Insights into Parent Body Alteration from the Distribution of Water and Hydroxyl in Carbonaceous Chondrites

Hamilton V. E. * Abreu N. M. Connolly H. C. Jr.

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80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6263]

“We are using µ-FTIR to characterize the spatial distribution of water and hydroxyl in carbonaceous
chondrites, which may provide evidence for or against in situ (parent body) alteration.”