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1. gt Run the query by pressing the lt Check gt or the lt Report gt button Pressing the lt Check gt button let MetBase generate a table of the query results that is displayed in the browse window Pressing the lt Report gt button will open the Report Dialog Window where you can order the extracted records export selected data and select report forms lists tables for printing see Chapter 9 When you perform a query a status bar appears in the middle of the screen that keeps you posted about the progress of the record extraction When the query is complete MetBase displays the number of records selected In the following pages a description of the individual window objects and controls is given Expression Builder box Database Field Name popup control Select a database field name that contains the kind of information you want to extract in the query For example the database field Country contains the names of the countries in which the meteorites were found An explanation of the various database field contents is given in the table of Chapter 12 Relational Operator popup control Equal to Character string comparison exactly like Less than More than Less than or equal to More than or equal to Not equal to excluding List of strings to be found in a single database field LIKE Equal to find string in text of variable length NOT LIKE Not equal to string not to be found in text of variable length
2. Comments When you use the content of the database field must start with the characters that you type in the edit text box in order to be selected e g classification subtype L6 will select all L6 chondrites but no LL6 chondrites as the 6 is not the second character of those fields containing LL6 62 The condition classification subtype L will extract L and LL chondrites of all petrologic types whereas classification subtype L will only extract all L chondrites of unknown petrologic type Use IN if you want to do a query with a selection of different criteria from a single field for example Meteorite Name IN Allende Murchison Ornans This is simpler than using the grouping utility e g Meteorite Name Allende OR Meteorite Name Murchison OR Use LIKE to find a string in a text e g Description amp References LIKE B Mason will extract all records that have the name B Mason mentioned in the text of field Description amp Reference Edit Text Box Type the character string or numeric value you wish to retrieve in this text box Consider lower and upper case letters since the comparison of the expression with the database field content is case sensitive Press the lt Enter gt or lt Tab gt key to exit the edit text box lt Add gt Press the lt Add gt button after you have entered a string or value in the Edit Text Box Th
3. Main Group Classification Choose this option from the Main Menu Page if you wish to do a statistical calculation on meteorite main group classifications L H CV HED HIAB After you have set a selection criteria which you do not have to do 1f you want to include all known meteorites MetBase will group the query result according to the main group classification symbols used in MetBase This means that all meteorites which belong to the same main group e g all L3 L4 LS and L6 chondrites are members of L main group are counted and the result 1s displayed in one line with the weight sum and the minimum maximum mean and mean excluding the minimum and maximum value of all group members All weights are calculated in kilograms Meteorites that are paired are counted as one in this statistic Choose the lt Check gt button will display the query result in the browse window in tabular form N A is displayed in the mean min max column when there are not enough counts to calculate a value For more information about using the Record Selection Dialog see Chapter 8 Extracting Meteorite Data For further information on noble gas data see Chapter 3 Detailed Meteorite Information Noble Gas Contents Classification Subtype Choose this option from the Main Menu Page if you wish to do a statistical calculation on meteorite classification groups including all subtype classifications e g LL3 6 CO3 2 C2 AN After you ha
4. Name or Synonym If the analysis has been done on a pairing or under a synonym of the selected meteorite that name is displayed here Type The type classification of the selected meteorite is given Imaged Sample A brief description of the pictured specimen is shown here Usually this the weight or size of the specimen Origin Information on the origin source of the image is shown here Copyright In case that the image 1s copyright protected the copyright 1s given 37 URL In case that the image is accessible via the internet the URL of the web page 1s given here References In case that the image is published in printed form the corresponding reference is given lt Print Image gt Press this button to print the image and corresponding information Action Bar Use the Action Bar controls to move forward or backward in the database See description of individual buttons later in this Chapter Press lt Close gt to return to the previous window If only a single record exists all controls except the lt Close gt button are disabled 38 Setting Order and Filter The Order Filter box contains two objects that control the kind of information displayed and its order of access when using the Action Bar control buttons Order Definition popup Select this popup to display a list of criteria for ordering of the database By default the records are ordered alphabetically by meteorite name For example choose date of
5. Microsoft Excel from the popup list and specify a file name for the output destination The generated file automatically gets the xls extension and can directly be opened in Microsoft Excel and plotted as a chart Fe Data Export Dialog File Export Format Output Destination Microsoft Excel 5 0 5 To File Database Freldnames M Meteorite Name TH Msc Mer To Ba MM Ta M Classification Subtype Ti e Ti ue y Mila Moi e Country Be e e Fr v Ce Re _ Mark All i Observed Fall B ocr Mib re Mos I Date of FallFind Deo Town Mio Toma I i _Unmark ANI I Total Known Weight Tw Dre J Ru JF Sm T Pt T Main Group Symbol TF e co Rh En e Au Shock Classification Dia Me TF Po Mod Iv Hg e Weathering Category E tulo e cu Jw Ag Th Jv TI Reference Symbol Mar iin ca T Dy I Ph I Year of Publication I Si V Ga I in Ho Bi Research Group Jw p Tue Sn e Er e Th Export Analysis Method es Mas Msh Tm Wu Sample Material Type e cl e Se Te Iv Yb Exit E Sample Designation ek e Br a Iv Lu E Sample Remarks e Ca e Rb e Cs e Hf Data Remarks Description of individual window objects Export File Formats Open the popup and choose an export file format from the list Select the Delimited with Tabs or Delimited with Commas formats to generate an ASCII text file in which the database fields are separated by tabs or by commas respectively Since character data may include commas chara
6. CNG 1s different from that of the radionuclides CRN the references are listed separately The accessed analysis database is ordered by the name of the first author CRN lt Print this Record gt Choose this button to print only those data displayed in the current window For using the Print Record Dialog see under Print Record later in this Chapter lt Print this Reference gt Choose this button to print only those data on the selected meteorite that was extracted from the shown reference For using the Print Record Dialog see under Print Record later in this Chapter lt Print all Records gt Choose this button to print all data of all available references of the selected meteorite For using the Print Record Dialog see under Print Record later in this Chapter Action Bar Use the Action Bar controls to move forward or backward in the database See description of individual buttons later in this Chapter Press lt Close gt to return to the previous window If only a single record exists all controls except the lt Close gt button are disabled 30 Light Stable Isotopes Choose the lt Stable Isotopes gt button to open the Light Stable Isotopes Information Window It contains oxygen carbon nitrogen and hydrogen isotopic compositions of bulk samples compounds e g clasts chondrules and CAIs and sparates mineral grains density and grain size fractions fractions of stones stony irons and iron me
7. Print Form Choose a print form from the list Every print form in MetBase has a fixed format in which the query results are printed In most cases the number of available database fields with the extracted information does not fit as a table on a single page And commonly you do not wish to print all available information The list gives you a choice of print forms that display the data in either a tabular form with one row for each record and the database fields as columns or in a catalogue form with more than one row for a single record The print forms contain a header that shows the name of the print form the ordering criteria and the selection criteria defined in the query The selection criteria expression contains the internal field names up to 10 characters of the database tables as used within the program When you open the Report Dialog from the Basic Data Extraction or Mineral Analysis option of the Main Menu Page or from the lt Select Meteorites gt option of the Detailed Meteorite Information Dialog following print forms can be chosen Basic Data Compressed This form prints the important basic meteorite data in a table including columns for meteorite name country date of fall find classification symbol total known weight latitude and longitude of find location If the meteorite was observed to fall this is indicated by an asterisk printed in front of the meteorite name Single Record Detailed This is the same p
8. Print Report Forms Bulk Analysis Compressed Prints the extracted data in a table All meteorite analysis records are listed row by row The contents of chemical components are given in columns with the type classification and the reference symbol At the end of the table a statistical summary is printed with min max average value and standard deviation Because of the width of all columns this table can only be printed in Landscape format To display the meaning of the reference symbol choose the Analysis References print form radio button You can print this information separately 44 Bulk Analysis Detailed Prints the extracted data in a table The analysis records are grouped by meteorite name The basic information on each meteorite is given in a separate box preceding the analysis data The contents of the chemical components are given in columns If the analysis has been published under a synonym or pairing name of the meteorite that name is displayed in the first column of the table together with analysis remarks A separate line with the reference text without title is given after each set of records Because of the width of all columns this table can only be printed in Landscape format Analysis References Prints the list of all literature references for the extracted data The complete reference text is given together with the reference symbol used in the MetBase tables browse window Trace Elements in Ston
9. the menu option number as given in the Main Menu Page the Operators that are recommended to be preferrably chosen when doing a query and the description of the database formats and contents of each field are listed in the table columns D c O O O O O O gt Q 3 D Q Q Q 3 D O i gt D c 0 D Q e v O Q Menu Option Option Name Dialog Name Meteorite Information Detailed Meteorite Information Basic Data Extraction Query Basic Meteorite Data Extraction Collection Information Meteorite Collection Information O Repository Overview Query Meteorite Repository Overview Mineral Chemistry Query Mineral Analysis amp Classifications Bulk Chemical Analyses Query Bulk Chemical Analysis Data Trace Elements in Stones Query Major and Trace Element Analysis Data on Stones Stony Irons of bulk or silicate phase only Trace Elements in Irons Query Trace Element Analysis Data on Irons and Stony Irons of metal phase only Noble Gas Isotopes Query Noble Gas Analysis Data Cosmogenic Nuclides Query Cosmogenic Radionuclide Data Light Stable Isotopes Query Light Stable Isotope Data O N C H Thermoluminescence Data Query Natural and Induced TL data Physical Properties Query Density and Porosity Data Main Group Classification Query Statistics on Main Group Classifications Classification Subtype Query Statistics on Classifications Subtypes Sho
10. All Pairings of the specified meteorite are also retrieved in the query if analysis data are existing under their pairing names mg 1 00Mg Mg Fe Trace Elements Stones lt S gt gt the Mg weight concentration relative to the Mg Fe weight concentration sum Minimum Group Weight Main Group Classification Classification Subtype IN lt S gt 2 the total weight of the lightest individual meteorite in the group is given This field is available for ordering of reports only the month in which the meteorite was recovered the total amount of nitrogen in ug g released during the measurement usually done by stepped 76 29083333 157 16 0 E 157 26666667 PAC IAB gt 0 0001 1998M amp PS Yes No Yes No North Chile 20 2 20 0001 April gt 100 NO Noble Gas Isotopes the concentration of the specific noble gas isotope He Ne Ar measured in the 20 001 obie Gas Isotope x1 0E 8 cc STP g analyzed sample The decimal number if zero does not indicate the precision of the measurement Noble Gas Isotope Ratio Noble Gas Isotopes o the ratio calculated from a specific pair of noble gas isotopes He He Ne Ne The gt 0 001 given ratios are not corrected NTL Level krad 250 C TL Data the natural TL intensity level in krad of light emmitted from the sample at a temperature of gt 10 250 C Number Literature Survey the
