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1 online resource (225 p.) |
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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- End User License Agreement -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Basic Issues on Meteorites: Origin, Formation, Identification, Nomenclature -- Lahcen Ouknine1,*, Fouad Khiri1,2 and Abderrahmane Ibhi1 -- INTRODUCTION -- ORIGIN OF METEORITES: VESTIGES OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM -- The Composition of the Solar System -- Formation and Ages of Meteorites -- Origin of Meteorites -- Ages of Meteorites -- CATEGORIZATION AND NOMENCLATURE OF METEORITES -- Categorization of Meteorites: Falls and Finds |
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Nomenclature of Meteorites -- CRITERIA FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF METEORITES -- Macroscopic Recognition -- Microscopic Recognition -- CLASSIFICATION OF METEORITES -- Undifferentiated Meteorites: Chondrites -- Carbonaceous Chondrites -- Ordinary Chondrites -- Enstatite Chondrites -- R-type Chondrites -- K-type Chondrites -- Achondrites -- Primitive Undifferentiated Achondrites -- Differentiated Achondrites -- Differentiated Asteroidal Achondrites -- Aubrites -- Angrites -- Planetary Achondrites -- Iron Meteorites -- Mixed or Stony-iron Meteorites -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES |
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Meteorite Falls in Africa -- Fouad Khiri1,2,3,*, Abderrahmane Ibhi1,2 and Lahcen Ouknine1,2 -- INTRODUCTION -- TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL EVOLUTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF METEORITE FALLS IN AFRICA -- Evolution of Numbers, Masses, and Classes of African Observed Meteorite Falls -- Evolution of Falls Numbers -- Evolution of Falls Masses -- Evolution of Falls Classes -- Geographical Distribution of Observed Meteorite Falls in Africa -- MAJOR FACTORS AFFECTING THE OBSERVATION AND COLLECTION OF METEORITE FALLS IN AFRICA -- Observed Meteorite Fall Rate and Population Density |
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Observed Meteorite Falls Rate and Historical and Educational Factors -- Observed Meteorite Fall Rates as a Function of Surface Size, Forest Cover and Vegetation Type -- Observed Meteorite Falls Rate and Distance of their Location from the Road -- The Effect of Climate on Meteorites Falls Observation -- SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Meteorite Finds in Africa -- Lahcen Ouknine1,2,*, Giorgio S. Senesi3, Fouad Khiri1,2, Abderrahmane Ibhi1,2 and Mohamed Th. S. Heikal4 -- INTRODUCTION -- FACTORS INFLUENCING METEORITES FINDS IN AFRICA -- Historical and Cultural Factors |
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Natural Factors: Climate and Plant Coverage -- AFRICAN METEORITE FINDS: CLASSES AND MASS DISTRIBUTION -- Relative Abundance by Class and Type -- Mass Distribution -- GRADES AND FACTORS OF WEATHERING OF AFRICAN METEORITE FINDS -- Weathering Grades -- Factors Influencing the Weathering Grade -- Climate -- Sample Mass -- Terrestrial Age -- Sample Porosity -- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Meteorites of Northwest Africa: Morocco, Algeria, Mali, Mauritania -- Lahcen Ouknine1,2,*, Fouad Khiri1,2,3 and Abderrahmane Ibhi1,2 -- INTRODUCTION -- COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OF NWA METEORITES |
| Summary |
African Meteorites is a comprehensive exploration of meteorite falls and finds across the arid and hot regions of the African continent, offering profound insights into a significant collection of meteorites, second only to Antarctica. The book is divided into seven chapters, covering the origin and formation of meteorites, statistical analyses of meteorite falls in African countries, classes and mass distribution of meteorite finds, allocation and renaming of |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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ALLOCATION OF NWA METEORITES TO THEIR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Senesi, Giorgio S
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Ouknine, Lahcen
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| ISBN |
9789815136296 |
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9815136291 |
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