Understanding Our Protoplanetary Disk by Chemical Analysis of Components in Meteorites
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Open access
Authors
Daly, Luke
Date
2017Supervisor
Prof. Phil Bland
Type
Thesis
Award
PhD
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Science and Engineering
School
Department of Applied Geology
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Abstract
This thesis has explored the capability of novel high resolution in situ analyses such as Synchrotron radiation, atom probe microscopy and transmission kikuchi diffraction in the analyses of primitive meteorites. Crystallographic, geochemical and isotopic data extracted using these techniques from refractory metal nuggets in primitive meteorites has implications for our understanding of how these grains formed, particle migration in the protoplanetary disk, and a suggestion that refractory metal nuggets may have a pre-solar origin.