11. Expression Builder 14 Choose the operator from the operator popup of the Expression Builder 15 Type 1986 in the edit text box of the Expression Builder 16 Press the lt Add gt button to move expression to the selection criteria list 17 Choose Main Group Symbol from the database field popup of the Expression Builder 18 Choose the operator from the operator popup of the Expression Builder 19 Type LL in the edit text box of the Expression Builder 20 Press the lt Add gt button to move expression to the selection criteria list 21 Press lt Check gt button to run the query and to view the result in the browse window You wish to retrieve the meteorites that are stored in the collection of the Max Planck Institute in Mainz Germany and that have not yet been classified 1 Choose the lt Basic Data Extraction gt option from the Main Menu Page 2 Choose Repository Material from the database field popup of the Expression Builder The LIKE operator is automatically selected in the operator popup of the Expression Builder Type Mainz Max Planck Inst in the edit text box of the Expression Builder 4 Press the lt Add gt button to move expression to the selection criteria list W Choose Classification Subtype from the database field popup of the Expression Builder Choose the lt operator from the operator popup of the Expression Builder Type 0 in the edit text box of the Expression Builder Press the lt Add gt button t
12. He He Ne He Ar INE Ne Ne Ne Ar Ar ratios sample remarks and reference symbol For more information about using the Record Selection Dialog see Chapter 8 Extracting Meteorite Data For further information on noble gas data see Chapter 3 Detailed Meteorite Information Noble Gas Contents When you choose the lt Report gt button the Report Dialog appears after the query is performed successfully for description of the Report Dialog see Chapter 9 You can define up to two criteria to order the records and you have the choice between three different forms to preview and print the extracted information Print Report Forms Noble Gases Compressed Prints the extracted data in a table All meteorite analysis records are listed row by row The noble gas concentrations of 8 isotopes the isotopic ratios calculated from the concentration values meteorite name classification and analysis sample remarks are displayed in columns For the reference citation only the reference symbol is given in the last column If the meteorite was observed to fall this is indicated by an asterisk printed in front of the meteorite name Because of the width of all columns this table can only be printed in Landscape format To display the meaning of the reference symbol choose the Analysis References print form radio button You can print this information separately Noble Gases Detailed Prints the extracted data in a table
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14. displayed in this box The accessed analysis database is ordered by the name of the first author lt Print this Record gt Choose this button to print only those data displayed in the current window For using the Print Record Dialog see under Print Record later in this Chapter lt Print this Reference gt Choose this button to print only those data on the selected meteorite that was extracted from the shown reference For using the Print Record Dialog see under Print Record later in this Chapter This button is disabled if only a single record exists lt Print all Records gt Choose this button to print all data of all references of the selected meteorite For using the Print Record Dialog see under Print Record later in this Chapter This button is disabled if only a single record exists Action Bar Use the Action Bar controls to move forward or backward in the database See description of individual buttons later in this Chapter Press lt Close gt to return to the previous window If only a single record exists all controls except for the lt Close gt button are disabled 26 Noble Gas Contents Choose the lt Noble Gas Contents gt button to open the Noble Gas Data Window For extracting of data see Chapter 5 Analysis Data The noble gas isotopic data compilation up to the year 1996 was kindly provided by Dr Ludolf Schultz Max Planck Institut fiir Chemie Mainz Germany This push button is dis
15. is a known breccia N indicates that the meteorite is obviously unbrecciated N will usually not applied to ordinary chondrites All howardites and polymict eucrites ureilites and diogenites are Average Group Weight Main Group the average total weight in kg calculated from the individual total weights in a group This Classification field is available for ordering of reports only MN Carbon Yield ppm Light Stable Isotopes lt S gt gt the total amount of carbon in ug g released during the measurement usually done by stepped gt 100 combustion heating Category Literature Survey the main topic of the publication e g meteorites incl origin of the solar system impact cratering cosmochemistry meteors meteoroids tektites impact cratering lunar geology interplanetary dust IDPs comets Mars Venus Mercury asteroids general planetology planet earth 0 00 99 99 nen Bulk Chemical Analyses the concentration value in percent weight of the analyzed chemical component SiO2 TiOz emical Component Concentration wi ALO Cr205 Fe703 FeO MnO MgO Na20 K 20 P20s HO H20 Fe_m Nickel Cobalt FeS Carbon OS the name of the city in which the collection or repository is situated Hamburg Classification Subtype All Dialogs the classification including all subtype numbers and anomal designations e g L3 6 ITE AN AEUC P All available classifications can be displayed in the Symbols brow
16. journal number distinct from volume number E gt 1 Number of Meteorites Repository Overview the total number of individual meteorites in a collection Number of Pieces All Dialogs the number of individuals or fragments found of a single meteorite fall Objects Literature Survey LIKE the name or number of the objects described studied or analyzed in the original publication is 12031 Ries crater given if known e g meteorite names lunar rock sample ID crater name Allende Observed Fall Y N All Dialogs the letter Y if the meteorite was an observed fall or N if the meteorite was a find date of Y fall unknown not documented Olivine Fa mean All Dialogs the olivine fayalite arithmetic mean value of a number of individual measurements or a single 0 1 99 9 value if just one value is reported The value is given in mole Olivine Fa range All Dialogs the range of olivine fayalite mole with the lowest and highest values obtained in the 0 1 99 9 measurement Olivine Fa stddev Fa stddev All Dialogs the statistical standard deviation 10 of the olivine fayalite values IIS gt 0 01 clic wt Bulk Chemical Analyses lt the total concentration in percent weight of chemical components not included in the fixed HN gt 0 01 fields For details of these components see database field Analysis Remarks Pages Literature Survey the page number For articles and abstracts the first and last page is mostly given I
17. only a single record exists Action Bar Use the Action Bar controls to move forward or backward in the database See description of individual buttons later in this Chapter Press lt Close gt to return to the previous window If only a single record exists all controls except for the lt Close gt button are disabled 22 Trace Elements Stones Major minor and trace element analysis data can be displayed by choosing the lt Trace Elements Stones gt button of the Detailed Meteorite Information Window This push button is disabled if there are no analysis data available for the selected meteorite The window mainly contains analysis data on whole rock samples of stony meteorites but can also contain data on clasts and silicate phases of stone stony iron and iron meteorites Choose the lt Trace Element Irons gt button if you wish to access trace element analysis data on iron meteorites or the metal phase of stony iron meteorites For extracting of data see Chapter 5 Analysis Data Ea Mayor Minor and Trace Element Data on ORGUEIL Pairing Synonym Type ci Work Group Chicago Method various methods employed Sample weight Sample Material buik material literature mean values Data Remarks 1 53 35b Zr 3 95 Te Tb 0 0353 Hb 0245 Mo Dy 0 245 Mo 053 zea Ho 0 0552 Ru 0 744 Er 01462 Tm 0 022 Yb 0466 Lu 0 0245 Hf 0108 Anders E and Grevesse M 11989 Abundances of the elements Meteor tic a
18. operator popup of the Expression Builder 3 Type Schultz L in the edit text box of the Expression Builder 4 Press the lt Add gt button to move expression to the selection criteria list 5 Type 199 in the edit text box of the Expression Builder 6 Press the lt Add gt button to move expression to the selection criteria list 7 Press lt Check gt button to run the query and to view the result in the browse window Note Use the Reference Text Detailed database field to have co author names included in the query T2 h You wish to have a statistical calculation for Antarctic meteorites including the number of classificational groups and the total weight sum of all members in each group 1 Choose the lt Classifications Subtypes gt option from the statistics box of the Main Menu Page 2 Choose Country from the database field popup of the Expression Builder 3 Choose the operator from the operator popup of the Expression Builder 4 Type Antarctica in the edit text box of the Expression Builder 5 Press the lt Add gt button to move expression to the selection criteria list 6 Press lt Check gt button to run the query and to view the result in the browse window 73 Chapter 12 Description of Database Fields In this Chapter you will find a table with helpful information about the various database fields that can be used for retrieving and ordering of records The database fields as named in the Expression Builder popups
19. or exported to other programs MetBase is a read only program It does not provide the user with the ability to add delete or alter contained data The MetBase database is being updated on a regular basis MetBase support If you have a question about MetBase first look in this product documentation or consult the online help If you cannot find the answer contact the Support We would like to hear your comments about the MetBase program Help us make future versions of MetBase even better by giving us a call sending us a fax or dropping us a note We will be sure to consider your feedback in developing future versions of MetBase We would be very pleased to receive any note from you also regarding the data stored in MetBase There will inevitably be omissions and mistakes Corrections and new information are therefore very welcomed for incorporation in the next edition MetBase service and support J rn Koblitz Benquestrasse 27 D 28209 Bremen Germany Phone 49 421 24 100 24 9 00 17 00 hrs Fax 49 421 16827 99 e mail info metbase de Update service MetBase is being regularly updated with basic information and references on new meteorites analysis data and collection information All registered users of MetBase are entitled to receive an annual data update Chapter 2 Getting started System Requirements MetBase for Windows requires the following hardware and software configuration Hardware e An IBM or compatible c
20. subies 8 849 0 is slightly more magnesian than MG 1 Vermillion pyroxene ENnfSUb 86 38 Wolsubi 5 2 50 typically occurs along the rims of smaller olivine grains although larger pyroxene inclusions Up to 1 mim ofthe same composition are sometimes found within olivine grains 18451 has two types of opx a lower a ops fEnfsubife9 1 Wetton BV ith 0 aaa foam and a hinkhor a any ErnfenkifA7T EDO 1 Acre a Select Records Order by Locate Print Reference Ref Code 1st Author Ka Lower Window controls Order by popup Choose a condition from this popup to sort the literature references database in the specific order The selected order 1s active when moving forward or backward in the database by using the control buttons from the Action Bar Locate popup You can quickly locate a specific author journal title volume number Choose the Locate popup and select a field from the list The edit text box to the right 1s activated indicated by yellow background color where you can enter the expression you wish to locate Press lt Enter gt to locate the record in the database The database 1s automatically ordered by the selected field Action Bar Use the Action Bar controls to move forward or backward in the database For skipping through the database it doesn t matter which of the filing card page is temorarily activated topmost This setting 1s not changed and only this portion of information is displayed as lo
