The Sun. The electromagnetic spectrum. Planck.
Principles of spectroscopy. XAS, XANES, EXAFS. The spectrometer. Absorption, Fluorescence, Beer-Lambert
First 100 Ma. Stellar era. Disk era. Telluric era. Accretion and differentiation - core formation, early atmospheres. Late Veneer Model
Recipes for chemical elements. Isotopes. Radiogenesis. Decay modes. Isotopic fractionation. Heavy elements. Nucleosynthesis. The alpha process. Nuclear binding energy. imals.
Solar Nebular Disk Model. 3-D Accretion. Pebbles to Planetesimals.
Mass spectrometry. The mass spectrometer. applications: Isotope ratios and dating, organic compounds.
Short-lived radioisotopes and their importance: 26-Al and 60Fe, others
General aspects. Falls/Finds. Statistics. Impacts. Sikhote-Alin, Hobe, Allende, Sutters Mill, Murchison. Classification schemes.
Generalities of chondrites. Carbonaceous chondrites - classes. Importance. Early studies - Prior, Urey-Craig, Anders. Elemental abundances - get used to this graph
CI, CM, CR, CO, CV, CK, CH petrographic indices, petrologic grades
SEM and TEM - main uses for meteorite studies - BSE imaging, HR imaging
Formation theories for chondrules. Chondrule mineralogy - RP, PP, BO, PO, POP, GOP. The glass transition. Nucleation and growth.
Murchison, Renzazzo, fO2, fH2O, TFL
metal contents, cryptocristallinity, Fe partitionin, massive organic compounds
Equilibria thermodynamics, buffers, Mossbauer spectroscopy, Crystal Field theory, UV-VIS spectroscopy
CAI, REE, L chondrites, shock effects and experiments, noble gases, diffusion
Urey-Craig, O-isotopes, Mercury, Bencubbin, CRE cosmic ray exposure, Rumuruti and Kakangari chondrites
Vesta, HED meteorites, Elasticity and equations of state, Bulk moduli
Urelites, Aubrites, lithophile to calcophile, viscosity, Newtonian and non-Newtonian behavior, melt polymerization, partial molar volume
The moon timeline and chemistry, Theia, SNC meteorites, Mars atmosphere, volcanism, Allan Hills,
Pallasites, mesosiderites, the iron group classification, Fe-Ni phase diagram, core formation models, the asteroid belt, Kirkwood gaps, asteroid types, H2O on Earth
