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Meteorites

Meteorites are naturally occurring objects that originate in space and survive a fall to the ground through Earth's atmosphere. If you want to learn more about meteorites, this pathfinder will help you find information in your main library At Sultan Qaboos University and on the Internet, about METEORITES.

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There are some books and reference resource that contain information about METEORITES. A few of them are listed below.

                            *BOOKS

1-    Grady, Monica, Meteorites: flux with time and impact effects.

London: Geological Society, 1998, QB755 .M47.

2-    Grego, Peter, The threat from outer space: meteorite and comet impacts, London: Blandford, 1998, QB755 .G73

3-    Sears, Derek Thunderstones: a study of meteorites based on falls and finds in Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark.: University of Arkansas Press, 1988.QB755.5.U6 S431

4-    Wasson, John T.Meteorites: their record of early solar-system history. New York, N.Y.: W.H. Freeman, c1985, QB755 .W374

   5-Institute of Geological Sciences (Great Britain) Moon, mars and meteorites ,London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, c1977.QB603 .G46 M66

          *Reference Resource

 Encyclopaedia

§  World Book, Inc. The World Book encyclopedia. Chicago, Ill.: World Book, c2004, v13. AE5 .W55.Page 431

§  McFadden, Lucy-Ann Adams .Encyclopedia of the solar system
    , Amsterdam, Netherlands: 2nd Ed, Elsevier, 2007, QB501 .E52.page 251-282

• Murdin, Paul. Encyclopedia of astronomy and astrophysics  ,London: Nature Publishing Group, 2001, QB14 .E53.v2, page 1712-1720

 Dictionary

§  Illingworth, Valerie ,The Macmillan dictionary of astronomy
,London: Macmillan, 1985, QB14 .M25, page 230-231

§  Valerie Illingworth, John .The fact on file dictionary of astronomy

,clark fact on file, Inc 4th ed, Qb14.FJ2.2000, page263-264

§     Tver, David F . Dictionary of astronomy, space, and atmospheric phenomena .New York, N.Y.: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1979, QB14 .T83, page 146

§  Jacqueline Mitton .A concise dictionary of astronomy, Oxford Univ.press.New York, QB14M57 1991, page 244-245

• Illingworth, Valerie .Collins dictionary of astronomy , Glasgow, Scotland : Collins, 1994. QB14 .C64, page 279-280

§  Matzner, Richard A. Dictionary of geophysics, astrophysics, and astronomy ,Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press, c2001. QB14 .D52.

     
           Wiley journal

  1. Meteorite and meteoroid: New comprehensive definitions

Alan E. RUBIN, Jeffrey. GROSSMAN, Meteoritic & Planetary Science Volume 45, Issue 1, pages 114–122, January 2010,link here

    2. The classification of micrometeorites.

  M. J. Genge, C., Engrand, M. Gounelle^, S. Taylor^, Meteoritic &    Planetary Science, Volume 43, Issue 3, pages 497–515, March 2008, link here

    3.     Meteorites and the early solar system II,

 Edited by Dante S. Lauretta and Harry Y. McSween, Jr, Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Volume 43, Issue 5, pages 989–991, May 2008. link here

4.     The Meteoritical Bulletin No. 94,

 Michael K. WEISBERG, Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVolume 43, Issue 9, pages 1551–1584, September 2008. link here

 5.Complex exposure histories for meteorites with “short” exposure ages,

 G. F. HERZOG, Meteoritics & Planetary Science, Volume 32, Issue 3, pages 413–422, May 1997, link here

6.The Meteoritical Bulletin, No. 91, 

 Harold C. Connolly, Meteoritics & Planetary Science Volume 42, Issue 3, pages 413–466, March 2007, link here

                               Springer link journal

7.     Meteorites and Impact Craters

Gunter Faure and Teresa M. Mensing,  Introduction to Planetary Science The Geological Perspective, Springer Netherlands, Friday, May 04, 2007, link here

 8.Rocks and Meteorites 
 Francois Cardarelli, Materials HandbookA Concise Desktop Reference, Springer London, Wednesday, March 19, 2008, link here

 9. The Chondrites,

 O. Richard Norton, Lawrence A. Chitwood, Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites, Springer London, Sunday, May 25, 2008, link here

10. Classification of Meteorites and Micrometeorites

Michel Maurette, Micrometeorites and the Mysteries of Our Origins, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, Friday, October 06, 2006, link here

11.     Meteorites: Fragments of Asteroids,

O. Richard Norton Lawrence A. Chitwood ,Field Guide to Meteors and Meteorites, Springer London, Sunday, May 25, 2008. link here

 GeoRef

1.  Meteorites and their Parent Asteroids.[Miscellaneous Article],

 Clayton, Robert N, Science. 2006 Visualization Challenge. 313(5794):1743-1744, September 22, 2006.link here