21. synonym or pairing name of the meteorite that name is displayed in the first column of the table A separate line with the reference text without title is given after each set of records Because of the width of all columns this table can only be printed in Landscape format All CRN Compressed Prints the extracted data in a table The analysis records are listed row by row All cosmogenic radionuclide data terrestrial ages meteorite pairing names sample identification number type classification reference symbols and analysis remarks are given in columns Because of the width of all columns this table can only be printed in Landscape format To display the meaning of the reference symbol choose the References CRN amp Ages print form radio button CRN amp CNG Compressed Prints the extracted data in a table The analysis records are listed row by row Be Al Cl and Mn activities INe concentration Ne Ne and He Ne ratios meteorite pairing names sample identification number type classification analysis remarks and reference symbols for both cosmogenic radionuclides and noble gases are given in columns Because of the width of all columns this table can only be printed in Landscape format To display the meaning of the reference symbol choose the References CRN amp Ages print form radio button CNG Only Detailed Prints the extracted data in a table This print form is the same like the All Data Deta
22. the file appears in the list box Only those files are listed here that have the right extension the extension that is automatically added to the file name depends on the chosen file format To display all files in the active directory check the All Files box Double click or press lt Enter gt key on the highlighted filename in the list to display it in the edit text box at the bottom of the window The file is saved in the currently active directory which is displayed in the Directory popup control You can change the directory and drive letter by selecting them from the Drive and Directory popups Choose the lt Save gt button to save the settings or choose lt Cancel gt to exit the Save As Dialog without saving Choose lt Export gt button to generate the export file in the specified directory Press lt Exit gt to leave the window and return to the Report Dialog Window The lt Export gt button is disabled as long as you have not selected a database field and an output destination 69 Chapter 11 Query Examples In the following you will find some query examples that will help you to learn how to use this dialog more efficiently Just follow the commands line by line a You wish to view all noble gas data of the CM2 carbonaceous chondrites Bells Murchison Murray and Nogoya 1 Choose the lt Noble Gas Isotopes gt option from the Main Menu Page 2 Choose Meteorite Name from the database field popup of the Expression B
23. the sample excluding pores grain volume b Bulk density in g cm is the density of the measured meteorite sample including pores Formula Pe M Vp where M mass of the sample measured V measured volume of the sample including pores bulk volume This analysis technique is mainly applied to stony meteorites Porosity Data The porosity of a meteorite is defined as the percent fraction of the volume of a sample that is empty space Formula V V Or 1 pp Pg x 100 a The measured porosity 1s the actual porosity of the sample measured b The model porosity is the estimated porosity of a sample based on the composition of the meteorite or meteorite type c The average porosity is calculated from the difference between the average grain and average bulk density References The literature reference to the used information is given in this box lt Print this Record gt Choose this button to print only those data displayed in the current window For using the Print Record Dialog see under Print Record later in this Chapter lt Print this Reference gt Choose this button to print only those data on the selected meteorite that was extracted from the shown reference For using the Print Record Dialog see under Print Record later in this Chapter lt Print all Records gt Choose this button to print all data of all available references of the selected meteorite For using the Print Record Dialog see u
24. 5 Meteorite IMa ses Asis cence a te ee a 37 Sene O FIET serso a ea 39 PRE COL SE ECHO E 39 7 Ce CG b A TEER Orne e 40 PENERE O ae AP EA oo A A O O eaadtae se onoedentenatss 40 Basic Data Era CU 40 Chapter Meteorite Collections haves a te uaa Staunisaeatedeesssaendimandes 41 Collec Horin orna OR aora illa 41 Cole CIION OVEN E Noa 43 chapter A a il oil 44 NineralChemni iy ensani 44 B k Chemical Analy Ses cener a O S 44 Face Elements 11 UOC S ta 45 Trace Elements In oO aerea a E A ii 47 Noble Gas SOLOD sd a aan cuai eer nan i ataaer tenets 48 Cosmo enie INucldes racial aia 48 VCORE table soto diia 50 A cee T Mere crore nt cr ever tent are Tyee Tn cy mente re er nree rte eaten eee 32 PEysical ropero Ma lis 32 Chaplet 6 StauistiCS sarees teenth eel a a at de deni E at tans oun tied ts 53 Manr Group Classic AMAIA o td ie notes 53 o GTEC HAIG FV a0 010 1 o cree COMEN PEE E NET REO O e terest rene 53 SHOCK A A 53 Ammal Rally Rims ci a ican 54 COUNTY AUS LIC S ti 54 Chapter 7 Bibliography on Meteoritics and Planetary CIENCES ccccccccncccnnnnnonononononnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnononnnnns 55 Literature tornados acia 29 Keywords and Objects Information ccccccccnnccnnnnnnnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnos 56 aE 2 tall Bc a EE E OR em E EE EE E S S EE E ORT E E E EEEE 57 Lower Window Controls sities seceded teste hee lili 58 VOUTMALS OV CR VIC Wy A tale Radke a thi deleted tile huts de
25. Action Bar The Action Bar is a main feature that you will find in most MetBase windows It gives you control over the way in which the records are accessed in the database You can go to the first or to the last record in the database or move forward or backward in it slowly record by record or speedy in steps of 10 The sequence in which records are displayed depends on how the database is ordered see under Order Filter in this Chapter P es gt gt gt gt Press this button to open the help window gt Press this button to go to the next record in the database Hold down the hot key lt N gt or the lt Enter gt key to move forward lt Press this button to go to the previous record in the database Hold down the hot key lt P gt or the lt Enter gt key to move backward gt gt Press this button to skip 10 records in the database Hold down the hot key lt gt or the lt Enter gt key to quickly move forward lt lt Press this button to go 10 record back in database Hold down the hot key lt gt or the lt Enter gt key to quickly move backward I lt Press this button to go to the first record in the database gt Press this button to go to the last record in the database Close Press the lt Close gt button to return to the previous window Print Record You can print the basic data details and references and repository information of the currently selected meteorite To print other analysis
26. C or Cl data if available For extracting of data see Chapter 5 Analysis Data A compilation of cosmogenic radionuclides Be AL 36C Mn Ne containing all data available as of August 1987 was kindly provided by Dr Kunihiko Nishiizumi University of California San Diego USA See also K Nishiizumi 1987 Nucl Tracks Radiat Meas 13 209 273 The push button is disabled 1f there are no analysis data available for the selected meteorite FS Cosmogenic Radionuclides on MAC 88105 Paiing Synonym mac 28104 Type ALUMNA HM aterial S ample bulk material 14 Method Remarks Accelerator mazz spectrometry AMS Cosmogenic Nuclides Cosmogenic Noble Gases dpm kg material 10 em STFg Me 128 22Ne He 122 tH e He 145145 ka 1 Radionuclides Vogt 5 Fink D Klein J Middleton A Dockhorn B Lorschinek G Nolte E and Herzog G F 1991 Exposure histones of the lunar meteontes M4C55104 M Cs8105 1291197 and 86032 Geochim Cosmochim Acta 55 3157 3165 Noble gases Eugster O Beer J Burger bl Finkel A C Hofmann H J Erahenbual U Print this Record Print this Reference Print all Records o f lt lt gt o gt oi 11 Records with analysis data available If there is more than one record available you can scroll through the database using the Action Bar in the same manner as you do in the Detailed Meteorite Information Dialog When you first en
27. Screen Preview C To Printer C To File 4 Doubttul Pseudometeorites W Suppress Blank Entries In this window you can further format the extracted data You can specify the order you want the data to be presented and choose a print form You have the choice to direct the data to the screen as preview to the printer or to a file for later printing From this window you can directly export data in different file formats The kinds of options that are accessible in a Report Dialog Window depend upon the Record Selection Dialog you have used before There are three different Report Dialog Windows available for basic meteorite data for collection information and for analysis data or statistics Description of individual window objects Ordering Records by Here you can specify the order you want the data presented In most cases you can choose two different database fields as the ordering criteria Ist Order popup Choose a database field from the first order popup The records are ordered by the selected field first 2nd Order popup Choose another database field from this popup if you want a secondary ordering criterion on your records The popup is disabled as long as you have not selected a first order criterion from the 1st Order popup Ascending Descending The records are by default organized in ascending order Choose the Descending radio button 1f you want the data to be reported in descending order 65
28. The analysis records are grouped by meteorite name The basic information on each meteorite is given in a separate box preceding the analysis data The noble gas concentrations of 8 isotopes the isotopic ratios calculated from the concentration values and analysis sample remarks are displayed in columns If the analysis has been published under a synonym or pairing name of the meteorite that name is displayed in the first column of the table A separate line with the reference text without title is given after each set of records Because of the width of all columns this table can only be printed in Landscape format Analysis References Prints the list of all literature references for the extracted data The complete reference text is given together with the reference symbol used in the MetBase tables browse window 48 Cosmogenic Nuclides Choose this option from the Main Menu Page if you wish to extract cosmogenic nuclide data and terrestrial ages from the database Only in this dialog you can extract information by setting upper and lower limits for radionuclide activities cosmogenic noble gas concentrations and ratios or terrestrial ages for example selecting all those analysis records where the Be activities are between 10 and 15 dpm kg When you define selection criteria with database fields that contain activity or concentration data always try to specify a range of two values using the gt 2 and lt lt 5 Opera
29. USER S MANUAL ti nl ull we alll mfi Meteorite Data Retrieval Software Meteorite Data Retrieval Program Microsoft Windows Version 7 2 MetBase User s Manual Version 7 2 for Microsoft Windows Documentation Information in this document is subject to change without notice No part of this document and the original software may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical for any purpose without the express written permission of the copyright owner Software License Agreement By using MetBase you accept all of the following terms Terms The program and its documentation are copyrighted You may not remove or conceal any trademark or copyright notice appearing on any copy of the program or documentation We remain the sole owner of this program We grant to you and you accept a non exclusive licence for the use of this program within a single business entity Business entity also includes a public institution or a private home Within the business entity you may use this program on only one computer at a time for a granted single user license use this program on up to two computers or work stations at a time for a granted dual user license use this program on up to fife computers or work stations at a time for a granted network license I use this program on up to twenty computers or workstations at a time for a granted network license II er E You may not make
30. abled if there are no analysis data available for the selected meteorite ES Noble Gas Data on ALLENDE x Noble Gas Isotope Ratios Bogard D D Clark A 5 Keth J E and Reynolds M A 1977 Noble Gases and Radionuclides in Lost City and Other Recently Fallen Meteorites J Geophys Res 76 4076 4083 Print this Record Print this Reference Print all Records 129 Records with analysis data available If there is more than one record available you can scroll through the database using the Action Bar in the same manner as you do in the Detailed Meteorite Information Dialog When you first enter the window the total number of records available is shown in the bottom help line Pairing Name Synonym If the analysis has been done on a pairing or under a synonym of the selected meteorite that name is given Sample The kind of analyzed material bulk material mineral separate magnetic fraction is shown Remark Important notes on the sample used in the analysis and its preparation are mentioned in this box Noble Gas Isotopic Concentrations and Ratios The concentrations are given in 10 cm STP g of analyzed sample material The isotopic ratios are computed directly from the concentration values They are not corrected and may be less precise than the values given in the original publication Trailing decimal zeros are no indication of absolute precision of the measurement All values are formatted in a fixed number of dec
