Treatise on Geochemistry. Volume 1. Meteorites and cosmochemical processes / Трактат по геохимии. Том 1. Метеориты и космохимические процессы

The first volume of the Treatise on Geochemistry, 2nd Edition covers the chemistry of meteorites and some of their important components, as well as interplanetary dust particles, cosmochemical processes, and chronology. We have learned a great deal about the present-day solar system from flying by, orbiting, and landing on planets, asteroids, and comets with spacecraft, but the earliest history of the solar system has been obscured by subsequent geological processing on the terrestrial planets. Meteorites and their constituents provide unique witnesses to planet formation, the formational stages of the solar nebula, and even stars that lived their entire lives before the solar system was born <...>