations on the parent body at the time of compound synthesis are obtained; all values are about 2 × 10^?3 M. Succinic acid and β-alanine have also been detected in the Murchison meteorite. Their presence is consistent with a synthesis from acrylonitrile, hydrogen cyanide and ammonia. Using the equilibrium and rate constants for this synthetic pathway, and the succinic acid/β-alanine ratio measured in the Murchison meteorite, an estimate of the hydrogen cyanide concentration of 10^?3 to 10^?2 M is obtained. Since hydrogen cyanide hydrolyzes relatively rapidly in an aqueous environment ($\text{t}{}_{\mathrm{<mtext>1</mtext><mtext>2</mtext>}}\text{< 10}{}^4\text{yrs}$) this high concentration implies a period of synthesis of organic compounds as short as 10⁴ years on the Murchison meteorite parent body.     

Similarity of the infrared spectrum of an Orgueil organic polymer with interstellar organic compounds in the line of sight towards IRS 7.

We present a comparison between the IR spectrum of the galactic center source IRS 7 and the spectrum of a carbonaceous polymer from the Orgueil meteorite. We have obtained an almost perfect match between the two spectra in the region between 3020-2790 cm-1, which suggests that the chemical composition of the interstellar organic matter and that of the meteorite polymer are similar or that the meteoritic polymer could be a well preserved interstellar organic molecule. Assuming that the meteoritic polymer has the same C/H ratio as these interstellar molecules, we find that 45 % of the total abundance of carbon in the line of sight toward IRS 7 is trapped in such an interstellar organic grain material.     

Amino acids in meteorites.

Carbonaceous chondrites carry a record of chemical evolution that is unparalleled among presently accessible natural materials. Within the complex suite of organic compounds that characterize these meteorites, amino acids occur at a total concentration that may reach 0.6 micromole g-1 meteorite (approximately 60 ppm). Both free amino acids and acid-labile amino acid derivatives have been found in hot-water extracts of a CI1 and seven CM2 chondrites. Although the amino acid composition of all CM2 chondrites is not the same, differences may be largely explicable on the basis of spontaneous and biologically-caused decomposition occurring during their terrestrial residence. The amino acids of the Murchison meteorite (CM2) have been extensively analyzed and 52 amino acids have been positively identified. Thirty three of these amino acids are unknown in natural materials other than carbonaceous chondrites. Thus the Murchison meteorite has recently been the major source of new naturally-occurring amino acids. The Murchison amino acids comprise a mixture of C2 through C8 cyclic and acyclic monoamino alkanoic and alkandioic acids of nearly complete structural diversity. Within the acyclic monoamino alkanoic acid series, primary alpha-amino alpha-branched amino acids are predominant. The concentrations of individual amino acids decline exponentially with increasing carbon number within homologous series. Amino acid enantiomers are found in approximately equal amounts. Eight of the terrestrial protein amino acids have been found.