[meteorite-list] Cooling or...

From: E.P. Grondine <epgrondine_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 14:50:22 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <290275.57552.qm_at_web36908.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Hi Elton -

What I am wondering is if the compression forces are so large that an alloy does not form, but rather compounds, which then freeze in place when the compression forces are nearly instantaneously released.

250 seems like a lot of parent bodies.

Ed
E.P. Grondine
Man and Impact in the Americas


      
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