31. asson Jd T Title ia Pallasites A Mew Pallasite Grouplet Year 1995 Wol 30 Ho ls Series Pages 458 489 ae Journal Meteoritic Editorial ISSH Y no 0026 1114 Record ID 40501300 Remarks Paper presented at the 53th Annual Meeting of the i Meteoritical Society Washington D C USA co ie September 11 15 1995 Ref Code moesen os Publisher The Meteoritical Society Allan Press Inc MetCat Link no Place Lawrence Kansas MB Library no Reference 405 Abstract Service Select Records Order by Locate Print Reference Ref Code 1st Author e To get into the Literature Survey Page frame press the lt Literature Information gt button of the Main Menu Page The Literature Information Window is displayed The page frame contains 3 separate pages arranged in a filing cabinet style By default the Reference Information page is the top most page displayed when opening this dialog Reference Information the Reference Information page provides all basic information on the selected publication such as Publication type article abstract book catalogue conference volume special print dissertation letter note newspaper column pamphlet map picture juvenile literature chapter in book chronicle editorial comment reply book review bibliography Category meteorites incl origin of the solar system cosmochemistry meteors meteoroids main topic tektites im
32. ata lt S gt 2 the induced TL sensitivity normalized to a known standard Dhajala or Kernouve of a sample gt 10 previously exposed to a 250 mCi Sr beta source ITL Tem perature C TL Data the temperature where the induced TL maximum occurs peak temperature gt 200 ITL FWHM C TL Data the FWHM full width at half mean value of the highest peak in the induced TL glow curve gt 10 Grain Density g cm Physical Properties the grain density of the analyzed sample which is the density excluding pores gt 3 5 Bulk Density g cm Physical Properties the bulk density of the analyzed sample which is the density including pores gt 3 2 Measured Porosity Physical Properties the porosity of the sample as measured gt 9 Model Porosity Physical Properties gt ae the estimated porosity of the sample based on the composition of meteorite or meteorite type gt 7 5 Ave rage Porosity Physical Properties lt lt gt 2 the porosity calculated from the difference between average grain and average bulk density gt 8 Sam ple Weight g Physical Properties lt S gt 2 the mass of the measured sample gt 1 Journal Literature Survey LIKE IN the name of the journal or conference volume starting with Jn in which the abstract or article has been published e g Meteoritics Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Earth and Planetary Science Letter D lA lA Meteoritics _ N Kamac
33. be used in MetBase to retrieve data The symbols are ordered according to the fields in the database that contain these symbols This shall help you to use the right style when entering text into the Edit Text Box of the Expression Builder especially in case of classifications The column Fieldname shows the name of the database field that contains the specific symbol The column Cnt displays the number of records in MetBase that contain the specific symbol The column Description displays the meaning of the symbol lt Exit gt Return to the previous window 63 Selection Criteria Box The Selection Criteria Box displays the list of query conditions copied from the Expression Builder You can delete edit and move individual expressions in the list Therefore Tab into the Selection Criteria Box and move to a specific expression by using the lt Up gt or lt Down gt arrow keys or click the mouse on the specific expression to highlight it The control buttons as described below become activated Press the lt Enter gt key or double click with the mouse to reposition the expression in the Expression Builder Box for editing After editing you can again save the expression to the Selection Criteria Box by pressing the lt Add gt button The highlighted line in the Selection Criteria Box will be overwritten with the new expression lt Delete gt Deletes a single condition or a double line from the list You have to select hig
34. bsequently found those weights are added to the reported total weight If no total known weight is reported the weight sum of all specimens preserved in repositories 1s given Number of pieces The number of recovered individuals or fragments of a single meteorite is given In many cases the number of individuals is supposed to be large but unknown the remark shower is given If there are two or more fragments that fit together to form a single individual they are counted as one 13 Classification Information Box Material The rough grouping is given here Stone ST Iron IR Stony Iron SI Silicates are the dominant components rock stony meteorite Iron nickel metal is the dominant component iron meteorite Mesosiderites and Pallasites silicate and metal in more or less equal fractions This kind of information is important only in those cases where a classification has not yet been done Class The type classification is given in this box The petrographic subtype is included if known The adopted classification symbols are those commonly used by the literature on the subject like A L Graham et al 1985 Catalogue of Meteorites British Museum Natural History London or the journal Meteoritics A description of the used type classification symbols can also be accessed from the Online Help utility within MetBase Chemical Main Groups H L LL H L L LL E EH EL Ordinary chondrites Enstatite chondrit
35. bulk analysis data by setting upper and lower limits for component concentrations for example selecting all those analysis records where the total Fe content is between 20 and 22 wt When you define selection criteria including database fields that contain component concentrations always try to specify a range of two values using the gt gt and lt lt 5 operators in the expressions This prevents empty fields from being included in the query result for example total Iron wt gt 20 AND total Iron wt J lt 22 When you choose the lt Check gt button after definition of the selection criteria the browse window will display a table of the query result with meteorite name type classification contents of S102 TIO ALO Fe203 FeO MnO MgO CaO NaO KO P O H20 HO Fe metal Ni Co FeS C total total Fe sample reference symbol analyst and Remarks For more information on using the Record Selection Dialog see Chapter 8 Extracting Meteorite Data For further information on bulk chemical analyses see Chapter 3 Detailed Meteorite Information Bulk Chemical Analyses When you choose the lt Report gt button the Report Dialog appears after the query is performed successfully for description of the Report Dialog see Chapter 9 You can define up to two criteria to order the records and you have the choice between three different forms to preview and print the extracted information
36. cation Address 9 10 Raga 1 Chome ltabashi ku Tokyo 173 References Motes Yanai K and Kojima H 1995 Catalog of the Antarctic Meteorites Tokyo NIPA 230 pp Yanal E 1987 Photographic Catalogue of the Antarctic Meteorites Tokyo NIPR 298 pp Print Address Order by Locate Pont Catalogue City con Code Select Meteortes Tp lt lt lt lt Extracting Meteorites Ordering the Repository Repository from the Catalogue Information Location Box Repository Location box The location of the selected repository with city country name of institution and address is displayed Collection Code The collection code as used by the Repository Information window of the Detailed Meteorite Information Dialog see Chapter 3 Repository Information is displayed in this field Total Number of Meteorites This field shows the total number of meteorites in the selected collection Meteorites in Prepared Sections This field shows the number of meteorites of which prepared sections covered thin sections polished thin sections polished sections and mounts are known to have been prepared Ranking in Meteorite Number The collection ranking in terms of the total number of meteorites 1s displayed here This number is not really a measure of the importance or value of the specific collection as 1t does not consider rarity and mass of the contained meteorites The number gives the position relati
37. ck Classifications Query Statistics on Shock Classifications Annual Falls Finds Query Annual Fall Find Statistics Country Statistics Query Country Statistics m Bibliography Meteorite Literature Survey J 4 Description of individual database fields used in the Record Selection Dialogs Database Field Name Used in Dialogs Recommended Description the Field Contains Examples Range Menu Option Operator Usage of Total Count Annual Falls Finds the percentage of selected to total number of meteorites found in a specific year This field is 0 100 temporarly created during the query and can be used for ordering of records of Total Weight Annual Falls Finds The percentage of selected to total weight of all meteorites found in a specific year This field is temporarly created during the query and can be used for ordering of records Age Remarks Cosmogenic Nuclides LIKE remarks to the given terrestrial age values and an indication on which radionuclides they are based on e g C 14 terrestrial age IN Analysis Method Bulk Chemical Analyses an acronym for the employed analysis method e g INAA RNAA XRF EMPA W GRC INAA Trace Elements Stones Trace Elements lrons Cosmogenic Nuclides Physical Properties Analysis Remarks Meteorite Information LIKE a text field of variable length as displayed in Mineral Analyses Window Often contains Basic Data Extraction plagioclase ortho and clinopyroxene kamacite composi
38. classification of the selected meteorite is given Material Sample The kind of material analyzed bulk material separate silicate is displayed along with the sample identification code which usually is the catalog number of the institute or museum that has provided the material Analysis Remarks Further remarks to the analysis or sample material are shown in this box 33 Thermoluminescence Data The natural TL intensity level is given in krad of light emmitted from the sample at a temperature of 250 C This analysis technique is mainly applied to ordinary chondrite finds from Antarctica and gives an approximate measure for the terrestrial age and thermal irradiation history of a meteorite The induced TL properties of a meteorite sample are characterized by three significant features of the glow curve the TL sensitivity normalized to a known standard Dhajala for unequilibrated meteorites Kernouve for equilibrated meteorites the temperature where the TL maximum occurs peak temperature and the FWHM full width at half mean value of the peak curve The measured samples has previosly to be annealed to 500 C to erase present natural TL and then exposed to a 250 mCi Sr beta source until the absorbed dose amounts to 2 0 krad The induced TL properties are a measure for the metamorphism state of a meteorites and are primarily governed by the amount and structural state of containing feldspar The induced TL sensitivity 1s an important pa
39. cter fields are additionally delimited with double quotation marks The Database DBF file format can be used by FoxPro FoxBASE and dBASE IV database programs The new file is assigned a DBF extension by default The System Data Format SDF file is an ASCII file in which records have a fixed length and end with a carriage return and line feed Fields aren t delimited The SDF file name assigned a TXT file extension if you do not include an extension The Symbolic Link Format SYLK file is an interchange format used by Microsoft MultiPlan in which fields from the table in the browse window become columns in the spreadsheet and records become rows SYLK file names have no extension by default The Data Interchange Format DIF file is used by VisiCalc and some other programs Fields from the browse window table become vectors columns and records become tuples rows The new file name is assigned a DIF extension by default 68 In the Microsoft Excel XLS version 2 and 5 file format each database field becomes a column in the spreadsheet and each record becomes a row in the spreadsheet A XLS extension is assigned to the newly created spreadsheet by default Data can be exported to a file in Microsoft Multiplan version 4 01 format The new file is assigned a MOD extension by default Data can be exported to a file in Lotus Symphony version 1 0 WRK format Select the Lotus Symphony WRI format if you use the version 1 1
