[meteorite-list] New insights from Canadian meteorites

From: Dirk Ross <drtanuki_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 01:16:30 +0900
Message-ID: <84fb5510905220916t6842d5b8ie48cf92d78960e35_at_mail.gmail.com>

Dear List,
  Some information from the upcoming AGU Joint Assembly to be held
starting this weekend in Toronto, Canada.

New insights from Canadian meteorites
American Geophysical Union
Joint Assembly 2009
Press conferences to be held on Sunday, 24 May 1400h.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-05/agu-aja052109.php
Meteorites, being rocks from space, are solid samples of places in the
Solar System to which we cannot easily go. The study of their physical
and mineralogical characteristics provides insights into the diversity
of processes involved in their origin. Likewise, the conditions under
which they fall to Earth provide links to their asteroid or planetary
parent bodies. Speakers will discuss new results regarding detection
of organic molecules important for life in the unique Tagish Lake,
B.C. meteorite (Herd), special conditions of formation of the
1000-year old Whitecourt, Alberta impact crater (Kofman), and the
spectacular November 20, 2008 fireball that resulted in the fall of
the Buzzard Coulee, Saskatchewan meteorite (Hildebrand).

Participants:
Alan Hildebrand Canada Research Chair in Planetary Science,
Coordinator of the Canadian Fireball Reporting Centre, Department of
Geoscience, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada;

Randolf Kofman Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences,
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Christopher Herd Associate Professor, Department of Earth and
Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada.
Sessions: MA11B, MA12A, MA13A, MA13C

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