Field and Laboratory Investigations of Meteorites from Victoria Land, Antarctica

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This monograph describes the meteorite collecting activities in Victoria Land during the 1980-1981 and 1981-1982 field seasons, and the geodetic measurements of ice motion and ablation at the Allan Hills site. Descriptions and classifications are given for all specimens collected during the 1980-1981 season and for most of those collected during the 1981-1982 season. Review articles are included on the petrology and classification of 145 small meteorites collected in the 1977-1978 season, on Antarctic Type 3 chondrites, and on cosmic-ray-produced nuclides in the Victoria Land meteorites. The first lunar meteorite is described. Chemical analyses of 25 Victoria Land meteorites are published, with a discussion of Antarctic weathering effects. The Appendix lists all of the Victoria Land meteorites classified as of June 1983, by numerical order for each locality and by meteorite class.

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Marvin, Ursula B. and Mason, Brian. 1984. "<a href="https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/814">Field and Laboratory Investigations of Meteorites from Victoria Land, Antarctica</a>." <em>Smithsonian Contributions to the Earth Sciences</em>, (26) 1–134. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810274.26.1">https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810274.26.1</a>.

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