STUDY OF INSOLUBLE ORGANIC MATTER IN CARBONACEOUS METEORITE AGUAS ZARCAS

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https://doi.org/10.47820/recima21.v4i2.2695

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CM2 carbonaceous chondrites; organic geochemistry; meteorites; organic particulates; kerogen.

Abstract

Through the correlation of analytical data, the geochemical study and organic optical microscopy allows indicating the conditions and state of preservation of organic inputs dispersed in sedimentary rocks, signaling the environment and the geothermal and physical processes that affected them during the various stages post-burial evolutions. Analogously, in the organic material contained in the matrix of carbonaceous meteorites, the same conventional methodology was applied. Based on these assumptions, we observed that the insoluble organic isolate of the carbonaceous meteorite Aguas Zarcas exhibits morphography similar to secondary products resulting from intermediate processes of sedimentary thermal maturation. From the characterization of the organic profile, our article suggests a correspondence about the possible depositional, thermal and preservation conditions of the organic particles while in the parental body of origin of the cosmic fragments.

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Author Biographies

Clarice Paixão de Souza

Mestre em Geociências: Patrimônio Geopaleontológico pelo Museu Nacional/UFRJ. Funcionária da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), lotada no Instituto de Geociências, Laboratório de Palinofácies e Fácies Orgânicas (LAFO). Responsável técnica do laboratório de analise térmica elementar de Carbono Orgânico e Enxofre - SC-144DR (LECO). 

Maria Elizabeth Zucolotto

Graduada em Astronomia pelo Observatório do Valongo/UFRJ. Mestrado em Geologia pelo Instituto de Geociências/UFRJ. Doutorado em Engenharia Metalúrgica e de Materiais pela COPPE/UFRJ. Professora do Museu Nacional/UFRJ, e curadora da coleção de meteoritos desde 1997. Professora associada IV e chefe substituta do Departamento de Geologia e Paleontologia. 

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Published

11/02/2023

How to Cite

Paixão de Souza, C., & Zucolotto, M. E. (2023). STUDY OF INSOLUBLE ORGANIC MATTER IN CARBONACEOUS METEORITE AGUAS ZARCAS. RECIMA21 - Revista Científica Multidisciplinar - ISSN 2675-6218, 4(2), e422695. https://doi.org/10.47820/recima21.v4i2.2695