Nature and Occurence Frequency of Heating Processes in CM and C2- Ungrouped Chondrites as Revealed by Insoluble Organic Matter

Quirico E., Bonal L., Beck P., Alexander C. O’ M. D., Yabuta H., Nakamura T., Nakato A., Flandinet L., Montagnac G., Schmitt-Kopplin P., Herd C. D. K.

81st Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society 2018 [#6087]

abstract

“We propose a carbon-based classification of heated C2 chondrites that reveals a high occurrence frequency of thermally processed C2 chondrites (>36%).”