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UCERA METEORITE: DETERMINATION OF DIFFERENTIAL ATMOSPHERIC HEATING USING ITS NATURAL THERMOLUMINESCENCE
Author(s) -
Vaz J. Eduardo
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
meteoritics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0026-1114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1972.tb00428.x
Subject(s) - meteorite , thermoluminescence , atmosphere (unit) , mineralogy , geology , natural (archaeology) , astrobiology , materials science , physics , meteorology , paleontology , luminescence , optoelectronics
Analyses of the variation of the natural thermoluminescece output with depth from the final surface of the Ucera (Venezuela) meteorite have shown that the specimen was not uniformly heated by friction in the atmosphere during its fall. The results of the measurement performed on material removed from different areas around the midsection of the stone, are in good agreement with what can be inferred from the morphological features of the aerodynamically shaped specimen.