40. data use the specific query dialogs from the Main Menu Page Choose the lt Print Record gt button to open the Print Record Dialog Window Choose the output destination Output Destination Select lt To Screen gt to preview the print form before sending it to the printer Select lt To Printer gt to send the output directly to your connected printer Select lt To File gt if you wish to print the report at a later time for example if you do not have the printer connected to your PC Basic Data Extraction Choose this option from the Main Menu Page if you wish to extract meteorite records from the database You will get into the same dialog window that is opened when you choose the lt Select Meteorite gt button from the Detailed Meteorite Information Dialog For more information about using this dialog see Chapter 8 Extracting Meteorite Data 40 Chapter 4 Meteorite Collections Collection Information Choose this item from the Main Menu if you wish to print the catalogue of a meteorite collection and if you wish to view detailed information on a specific meteorite collection FS Meteorite Collection Information Collection Code Tokyo HIFR Name of Collection Institution National Institute of Polar Research Department of Number of Meteorites in Collection Antarctic Meteorites Meteorites in Prepared Sections Ranking in Number of Meteorites E Curator Dr H Kolima Source of Information Publi
41. digits indicating the literature source of the given analysis data with the first 6 digits reserved for the first author the seventh digit a comma and the last 3 digits reserved for the year of publication e g EBERHA 66A or KING 18 Look under Analysis References in the Report Dialog to display the detailed reference text the same like field Reference Symbol but to be used for retrieval of the references for cosmogenic noble gas data only the same like field Reference Symbol but to be used for retrieval of the references for cosmogenic radionuclides and terrestrial ages only text of variable length The detailed reference to the analysis data is given with authors year title and source Only in this field you can retrieve information on co authors of the referenced literature the same like field Reference Text Detailed but for retrieval of the references for cosmogenic noble gas data only the same like field Reference Text Detailed but to be used for retrieval of the references for cosmogenic radionuclides and terrestrial ages only 0 1 99 9 0 1 99 9 gt 0 01 C0001200 KING 78 Catalogue of Meteorites ADS Abstract Service KING 78 HERZOG 74A HERZOG 74A Chemical variation Exposure Age size effects 81 Remarks Literature Survey LIKE further details and references are given e g the conference name place and date for pr
42. ds and Objects Information By clicking with the mouse pointer on the Keywords Objects text on top of the page frame the middle filing card a new text page with the keywords and objects lists is displayed Further if there is analysis data stored with MetBase the lt Analysis Data gt button is enabled and the dedicated information can be accessed through this portal FT Literature on Meteontics amp Planetary Sciences Reference Information Keywords Objects o Abstract text Keywords Objects ACHOMODRITES METEORITES METEORITES Yermillion METEORITES STONY IRON METEORITES PALLASITES 10451 STONY IROM METEQRITES PALLASITES PYrROXEME STOMTARONS UNGROLIPED Meteorite Data Link Analysis Data BOESEN as Select Records Order by Locate Print Reference Ref Code 1st Author Ka 57 Keywords Keywords are provided for all literature references in order to enhance the data retrieval power for details on the query function see Chapter 8 Extracting Meteorite Data In some cases especially when the original publication wasn t accessible for us keywords were derived from the title text of the reference All Keywords are given in upper case letters and are separated from each other by a comma There are around 10 000 keywords supplied in total Objects The names given in this list box are the objects treated studied in the original publication For publications in the field of meteori
43. e ey Physical Property Data on ALLENDE Name or Synonym Allende Material Sample bulk material Analysis Remarks Literature values Data Remarks J ean of 23 literature values Britt D T and Consolmagno 6 J 2003 Stony meteorite porosities and densities A review of the data through 2001 Meteorit Planet Sci 38 1161 1180 Mo further analysis data available If there is more than one record available you can scroll through the database using the Action Bar in the same manner as you do in the Detailed Meteorite Information Dialog When you first enter the window the total number of records available is shown in the bottom help line Pairing Synonym If the analysis has been done on a pairing or under a synonym of the selected meteorite that name 1s displayed here Type The type classification of the selected meteorite is given Material Sample The kind of material analyzed bulk material separate silicate is displayed along with the sample identification code which usually is the catalog number of the institute or museum that has provided the material Analysis Remarks Further remarks to the analysis are shown in this box Data Remarks Further remarks to the provided analysis data are shown in this box 35 Densitiy Data a Grain density in g cm is the density of the sample minerals contained excluding pores Formula Pe M Ve where M mass of the sample measured V measured volume of
44. e Trace Elements lrons Cosmogenic Nuclides Light Stable Isotopes TL Data Physical Properties Sample Remarks Noble Gas Isotopes LIKE remarks to noble gas analysis sample as reported in the cited literature like sample no NI mineral fraction irradiation remarks e g NI neutron irradiated etc For more information consult to the original publication irradiated the number of meteorites including pairings that were found in the specific year Only those meteorites are included in the count that match the selection criteria If no condition for selection was fixed the number is equal to the number stored in the Total Count field This field is temporarly created during the query and can be used for ordering of records Selected Weight Sum Annual Falls Finds the total weight sum in kg of all meteorites that were found in the specific year Only those Series Literature Survey Se A serial number is given in some cases where journal issuing was subsequently changed to a new volume numbering Shock Classification All Dialogs IN the shock classification symbol or facies e g S4 or d The available shock classifications can be retrieved from the Symbols browse window Shock Stage S1 S6 Shock Classifications J the number of retrieved meteorites having the specific shock classification This field is 82 Selected Count Annual Falls Finds 20 meteorites are included in the calculation that match the select
45. e lt Details amp References gt button from the Display More Box to open the Meteorite Details Window FS Details on ALLENDE x Description amp References A large shower of stones fell after a huge fireball hohted up thousands of square miles of Northern Mexico reported Met Bull 45 Meteorttics 1970 5 p 101 More than 2000ke were probably collected One individual weighed 100 110ke but had fragmented on impact The strewntield is estimated to be more than 150 sq km EA Eme et al Science 1969 165 p 928 Full illustrated description ofindraidual specimens bulk and mineral analyses 23 89 total Fe oline Fad 45 ave Fab in chondrules E S Clarke Jr et al Smithson Contrib Earth Sci 1870 5 see also DP Elston Meteontcs 1970 5 p 195 RS Clarke Jr Meteorttics 1280 5 p 189 E M Housley and M Blander Meteoritics 1970 5 p 205 Reference sample preparation comparative analyses E Jarosewich et al Smithson Contrib Earth Pueblito de Allende Gutricpilleo The Description amp References box displays details like find fall circumstance or literature references to data used in MetBase The literature cited here covers find reports detailed descriptions and a variety of analyses on the selected meteorite Only the first author 1s given in case of publications with more two authors The following acronyms are used for commonly cited Journals GCA for Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta AMN for Antarctic M
46. e same manner as you do in the Detailed Meteorite Information Dialog When you first enter the window the total number of records available is shown in the bottom help line Pairing Synonym If the analysis has been done on a pairing or under a synonym of the selected meteorite that name is given Type The type classification of the meteorite is given Method The employed method of analysis is displayed here 21 Sample Material The sample identification code usually the catalog number of the institute or museum that has provided the material as well as the type of material used for the analysis is given In most cases bulk material is the sample material In some cases silicate non magnetic fractions clasts dark or light material or chondrule separates were used Samples are normally prepared as chips homogenized powder or fused beads It must be noted here that due to sample heterogeneity the analysis result often reflects just the sample composition rather than the real average composition of the entire meteorite The data obtained by E Jarosewich are more accurate with respect to average meteorite composition because larger quantities of the specific meteorites have mostly been used for sample preparation homogenized powder Analyst The person who performed the analysis 1s given Remarks Remarks to the analysis data and details on results for further components analyzed but not given in the fixed component concentratio
47. e database e g meteorite name country terrestrial age These kinds of fields are set read only and cannot be edited In some dialogs so called edit text boxes are used where you are asked by the program to enter text This can be a number or a string of characters e g the name of a meteorite that MetBase shall locate in the database To enter text in the box press the lt Tab gt key until the edit text box 1s selected yellow highlighted or click on the edit text box with the mouse to position the cursor Type in the text and press lt Enter gt to execute the program according to your specification To exit an edit text box press the lt Tab gt key Meteorite Mame gt Tab or Shift Tab to the popup control or click with the left mouse button on the popup The selected item is highlighted in blue color To display the contained popup items hold the left mouse button pressed and drag up or downwards in the popup listing You can also click on the right scroll bar to display further items not fitting on the popup field Release the left mouse button to select the highlighted item You can instead use the lt Up gt or lt Down gt Arrow keys in conjunction with the lt Alt gt key to open the popup list To select an item press lt Enter gt You can further use lt PgDn gt and lt PgUp gt to scroll the list one full window at a time lt Home gt and lt End gt move you to the first or last option in the popup listing Popup C
48. e expression is then displayed in the Selection Criteria Box The lt Add gt button is disabled as long as the Edit Text Box 1s empty lt Ignore Case gt Unmark the lt Ignore Case gt check box if you wish to do a case sensitive search for the character string entered in the edit text box You have to check this box before adding the expression to the Selection Criteria Box If the lt Ignore Case gt box is crossed default setting the character string is displayed in capital letters in the Selection Criteria Box after pressing the lt Add gt button Action bar lt Check gt The query is performed and the extracted records will be displayed in the browse window If you further wish to format sort or print the result you have to press the lt Report gt button in order to proceed to the Report Dialog Window If the Selection Criteria List is empty all records in the database are selected except for two cases where you have to define a condition because of the too large amount of data in the database lt Report gt Pressing this button will bring you directly to the Report Dialog Window after the query is done and records are found See Chapter 9 Reporting Query Results lt Reset gt By pressing the lt Reset gt button the content in the Selection Criteria List is deleted and the Selection Dialog is resetted to its starting condition lt Symbols gt A table is displayed which contains symbols and country names that can
49. ecord Most of the abstract text was kindly provided by the ADS Abstract service of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Cambridge Mass 58 FT Literature on Meteontics amp Planetary Sciences Reference Information Keywords Objects l Abstract text Abstract text by courtesy of Astrophysics Data System ADS 550 Cambridge MA Anew pallasite grouplet the pyroxene pallasites consisting of the meteorites Vermillion and T8451 has been identified by petrologic trace element and oxygen isotopic data Vermillion is a new 27 kg find from central Kansas with a texture that differs from main group MG and Eagle Station ES pallasites and consists of about wol 1 86 Fendi metal and 14 silicates The silicates are interspersed with metal along bands up to 1 5 cm wide within the metal host These bands contain micron to cm sized silicates including rounded to subrounded olivine upto 1 5 crm as Well as orthopyroxene chromite and merrillite 18451 previously described in 1 is texturally similar to MG pallasites and consists of Fendi metal rounded to subangular olivine up to 1 crm pyroxene chromite and merrillite Modal Vermillion silicates consist of vol about 93 olivine 50px 1 5 chromite 0 5 merrillite while 8451 silicates consist of about 94 olivine 4 6 opx 1 1 cox and 0 1 merrillite Vermillion olivine Fofsubifey 0 89 90 is comparable to MG pallasite olivine 2 while that of Ye8457 Fo
