Found: Primordial Water 
A meteorite’s salty tale
For the first
time, researchers have found water from the birth of the solar system in
a meteorite that landed on Earth.
Reference:
Clayton, R.N.
1999. Primordial water. Science 285(Aug. 27):1364.
Zolensky, M.E.,
R.J. Bodnar, E.K. Gibson Jr., et al. 1999. Asteroidal water
within fluid inclusion-bearing halite in an H5 chondrite, Monahans
(1998). Science 285(Aug. 27):1377.
Further Readings:
Additional
information about Monahans 1998 can be found at http://www.pecos.net/news/arch98/061098p.htm
and at http://www.pecos.net/news/arch98a/072798p.htm.
Sources:
Robert J. Bodnar
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Department of Geological Sciences
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Robert N.
Clayton
University of Chicago
Enrico Fermi Institute
Chicago IL 60637
Everett K.
Gibson Jr.
NASA Johnson Space Center
Mail Code SN2
Houston, TX 77058
Michael E.
Zolensky
NASA Johnson Space Center
Mail Code SN2
Houston, TX 77058
From Science
News, Vol. 156, No. 18, October 30, 1999, p. 284. Copyright © 1999,
Science Service. |