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280507 SE Consolidation module: Introduction to meteorits and astromineralogy (PI) (2014W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 28 - Erdwissenschaften, Meteorologie - Geophysik und

Continuous assessment of course work

Mi 18:00 - 19:30 und Mo 18:00 - 19:30
Ort PI: Seminarraum 1 Univ. Sternwarte und Seminarraum 1 Univ. Sternwarte

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Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Registration is open from Fr 19.09.2014 00:00 to Fr 17.10.2014 23:59
Deregistration possible until Fr 17.10.2014 23:59

Details

max. 20 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Classes

Currently no class schedule is known.

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

- Historical introduction - Solid matter in space - Basics of cosmochemistry - Overview:
classification of meteorites - Parent bodies of meteorites - Chondrites, chondrules and
the early solar system - Calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions - Presolar grains: a link to
stardust - Dust formation around evolved stars, supernovae etc. - Excursion to the
meteorite hall of the Museum of Natural History - Practical work with thin sections of
meteorites under the microscope

Assessment and permitted materials

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Examination topics

Reading list

G.J.H. McCall et al.: The History of Meteorites and Key Meteorite Collections. London 2006 (FB Astronomie, Sign. 06.05 MCC-I)
D. Apai, D.S. Lauretta: Protoplanetary Dust. Cambridge Univ. Press, 2010 (FB Astronomie, Sign. 09. APA-I)
R.H.Hewins et al.: Chondrules and the Protoplanetary Disk. Cambridge Univ. Press, 1996 (FB Astronomie, Sign. 06.07 HEW)
R.Hutchison: Meteorites. Cambridge Univ. Press, 2004 (FB Astronomie, Sign. 06.05 HUT-I)
D. Sears: The Origin of Chondrules and Chondrites. Cambridge Univ. Press, 2004 (FB Astronomie, Sign. 06.05 SEA-II)
B. Zanda, M. Rotaru (eds.): Meteorites. Their Impact on Science and History (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2001 (FB Astronomie, Sign. 06.05 ZAN)
F. Heide, F. Wlotzka: Meteorites. Messengers from Space. Berlin, Springer Verlag, 1995 (FB Astronomie, Sign. 06.05 HEI)
H.Y. McSween, G.R. Huss: Cosmochemistry. Cambridge Univ. Press, 2010 (FB Astronomie, Sign. 05.01 SWE-I)
Th. Henning (ed.): Astromineralogy. Springer, Heidelberg 2010 (FB Astronomie, Sign. 09. HEN)

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