2.  Compositional differences between meteorites and near-Earth asteroids, Vernazza, P., Nature. 454(7206):858-860, August 14, 2008. 2008 Nature Publishing Group. link here

 3. Ordinary Chondrites: 1. Short Life of Small Meteorites.[Article], Alexeev, V. A., Solar System Research. 35(1):77-82, January/February 2001.link here

 4.  Carbonaceous meteorites as a source of sugar-related organic compounds for the early earth.Cooper, George, Nature. 414(6866):879-883, December 20/27, 2001. link here

5.The First International Conference "Comets, Asteroids, Meteors, Meteorites, Astroblemes, and Craters (CAMMAC-1)". [Miscellaneous],

 Churyumov, K. I., Solar System Research. 35(1):95-99, January/February 2001. Kluwer Academic Publishers,link here

6.Review Mechanical properties of meteorites and their constituents, Petrovic, J. J., Journal of Materials Science.36 (7):1579-1583, 2001. Kluwer Academic Publishers, link here

7.PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF METEORITES AND INTERPLANETARY DUST PARTICLES: CLUES TO THE PROPERTIES OF THE METEORS AND THEIR PARENT BODIES,

Flynn, George J, Earth Moon & Planets. 95(1-4):361-374, 2004. Kluwer Academic Publishers. link here

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9- Meteorite mass distributions and differences between Antarctic and non-Antarctic meteorites
Huss, G.R.Source: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v 55, n 1, 105-11, Jan. 1991; ISSN: 0016-7037; DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(91)90404-S; Conference: Workshop on Differences Between Antarctic and Non-Antarctic Meteorites, 27-28 July 1989, Vienna, Austria; Sponsor: Lunar & Planetary Inst.;Univ. Vienna; Country of publication: UK

         link here

10- Meteorite classification and the definition of new chondrite classes as a result of successful meteorite search in hot and cold deserts
Bischoff, A.Source: Planetary and Space Science, v 49, n 8, p 769-76, July 2001, Elsevier, UK

       link here

11-Shape index for meteorites
Krinov, E.L.Source: Solar System Research, v 14, n 4, p 176-8, Oct.-Dec. 1980, USA

link here

      Science Direct

1.      Meteorites classification and the definition of new chondrite classes as a result of successful meteorites search in hot and cold deserts  Original Research Article Bischoff, Addi. Planetary and Space Science, Volume 49, Issue 8, July 2001, Pages 769-776
link here

2. Identifying meteorite source regions through near-Earth object spectroscopy  Original Research Article. Cristina A. Thomas, Richard P. Binzel. Icarus, Volume 205, Issue 2, February 2010, Pages 419-429. link here
3. Where do the meteorites come from? A re-evaluation of the earth-crossing apollo objects as sources of chondritic meteorites Original Research Article
   Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 40, Issue 11, November 1976, Pages 1297-1317,George W. Wetherill. link here

4. Do stony meteorits come from comets?  Original Research Article.Edward Anders.Icarus, Volume 24, Issue 3, March 1975, Pages 363-371. link here

     5. A classification of meteorites based on oxygen isotopes.

  Original Research Article Robert N. Clayton, Naoki Onuma, Toshiko K. Mayeda. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 30, Issue 1, April 1976, Pages 10-18.link here

6. The significance  of meteorite density and porosity  Original Research Article .G.J. Consolmagno, D.T. Britt, R.J. Macke. Chemie der Erde - Geochemistry, Volume 68, Issue 1, 30 April 2008, Pages 1-29.link here

YouTube

o   Meteorite Crash in Canada Filmed by Police Cam/23/Nov/-008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgQSx-CO8C8

o   What are Meteors, Meteoroids, and Meteorites? NASASciFiles19/8/2007/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENNnboomt-M

 

o   Comets, Asteroids and Meteors/ lilmandmt /9/5/2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VMR8w3Obg0&feature=related

 

Government site

Dunbar, Brian. (29, November 2007). Meteor Retrieved from

This site talke about definition of meteorites,its types and Impact craters and basins http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/meteor_worldbook.html

 Organization site

 (No author and date available) What are meteorites?

Meteorites are naturally occurring objects that originate in space and survive a fall to the ground through Earth's atmosphere. Most are remnants of asteroids or possibly comets.

http://meteorite.org/

Education site

 Randy L. Korotev (20-Sep-2010) Some Meteorite Realities retrieved from

real fact about meteorites. http://meteorites.wustl.edu/realities.htm

 Commercially-based site

Hamilton, (R, L). (2008), Meteoroids and meteorite, Retrieved from http://www.solarviews.com/eng/meteor.htm

 New England Meteoritic Services (n.d) what Are Meteorites? Retrieved from, http://www.meteorlab.com/METEORLAB2001dev/whatmeteorites.htm