Cometary Particles: Thin Sectioning and Electron Beam Analysis
- 28 March 1986
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 231 (4745), 1542-1544
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.231.4745.1542
Abstract
Thin sections (500 to 1000 angstroms thick) of individual micrometeorites (5 to 15 micrometers) have been prepared with an ultramicrotome equipped with a diamond knife. Electron microscopic examination of these sections has revealed the internal structures of chondritic micrometeorites, and a subset of highly porous, fragile particles has been identified. Delicate meteoritic materials such as these are characteristic of debris from cometary meteors.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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