35 seasons of U.S. Antarctic meteorites (1976-2010) : a pictorial guide to the collection /
The US Antarctic meteorite collection exists due to a cooperative program involving the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the Smithsonian Institution. Since 1976, meteorites have been collected by a NSF-funded field team, shipped for cur...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. : Hoboken, New Jersey :
American Geophysical Union ; Wiley,
[2015]
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| Series: | Special publication (American Geophysical Union) ;
68. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The US Antarctic meteorite collection exists due to a cooperative program involving the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and the Smithsonian Institution. Since 1976, meteorites have been collected by a NSF-funded field team, shipped for curation, characterization, distribution, and storage at NASA, and classified and stored for long term at the Smithsonian. It is the largest collection in the world with many significant samples including lunar, martian, many interesting chondrites and achondrites, and even several unusual one-of-a- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (318 pages) : color illustrations, maps, photographs |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781118798386 1118798384 9781118798461 1118798465 |