50. ents Compressed Prints the whole set of element abundances obtained in the query The meteorite name type classification sample designation and material type employed analysis method workgroup and data remarks are printed for each analysis on top of the element data block The element concentrations are given in columns and ordered by atomic number If the CI normalization box was checked all values are printed relative to their average CI abundances Fields with no available analysis data are left blank A separate line with the reference text is given after each set of records Lithophiles Detailed Prints only the lithophile element data of the query result The records are grouped by meteorite name The basic information on each meteorite is given in a separate box preceding the analysis data The sample designation and material type employed analysis method data remarks reference symbols and element concentrations are given in columns In each column two elements had to be arranged in row pairs because of the limited table width If the CI normalization box was checked all element values are printed relative to their average CI abundances If the analysis has been published under a synonym or pairing name of the meteorite that name 1s displayed in the first column of the table Because of the width of all columns this table can only be printed in Landscape format Siderophiles Detailed Prints only the siderophile element data of the q
51. eorites that have been recovered in a certain country If you do not specifiy a country in the query all countries from which meteorites have been reported are listed in a table Choose the lt Check gt button to display the query result in the browse window The first column contains the country name the second column the total number of recovered meteorites The next columns contain the total weight sum the mean total weight the number of falls and finds the number of stones irons stony irons ordinary chondrites and achondrites For more information about using the Record Selection Dialog see Chapter 8 Extracting Meteorite Data 55 Chapter 7 Bibliography on Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences The Bibliography on Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences contains the most comprehensive compilation of literature references on the subjects meteorites meteors interplanetary dust tektites impact cratering lunar geology asteroids martian geology and venusian geology from as early as 1492 up to the present time The database is keyword indexed and holds the names of objects studied in the original publication e g meteortie names crater names Apollo lunar rock ID numbers FX Literature on Meteontics amp Planetary Sciences Keywords Objects Abstract text Publ Type abstract Category Meteoritics Language English Authors Goesenberg J S Prinz M Weisberg M K Davis 4 M Clayton A M Mayeda T K W
52. es Carbonaceous chondrites Rumuruti type chondrites C CI CH CK CM CO CR CV R known also as Carlisle Lake type Ungrouped chondrites CHUNGR Achondrites AUB AEUC ADIO AHOW ANGR Primitive achondrites ALOD ACAP ABRA AURE AWIN SNC group achondrites ACHA ANAK ASHE AOPX Lunar meteorites ALUN A ALUN B ALUN G Pallasites PAL Mesosiderites MES MES A MES B Iron meteorites IAB IC HAB UC DD IE HF IAB HICD IE IF IVA IVB Petrographic Types For chondrites the petrographic type number is added to the chemical group symbol l to 2 unequilibrated chondrites carbonaceous chondrites only 3 0 to 3 9 unequilibrated chondrites 4to6 equilibrated chondrites 7 equilibrated chondrites with achondritic texture Intermediate petrographic types are usually indicated by a slash for example 5 6 indicates a type intermediate between 5 and 6 On the other hand 4 6 indicates that the chondrite is a breccia containing clasts or matrix of petrographic type 4 and 6 For unequilibrated chondrites the subtypes are given if known e g LL3 5 CO3 2 Ungrouped and Anomalous Meteorites Meteorites that do not fit into any known classificational group are designated ungrouped UNGR This is the case for numerous irons symbol IRUNGR If a meteorite possesses most of the properties considered typical for a classificational group but differs in some important respects and is therefore designated an anomalous member
53. es Choose this option from the Main Menu Page if you wish to extract from the database major minor and trace element data obtained from whole rock samples of stony meteorites or clasts and silicate fractions of stone stony iron and iron meteorites Only in this dialog you can extract information by setting upper and lower limits for element concentrations for example selecting all those analysis records where the Scandium content is between 9 0 and 9 7 ug g When you define selection criteria including database fields that contain element concentrations always try to specify a range of two values using the gt gt and lt lt operators in the expressions This prevents empty fields from being included in the query result for example Sc Concentration ug g gt 9 0 AND Sc Concentration ug g lt 9 7 When you choose the lt Check gt button after you have defined the selection criteria the browse window will display a table of the query result with meteorite pairing name type classification up to 76 element concentrations sample designation and remarks data remarks analysis method and remarks and reference symbol When you choose the lt Report gt button the Report Dialog Window appears after the query is performed successfully You can define up to two criteria to order the records and you have the choice between four different forms to preview and print the extracted information ES Report Dialog Trace E
54. esented Paper presented at the papers or abstracts 10 Lunar Repositories Material All Dialogs LIKE a list of repositories of specimens of the specific meteorite in which each line contains the Vienna Naturhist Mus total specimen weight 1f known in the repository the repository code with city and abbreviation of the institution and sometimes specimen remarks e g main mass Repositories Sections All Dialogs LIKE a list of repositories of prepared sections of the specific meteorite in which each line contains Mainz Max Planck Inst the repository code with city and abbreviation of the institution and the kind of section as an acronym set in brackets e g PTS for polished thin section Repository Name Repository Overview LIKE the name of the repository normally an institute or museum Mineralogisches Museum Sample Designation Bulk Chemical Analyses the sample identification number and further details to the type of sample used for the analysis Trace Elements Stones FMNH Me 14 Trace Elements lrons Cosmogenic Nuclides Light Stable Isotopes TL Data Physical Properties Sample Material Bulk Chemical Analyses up to two letters indicating the sample material type used in the analysis B bulk sample SE Noble Gas Isototpes separate clast chondrule size fraction MA magnetic separate NM nonmagnetic Trace Elements Stones separate ME metal MR metal rich fraction MS mineral separate SI silicat
55. etBase tables browse window Trace Elements in Irons Choose this option from the Main Menu Page 1f you wish to extract trace element data of irons and stony iron meteorites from the database Only in this dialog you can extract analysis data of the metal phase by setting upper and lower limits for element concentrations for example selecting all those analysis records where the Gallium content is between 6 3 and 7 2 ug g When you define selection criteria including database fields that contain element concentrations always try to specify a range of two values using the gt gt and lt lt 5 operators in the expressions This prevents empty fields from being included in the query result for example Ni Concentration mg g gt 10 5 AND Ni Concentration mg g lt 50 When you choose the lt Check gt button after definition of the selection criteria the browse window will display a table of the query result with meteorite name chemical group Ni Ga Ge Ir Co Cr Cu As Sb W Re Pt Os Pd Rh Ru Au P concentrations analysis remarks and reference symbol For more information about using the Record Selection Dialog see Chapter 8 Extracting Meteorite Data For further information on noble gas data see Chapter 3 Detailed Meteorite Information Noble Gas Contents When you choose the lt Report gt button the Report Dialog appears after the query 1s performed successfully for description o
56. etailed Meteorite Information Dialog The total number of records available is shown in the bottom help line Pairing Synonym If the analysis has been done on a pairing or under a synonym of the selected meteorite that name is displayed here Chemical group The classification in case of iron meteorites also known as the chemical group of the meteorite 1s given Structure The structural type symbol which is mainly based on the bandwidth and structure of the kamacite is given H hexahedrite Ogg coarsest octahedrite Og coarse octahedrite Om medium Octahedrite Of fine octahedrite Off finest octahedrite Opl Bandwidth The average kamacite bandwidth in millimeters is given Methods Material Method of analysis and analyzed sample material type is given plessitic octahedrite D ataxite SA structurally anomalous 25 Remarks Further analysis and data remarks are displayed here Element concentration boxes The value is displayed as published in the cited literature Trailing decimal zeros are no indication of absolute precision of the measurement All values of an element are formatted in a fixed number of decimal places We strongly recommend to read the original literature before using values for statistical calculations etc If uncertainties are mentioned in the publication they are shown in the Methods Remarks box for the corresponding element value References The source of the used information is
57. eteorite Newsletter LPSC for the Abstracts of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Some further acronyms and abbreviations are generally used 16 AAS abs Bull CAI Cat CL INAA Inst loc cit Ma Met Mus Nat REE SEM TEM TL NTL Univ XRF Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy Abstract Bulletin Calcium Aluminium rich Inclusions Catalogue Cathodo Luminescence County Collection Fayalite Ferrosillite Fractionation and Unknown Nuclear Effects Billion years Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis Institute Institution Publication cited earlier in text Million years Meteorite Meteorites Meteoritical Museum Natural National Rare Earth Elements Scanning Electron Microscope Transmission Electron Microscope Induced Thermoluminicence Natural Thermoluminescence University X ray fluorescence analysis Synonyms The Synonyms box lists the known synonymous names of the selected meteorite Most of the older synonyms are taken from A L Graham et al 1985 Catalogue of Meteorites British Museum Natural History London In many cases synonyms originate from different ways of spelling or the presence of characters with diacritical marks e g B r ba synonym Bereba Different systems of transliterations of Cyrillic or Chinese names are always a source of synonyms Often especially in case of meteorite showers there is more than one place name known e g the North Chile shower Tocopilla Filo
58. f the Report Dialog see Chapter 9 You can define up to two criteria to order the records and you have the choice between four different forms to preview and print the extracted information Print Report Forms Trace Elements Compressed Prints the extracted data in a table All meteorite analysis records are listed row by row The concentrations of up to 15 elements are given in columns with classification analysis remarks and kamacite bandwidth For the reference citation only the reference symbol is given in the last column Because of the width of all columns this table can only be printed in Landscape format To display the meaning of the reference symbol choose the Analysis References print form radio button You can print this information separately Trace Elements Detailed Prints the extracted data in a table The analysis records are grouped by meteorite name The basic information on each meteorite is given in a separate box preceding the analysis data The concentrations of up to 15 elements are given in columns If the analysis has been published under a synonym or pairing name of the meteorite that name is displayed in the first column of the table A separate line with the reference text without title is given after each set of records Because of the width of all columns this table can only be printed in Landscape format Trace Elements Selection Prints the extracted data in a table The analysis records are listed r
