Portland-State-University 2019-2020 Bulletin

G 446 Meteorites

A course examining meteorites and the information they provide about the birth and evolution of the solar system. Topics include asteroids and asteroidal heat sources, the solar nebula, early solar system chronology, pre-solar grains, abiotic synthesis of organic matter, differentiation, impacts and collisional processes, and meteorites from Mars. Three lectures.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

G 201, one year of chemistry.
  • Up one level
  • 400