Separate CAI Reservoirs for Allende (CV3) and Murchison (CM2)

D. S. Ebel, Fendrich K. V.

52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2021), Abstract #2311

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“Chemical compositions, textures, and sizes of CAIs reveal characteristic populations in CV and CM chondrites. With chondrule evidence, this supports a single reservoir, local formation, and accretion origin for all components of each chondrite type.”