59. fall find to order the database by the date of the find or fall Choosing the lt Bottom gt button from the Action Bar will then show the most recently found or fallen meteorite The database fields are always organized in ascending order from A to Z for character strings and from smallest to largest value for numeric types Filter Definition popup Select this popup to display a list of filter conditions Setting a filter will exclude all those records from being displayed that do not match the filter condition For example setting filter to Observed Falls will exclude all finds when scrolling through the database This helps you to scan a data set of interest much faster Setting a filter will automatically show the first record of the data set No filter condition 1s set by default It may happen that the scrolling through the database gets very slow especially in case when both an order criteria and a filter condition are active at the same time If this occurs reset one of the two objects to default Record Selection Locate popup In most cases you wish to view the information of a certain meteorite To quickly locate this record choose the Locate popup from the Record Selection Box and select Meteorite Name from the list An edit box is opened where you can now type the meteorite name e g Murchison you want to have displayed Press the lt Enter gt key to locate the record in the database You do not have to t
60. format which displays the meteorite location details 1 e meteorite name country state district latitude and longitude If the meteorite was observed to fall this is indicated by an asterisk printed in front of the meteorite name Classification List This form is printed in a tabular format which displays details on classification 1 e meteorite name country classification symbols material symbol structural type symbol classification subtype symbol shock classification weathering category and mineralogical or petrological remarks Upon selection of this print form the lt Suppress Blank Entries gt button is activated where you can exclude blank lines usually the doubtful cases and pseudometeorites from being printed If the meteorite was observed to fall this 1s indicated by an asterisk printed in front of the meteorite name 66 Mineral Analyses List This form is printed in a tabular format which displays details on mineral analysis 1 e meteorite name classification olivine Fa mean stddev range pyroxene Fs mean stddev range and total iron content Upon selection of this print form the lt Suppress Blank Entries gt button is activated where you can exclude blank lines usually the doubtful cases and pseudometeorites from being printed If the meteorite was observed to fall this is indicated by an asterisk printed in front of the meteorite name Filter In the Report Dialog Window for Bas
61. g g from the database field popup of the Expression Builder Choose the lt operator from the operator popup of the Expression Builder Type 1 0 in the edit text box of the Expression Builder Press the lt Add gt button to move expression to the selection criteria list Press lt Check gt button to run the query and to view the result in the browse window c You wish to retrieve all LL chondrites that were found in the Sahara desert of Algeria and Libya between 1986 and 1993 O OID 70 Choose the lt Basic Data Extraction gt option from the Main Menu Page Choose Country from the database field popup of the Expression Builder Choose the IN operator from the operator popup of the Expression Builder Type Algeria Libya in the edit text box of the Expression Builder Press the lt Add gt button to move expression to the selection criteria list Choose Year from the database field popup of the Expression Builder Choose the gt operator from the operator popup of the Expression Builder Type 1986 in the edit text box of the Expression Builder Press the lt Add gt button to move expression to the selection criteria list d Note e 10 Choose the lt operator from the operator popup of the Expression Builder 11 Type 1993 in the edit text box of the Expression Builder 12 Press the lt Add gt button to move expression to the selection criteria list 13 Choose Observed Fall from the database field popup of the
62. groups Intermediate petrological types like L5 6 or L5 6 in case of breccias are grouped into the corresponding lower petrological type e g L5 Paired meteorites are grouped together and counted as a single fall For more information about using the Record Selection Dialog see Chapter 8 Extracting Meteorite Data 54 Annual Falls Finds Choose this option from the Main Menu Page 1f you wish to do a statistical calculation on annual meteorite falls and finds All Meteorite finds and observed falls are grouped by their calendar year of discovery Choose the lt Check gt button to display the query result in the browse window in tabular form The table includes the columns year total count selected count and percentage of total count total weight sum selected weight sum and percentage of total weight sum If you set a selection criterion the query result will only show those years that comprise at least one selected meteorite count If you for example select the meteorite Allende only the year 1969 the year of the Allende fall is displayed The table shows that 1t was one of 58 meteorites recovered in that year and that its mass was 78 of the total mass of all meteorites of that year For more information about using the Record Selection Dialog see Chapter 8 Extracting Meteorite Data Country Statistics Use this statistical utility to get an overview of the total number total known weights and types of all met
63. he database If the measured sample is a split of powdered and homogenized material the mass of the original sample of which the powder was made of is given The field is left empty if the sample mas is not mentioned in the cited literature Element concentration boxes The values are displayed as published in the referenced literature In some cases trailing decimal zeros are not displayed although may be given in the original publication As a result the apparent precision of the given value may be lower compared to that in the original publication We strongly recommend to read the original literature before using values for statistical calculations etc Published values below the detection limit of the employed analysis method symbolized by lt are given in the Data Remarks box The background colors of the element field give the following rough indications green major or minor elements gt 99 weight of all elements in the solar abundance table blue predominantly siderophile trace elements generally iron metal loving noble elements yellow predominantly lithophile trace elements reactive oxygen loving elements that are enriched in the silicate phase of meteorites pink Rare Earth Elements REEs also lithophile elements orange volatile and labile elements being generally depleted in thermally metamorphosed meteorites Show CI Normalized Check this box if you wish to have the analysis data displayed normalized to
64. he meteorite e g Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter Remarks If the authenticity of a meteorite is doubtful which is often the case when all the material of a fall has been lost and when the literature that originally reported the meteorite is inadequate that is mentioned here If a previously supposed meteorite turns out to be a product of terrestrial origin it is mentioned as a pseudometeorite In case of an Antarctic meteorite the expedition team that discovered it is given in this line Date of find or fall The date and time of fall are given for observed falls If not otherwise stated these times are the local times of the place of fall In some cases the time of fall 1s reported in different standard times Universal Time Greenwich Mean Time UT Central Standard Time U S A CST East Standard Time U S A EST Pacific Standard Time U S A PST Moscow Standard Time Russia MT If the date of recovery is not known the year in which the meteorite was first reported is given with the remark before In some instances a meteorite is known to the local people long before it was recognized as a meteorite and reported in literature the remark known before is added If only the year of recognition as a meteorite is known the remark recognized is added Total known weight If the total recovered weight of the meteorite is reported in literature 1t is mentioned here If further specimens of a meteorite have been su
65. he oxygen isotopic compositions sample and analysis remarks are displayed in columns If the analysis has been published under a synonym or pairing name of the meteorite that name is displayed in the first column of the table A separate line with the reference text without title is given after each set of records Oxygen Isotopes Compressed Prints only the oxygen isotope data in a tabular format The records are listed row by row The oxygen isotopic compositions meteorite pairing names sample identification numbers type classifications reference symbols and analysis remarks are printed in columns To display the complete reference information choose the lt Analysis Reference gt print form radio button C N H Isotopes Detailed Prints only the carbon nitrogen and hydrogen isotope data in a tabular format Query results including oxygen isotope data are not considered All records are grouped by meteorite name The basic information on each meteorite is given in a separate box preceding the analysis data The oxygen isotopic compositions sample and analysis remarks are displayed in columns If the analysis has been published under a synonym or pairing name of the meteorite that name is displayed in the first column of the table A separate line with the reference text without title is given after each set of records Because of the width of all columns this table can only be printed in Landscape format C N H Isotopes Compressed Pr
66. hen press and release the left mouse button twice in rapid succession To select a character string from a table point to the beginning of the text hold the left mouse button down and roll the mouse until the pointer is in the desired location then release the left mouse button The selected text is displayed in blue colour To copy text to the buffer press lt Ctrl gt lt c gt key simultaneously To paste the copied text later e g into a MS Word document press lt Ctrl gt lt v gt key Selecting dialog controls with the keyboard Use the lt Tab gt or one of the four Arrow keys on your keyboard to move around on the screen Press lt Tab gt to go forward to the next menu option press lt Shift gt lt Tab gt keys simultaneously to go backward in the menu Press the lt Enter gt or lt Spacebar gt key to choose the option The menu option presently selected is displayed in blue colour when using the keyboard To select a character string from a text box or table first select the text box or table column with the lt Tab gt key then use one of the four Arrow keys to move inside the text e g press lt gt gt key to move to the right To copy text to the buffer first press lt Shift gt one of the four arrow keys to highlight the selected field then press lt Ctrl gt lt c gt keys to copy the selection to the buffer To paste text from the buffer press lt Ctrl gt lt v gt keys Using the hot keys Most of the push b
67. hlight the condition you want to delete before Click on the condition with the mouse or move to 1t using the lt Tab gt and the lt Up gt or lt Down gt arrow keys Then push the lt Delete gt button to remove the selected line from the list lt T gt Pressing this button will scroll the selected condition one line upwards in the list This 1s useful 1f you want to group conditions after you have placed them in the Selection Criteria List lt gt This will move the selected condition one line downwards in the Selection Criteria List lt Group gt Pressing this button will place a double line above the condition you have selected in the list This will combine the conditions before and after the line by a logical OR You can place more than one group in your list up to 50 lines If you have not selected a condition before the double line will be appended to the list 64 Chapter 9 Reporting query results When you choose the lt Report gt button from the Action Bar the query is performed and the Report Dialog Window appears FS Report Dialog Basic Data E Ordering Records by Print Form Tst Order laszificationS ubtype Bane Basic Data Compressed nd Order Meteorite Name Single Record Detailed Single Record Short Details amp Reference Text Catalogue Format Ascending Descending Location List Classification List Output Destination Mineral Analyses List To
68. ic Meteorite Data you find two check boxes for filtering unwanted records from being included in the print form Doubtful Pseudometeorites Check this box 1f you want to exclude all Pseudometeorites and doubtful cases from being printed Suppress Blank Entries In some print forms e g Mineral Analysis List 1t happens that no data are available for a whole record You can check this box 1f you want to exclude these rows from your print form Output Destination Select lt To Screen gt to preview the print form before sending it to the printer Select lt To Printer gt to send the output directly to your connected printer Select lt To File gt if you wish to print the report at a later time for example if you do not have a printer connected to your PC All necessary escape sequences for printer control will be added to the report text on file lt Exporting data gt Pressing this button displays the Data Export Window see Chapter 10 for more details 67 Chapter 10 Exporting Data This utility gives you the ability to generate a file of the retrieved information that can be read and further processed by a foreign program like Microsoft Excel or Lotus 1 2 3 Simply mark the database fields you wish to have included in the export file For example if you later want to plot geographic meteorite locations on a map select the decimal latitude and longitude fields from the list of database field names Choose an export format e g
