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Meteoritics & Planetary Science 38, Nr 12, 1877–1878 (2003) http://meteoritics.org Annual Subject Index 26Al-26Mg relative ages 939 CM chondrites 813 Frictional melting 1521 26Mg excess 5 Coalescence 49 Geochemistry, brachinites 1601 40Ar-39Ar dating 555, 887 Cometary meteorites 1045 Geochemistry, Mars 1849 Ablation 1023 Comets 457, 1283 Grain 49 Accretion 1399 Cosmic dust flux 1351 Grain boundary 1669, 1679 Accretionary rims 813 Continuous flow isotope ratio mass Graphite 767 Acfer 182 spectrometer 1255 Hebe, asteroid 711 Achondrite(s) 95, 145, 157 Copernicus secondary craters 13 HH064 145 Achondrites, brachinites 1601 Complex impact structure 445 Hibonite 5 Achondrites, differentiated 1485 Core formation 1425 Hughes 030 5 Achondrites, primitive 1485 Cosmic-ray exposure ages 1243, 1485 Hydrated minerals 1383 Aenigmatite 725 Cosmic-ray exposure history 157 Hydrogen 357 Ages, 39Ar-40Ar 341, 1601 Cosmic spherules 329 Hydrothermal alteration 365 Airwave 989 Composition of meteorites 1005 Ice flow 1319 Albite 725 Cosmogenic nuclides 157 IDPs 1585 Allan Hills icefield 1319 Cratering 905 IDPs/chondrites 1283 ALH 84001 109, 849, 1697 Crater clusters 905 IIIAB Alkaline-rich clasts Crater fill deposits 1437 IIIAB iron meteorites 117 26Al 35 Creep 427 Impact 747 Amino acids 399 Cretaceous-tertiary boundary 1299 Impact basins 565 Amorphous carbon 767 Crust 895 Impact breccia 1079 Annealing 1499, 1507 Crustal magnetization 565 Impact crater(s) 1137, 1299, 1341, 1551 Antarctic meteorite(s) 109, 831 Cumulate(s) 529, 1753 Impact cratering 13, 1255, 1641 Apollo 15 515 Dark inclusion 1399 Impact ejecta 1137 Asteroid(s) 383, 427, 1243, 1533 Dark streaks 1181 Impact glasses 1641 Asteroid composition 1053 Dating 1697 Impact heating 1499 Atmospheric entry heating 1627 Density 1161, 1533 Impact-induced 1521 Australasian tektite strewn field 1351 Dhofar 287 485 Impact-melt breccia 1507 Basalt generation 1807 Diamond 767 Impact melting 1507 Basin ejecta modeling 13 Dicarboxylic acids 357 Impact microcraters 1351 Bishunpur meteorites 59 Dust 457 Impact tectonics 1093 Botsumtwi crater, Ghana 1137 Dynamic crystallization 1263 Impact vaporization 383 Bolides 905 EH chondrites 389 INAA 783 Brachinites 1601 Electron microscopy 831 Infrasound 989 Brecciation 1499 Elements, major and trace 1713 Ion probe 1697 Bulk chemical compositions 939 Eros, asteroid 1053 IR spectra 49 CAIs 5, 35, 407 Exchange rate 357 Iron meteroites 1425 Calcalong Creek 595 Experimental petrology 95, 515, 1713 Isotope geochemistry 1713 Carbonaceous chondrite(s) 357, 407 Experimental trace element partitioning 1425 Isotopes; neodymium, strontium, oxygen 1793 Carbonate 831, 849 Exposure age 759 Isotopic composition-neodymium Carbonate melts 1299, 1641 Eucrite(s) 783 Isotopic composition-strontium 1079 Cataclysm, evidence against 579 Fabric rotatation 1093 Jalanash 145 Cathodoluminescence 1187 Falls 975, 1023 Jurassic (early) 445 Central European strewn field 887 Fassaite 407 Kamacite nucleation 1669 Central uplift 1093, 1341 Fe local structure 1181 KREEP 485, 529 CH chondrites 1199 Fe oxidation state 1181 Laboratory 457 Chemical zoning 1217 Ferric iron 1733 Laboratory model 1331 Chiral 357 Ferromagnesian chondrules 939 Libyan Desert glass 1181 Chicxulub 1079 Fine-grained rims 59 Lightning discharge 399 Chondrite(s) 341, 739, 1243 Fireball(s) 975, 989 LIL elements 895 Chondrites, LL 59 Fission Xe 627 Liquid immiscibility 1641 Chondrule formation 81 Fissure 1451 Lithological interface 1451 Chondrules 35, 59, 813 Flourine contamination 759 Lonar crater 365 Chondrules origin 927 Fluid dynamics 1331 Low probe 35 Chronology 341 Forsterite 49 Low temperature 399 Clay minerals 1437 Fractional condensation 1199 Lunar basin ejecta 13 Clementine 1461 Fragmentation 905, 1023 Lunar differentiation 515 1877 © Meteoritical Society, 2003. Printed in USA. 1878 Annual Subject Index, Volume 38, 2003 Lunar gardening 1351 Neon enrichment 747 Rotation 1331 Lunar mare basalts 501 Ningqiang carbonaceous chondrite 35 Rumuruti chondrite 5, 341 Lunar meteorite(s) 485, 501, 529, 595 Nitrogen 627 Sampling 1045 Lunar petrogenesis 515 Noble gas(es) 747, 767, 1005, 1243, 