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Wolf & Lipschutz 1995
Wolf, S.F. and Lipschutz, M.E. (1995). Chemical studies of H chondrites. 6. Antarctic/non-Antarctic compositional differences revisited. Journal of Geophysical Research 100: doi: 10.1029/94JE03367. issn: 0148-0227.

We report data for the trace elements Au, Co, Sb, Ga, Rb, Ag, Se, Cs, Te, Zn, Cd, Bi, Tl, and In (ordered by putative volatility during nebular condensation and accretion) determined by radiochemical neutron activation analysis of 14 additional H5 and H6 chondrite falls. Data for the 10 most volatile elements (Rb → In) treated by the multivariate techniques of linear discriminant analysis and logistic regression in these and 44 other falls are compared with those for 59 H4-6 chondrites from Antarctica. Various populations are tested by the multivariate techniques, using the previously developed method of randomization-simulation to assess significance levels. An earlier conclusion, based on fewer samples, that H4-6 chondrite falls are compositionally distinguishable from the Antarctic suite is verified by the additional data. This distinctiveness is highly significant because of the presence of samples from Victoria Land in the Antarctic population, which differ compositionally from falls beyond any reasonable doubt. However, it cannot be proven unequivocally that falls and Antarctic samples from Queen Maud Land are compositinally distinguishable. Trivial causes (e.g., analyst bias, weathering) cannot explain the Victoria Land (Antarctic)/non-Antarctic compositional difference for paradigmatic H4-6 chondrites. This means to reflect a time-dependent variation of near-Earth meteoroid source regions differing in average thermal history. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1995

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Planetology, Solid Surface Planets, Composition, Geochemistry, Chemical evolution, Geochemistry, Geochronology
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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