Japan Association of Mineralogical Sciences
and started synchrotron X-ray CT st udies of carbonaceous chondrites in collaboration with Professor Akira Tsuchiyama.She applied combined analyses using electron microscopy and synchrotron X-ray CT to primitive carbonaceous chondrites and made important findings.One of the notable achievements is a discovery of "ultra-porous lithology (UPL)," namely, fossil asteroidal ice, in Acfer 094 carbonaceous chondrite.UPL is a remnant of solid ice-silicate dust aggregate originally formed in the
Publication Details
- Journal
- Elements
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2138/gselements.20.6.427
- Primary Topic
- Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
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