1485, 1627 Satellite aperture radar interferometry 1319 Lunar petrology 501 Noble gases, radiogenic 157 Secondary chondrules 927 Lunar Prospector spacecraft 565 Novaya Zemlya 329 Seismic 989 Lunar samples 595 Nuclear microprobe 1585 Shergottite(s) 725, 1815, 1833, 1849, 1865 Lunar terranes 595 Nuclear reaction 759 Shock 739, 1187 Lunar volcanism 555 Numerical simulation 1451 Shock barometry 1187 Macrodeformation 1109 NWA 032 555 Shock effects 1499, 1507 Magma ocean 1753, 1807 NWA 428 1499 Shock heating 1451 Magma production 1815 NWA 773 555 Shock loading 1451 Magnetic fields 565 Oblique impact 1551 Shock metamorphism 1109, 1137, 1341, 1579, Magnetite 831, 849 Olivine 81, 427, 813, 871, 1217 1865 Mantle, Mars 1793, 1849 Optical constants 419 Shock-produced diamond 1255 Mantle convection 1815 Orbits 975, 1005 Shocked quartz 1187, 1341 Mantle differentiation 1753 Ordinary chondrite, L4 157 Siderophile elements 1425 Mantle metasomatism 1849 Ordinary chondrite(s) 711, 795, 939, 963, 975, Silica 1199 Mare basalt 485, 529, 1461 1161, 1521, 1533, 1679 Silicates 457 Mare meteorites 555 Organic matter 795 Silicate melt 1263 Marine impact 1437 Orthopyroxene 871 SIMS 117 Mars 365, 831, 849, 871, 895, 905, 1697, 1713, Oxygen fugacity 1733, 1793 Smelting 95 1733, 1753, 1793, 1807, 1815, 1833 Oxygen isotopes 389 SNC meteorites 109, 895, 1733, 1793, 1807 Martensite 1669 PGE 1109 Solar wind 627, 1627 Martian (SNC) meteorites 871, 1865 Paleofield intensity 399 Space weathering 383, 1053 Matrix 1399 Pallasite(s) 427, 1217 Spade meteorite 1507 Megaregolith, evolution model 579 Parameterization of partition coeffiecients 1425 Spectral reflectance 1053 Melting 407 Partial melting 95 Spectroscopy 1283 Melt condensates 1263 Partitioning 1263 Splash-form 1331 Melt pocket 739, 1865 Petrogenetic model 1713 Stishovite 1579 Melt veins 1521 Petrology, brachinites 1601 Stony meteorites 1161 Melt, volcanic 1833 Phaeton 1045 Strewn field 1023 Metal(s) 59, 389, 1669 Phosphates 117, 1217 Suevite 1137, 1299 Metal formation 81 Picritic glasses 515 Super paramagnetic 399 Metal particles 1679 Planar deformation features 445 Surface enrichment 759 Meteors 1283 Planetary evolution 1753 Tagish Lake meteorite 419, 1585 Meteor shower (Geminids) 1045 Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons 109 Tektite(s) 747, 887, 1331, 1351 Meteorite(s) 963, 1533 Porosity 927, 1161, 1533 TEM 81, 157, 1199 Meteorite fall 989 Post-impact alteration 1109 Thermal decomposition 849 Meteorite classification 783 Post-impact deposits 1437 Thermal emission spectroscopy 871 Meteorite concentration sites 1319 Pressure effects on carbon isotope Thermal metamophism 795 Meteorite ejecta 1351 fractionation 1255 Thermal modeling 711 Meteorite impacts 1351 Primitive achondrites 783 TOF-SIMS 109 Meteorite shower 157 Primitive mantle 895 Trace element 595 Meteoroids 1005, 1045, 1283 Primordial noble gases 1399 Ureilite(s) 95, 145, 157, 767 Microimpacts 1351 Pseudotachylite 1521 Ureilite diamonds 1255 Micrometeorites 329, 1585, 1627 Pseudotachylitic breccia 1093 Venus 1551 Micro-Raman 1199 Pyroclastic rock 927 Vesta 427 Microtektites 1351 Pyroxene 389 Volatiles 383 Mineralogy 1243 QUE 94201 1833 Volcanism 1461, 1833 Mineralogy, asteroids 1383 Quench crystallization 1641 Vredefort impact structure 1093 Mn-Cr chronology 117 R-chondrite 341 Water content 1383 Model porosity 1161 Radiogenic heat production 1807 Weathering 759 Molten planetesimals 927 Raman spectroscopy 795, 1187 Whitlockite 1697 Moon 383, 529, 565, 1351,1461, 1551 Rare earth elements 783 Wilkinsonite 725 Moon, megaregolith evolution 579 REE microdistribution 1217 Woodleigh impact structure 1109 Moon, regolith evolution 579 Reduction 81 Wyoming 445 Morávka meteorite 989 Reflectance spectra 1383 Xanes 1181 Morávka 975, 1005, 1023 Refractive indices 419 Xenon 627 Mössbauer spectroscopy 963, 1733 Refractory forsterite 1263 X-ray diffraction 1627 Muong Nong-type 747 Refractory inclusions 813 Yanzhuang 739 Muonionalusta meteorite 1579 Regolith breccia 501 Yucàtan 1079 Murchison 1585 Regolith processes 627 Zoneless plessite 1679 NEAR spacecraft 1053 Remote sensing 1461 Nebula 407 Rims 1399.
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