69. iled form but in contrast to that it will only print those records that contain cosmogenic noble gas data CNG Only Compressed 49 Prints the extracted data in a table This print form is the same like the CRN CNG Compressed form but in contrast to that it will only print those records that contain cosmogenic noble gas data Ages Only Detailed Prints the extracted data in a table This print form is the same like the All Data Detailed form but in contrast to that it will only print those records that contain terrestrial ages Ages Only Compressed Prints the extracted data in a table This print form is the same like the CRN amp Ages Compressed form but in contrast to that it will only print those records that contain terrestrial ages References CRN amp Ages Prints the list of all literature references for the extracted cosmogenic radionuclide and terrestrial age data The complete reference text is given together with the reference symbol used in the MetBase tables browse window To display reference information on the noble gas data choose the References CNG print form References CNG Prints the list of literature references for the extracted cosmogenic noble gas data only The complete reference text is given together with the reference symbol used in the MetBase tables browse window Light Stable Isotopes Choose this option from the Main Menu Page if you wish to extract oxygen nitrogen carbon or hydrogen iso
70. imal places We strongly recommend to read the original paper before using values for statistical calculations etc 21 References The source of the used information is displayed in this box The accessed analysis database is ordered by the name of the first author lt Print this Record gt Choose this button to print only those data displayed in the current window For using the Print Record Dialog see under Print Record later in this Chapter lt Print this Reference gt Choose this button to print only those data on the selected meteorite that was extracted from the shown reference For using the Print Record Dialog see under Print Record later in this Chapter lt Print all Records gt Choose this button to print all data of all available references of the selected meteorite For using the Print Record Dialog see under Print Record later in this Chapter Action Bar Use the Action Bar controls to move forward or backward in the database See description of individual buttons later in this Chapter Press lt Close gt to return to the previous window If only a single record exists all controls except the lt Close gt button are disabled 28 Cosmogenic Nuclides Choose the lt Cosmogenic Nuclides gt button to open the Cosmogenic Radionuclide Data Window It contains the cosmogenic radionuclides Be el on soj Ca and Mn the cosmogenic noble gas Ne as well as terrestrial ages calculated from the E
71. in Data Export Dialog the geographical longitude of the meteorite find location in numeric type with 8 decimal places e g 102 25833333 If the longitude is West a negative value is given a symbol that indicates the chemical group and genetic relationship parent body of the meteorite For the ordinary chondrites it is the character letter without the petrologic type number e g L for L3 L4 The acronym HED is used for howardite eucrite diogenite group PAC is used for primitive achondrites lodranites acapulcoites brachinites winonaites SNC is used for shergottite nakhlite chassignite group Available main group symbols are listed in the Symbols browse window the type of material a rough distinction of meteorites in a pair of letters ST stone SI stony iron IR iron The number of available material types are listed in the Symbols browse window the total weight of the heaviest individual meteorite in the group This field is available for ordering of reports only the ID code or reference number of the bibliographic source of the reference is given Yes is given if the specific literature reference is present in the MetBase Library Fischerhude Germany as original or xerox copy Yes is given if the specific literature reference is also cited in the Details amp References text box of the Meteorite Information window the name of the meteorite
72. ints only the carbon nitrogen and hydrogen isotope data in a tabular format The records are listed row by row The isotopic compositions released C N and H contents meteorite pairing names sample identification numbers type classifications reference symbols and analysis remarks are printed in columns To display the complete reference information choose the lt Analysis Reference gt print form radio button Because of the width of all columns this table can only be printed in Landscape format All Isotopes Detailed Prints light stable isotope data in a single table All records are grouped by meteorite name The basic information on each meteorite is given in a separate box preceding the analysis data The isotopic compositions released C N and H contents sample and analysis remarks are displayed in columns If the analysis has been published under a synonym or pairing name of the meteorite that name is displayed in the first column of the table A separate line with the reference text without title 1s given after each set of records Because of the width of all columns this table can only be printed in Landscape format Analysis References Prints the list of literature references for the extracted data The complete reference text is given together with the reference symbol used in the MetBase tables browse window 51 TL Data Choose this option from the Main Menu Page if you wish to extract Natural and Induced TL data from
73. ion Builder box and select an item from the list e g Country 2 Move further to the next box and select an operator type lt lt gt gt LIKE NOT LIKE IN from the popup Choose the default 3 Move to the edit text box and type the selection condition e g France 4 Push the lt Add gt button to save the generated expression to the Selection Criteria List 61 You can build further expressions and add them to the Selection Criteria List by repeating step 1 to 4 Each condition you create 1s combined with the existing conditions in the list using the logical AND operator For a record to be included in the query results 1t must meet all the conditions you specify You can also combine two conditions by a logical OR e g to select all meteorites found in France or in Spain For this you must push the lt Group gt button after you have added the first condition country France to the Criteria List A double line appears below the condition Now add the second condition country Spain This example simply demonstrates that it is not possible to find any record without grouping the conditions as there is no meteorite that was found in two countries in France and in Spain In all cases where you place the same database field more than one time in the expression criteria list using the LIKE or operator you have to group it separate the same fields by the double line
74. ion criteria If no condition for selection was fixed the number is equal to the number stored in the field Total Weight Sum This field is temporarly created during the query and can be used for ordering of records 20 001 gt 2 20 ec n amos Y Specimen Remarks Collection Information LIKE remarks to meteorite specimens in a specific repository like main mass or a synonym under which the meteorite 1s listed in the catalogue State All Dialogs the name of the state or region in which the meteorite was located Structural Type Symbol All Dialogs a symbol indicating the structural type of the meteorite e g Om Off D H for iron main mass meteorites ACH for achondrites CH for chondrites For the chondrites another letter 1s CHO appended to CH that further specifies the type C for carbonaceous E for enstatite es O for ordinary U for unequilibrated and so on This field is left blank in case of pallasites or mesosiderites The available symbols are listed in the Symbols window Synonyms All Dialogs excluding LIKE text of variable length The known synonyms of the specific meteorites are listed in this field Gnarrenburg Analyses Data Queries Bremervorde Terrestrial Age ka Cosmogenic Nuclides the terrestrial age of the meteorite calculated from the C or Cl radionuclide data gt 2 lt Ti
75. isplay copyright and licence information as well as your serial number Database Content Press the lt Database Content gt button to display a table with the current number of data stored in the various database fields Using On Line Help In the bottom line a help text is displayed that explains the function of the presently selected dialog object control The MetBase on line help gives you instant access to information as you work Depending on what is currently displayed pressing the lt F1 gt key or lt gt button displays the help index or information about the current menu option dialog or window For example if you press the F1 key while a certain dialog window is active help for this dialog 1s displayed AT ES A Bulk Chemical nalyses Bulk Chemical nalyses Detailed Meteorite Information Next Nen Choose the lt Bulk Chemical Analyses gt button to open the Bulk Chemical Analysis Data window The database consists of major and minor oxide component data of bulk meteorite samples and meteorite inclusions usually obtained by wet chemical analysis X ray fluorescence XRF Previous or electron microprobe analysis EMP The results of the standard wet chemical analyses compiled by E Jarosewich 1990 Meteoritics 25 323 337 and K Y anal amp H Kojima 1995 ea Catalog of the Antarctic Meteorites National Institute of Polar Research Tokyo 230 pp are completely included The window only
76. ite Bandwidth Trace Element Data the average bandwidth in millimeters of the kamacite phase in iron and stony iron meteorites mm Keywords Literature Survey LIKE Important keywords describing the content of a specific publication is given Keywords are CARBON 14 stored in upper case letters only and are separated by comma Latin Language Literature Survey the language of the original publication text e g English French Spanish German Russian Latin Italian Chinese Japanese Polish Swedish Dutch Portuguese and approx 15 others Latitude Meteorite Information the geographical latitude of the meteorite find location Only available in Data Export Dialog 7617278 Basic Data Extraction J Latitude decimal All Dialogs Longitude Meteorite Information Basic Data Extraction Longitude decimal All Dialogs o Material ST SI IR Maximum Group Weight Main Group Classification Classification Subtype Meteorite Name Bulk Chemical Analyses ve Trace Elements Stones incl Pairings Trace Elements lrons Cosmogenic Nuclides Noble Gas Isototpes Light Stable Isotopes TL Data Physical Properties oe Se lt S gt 2 LIKE IN lt S gt 2 IN the geographical latitude of the meteorite find location in numeric type with 8 decimal places e g 45 12639 If the latitude is South a negative value is given the geographical longitude of the meteorite find location Only available
77. ite is given as published in A L Graham et al 1985 Catalogue of Meteorites British Museum Natural History London or as defined by the Nomenclature Committee of the Meteoritical Society and published in the Meteoritical Bulletin or the Antarctic Meteorite Newsletter Synonyms are not displayed in this box Names of Antarctic meteorites are given in their abbreviated form e g ALHA77001 Y 790001 EET 87521 as determined by the Nomenclature Committee of the Meteoritical Society and the Meteorite Working Group of NASA JSC The ANSMET finds from 1976 to 1981 all have an A as the fourth character in the name 12 Country The present name of the country in which the meteorite was recovered 1s given State District The name of the state or the region in which the meteorite was recovered is given If known the local district or county is appended to the state information e g New Mexico Roosevelt Co Coordinates The longitude and latitude of the actual site of recovery are given when it is available In many cases the coordinates are those of the name place which often is a small village not to be found on a map In this case the coordinates of the nearest place shown in the Times Atlas are given If not otherwise cited the coordinates are given as published in A L Graham et al 1985 Catalogue of Meteorites British Museum Natural History London the Meteoritical Bulletin or the literature that give the first report of t
78. ity the x The Help Window consists of two panels one lists help topics and the other displays details about each topic To select a topic in the Help window Scroll through the topics to find the one you want or Type a letter or series of letters to select the first topic beginning with those letter s To see details about a topic Select the topic and choose the Help push button or Select the topic and press Enter or Double click on the topic with the mouse or the Spacebar To return to help topics list choose the Topics push button To see information about the next topic choose the Next push button To see information about the previous topic choose the Previous push button 10 Background Picture Selection Double click with the mouse on the background picture within the Main Menu Window to display the Background Picture Selection Dialog Box FS Choose a background picture A ES Available backgrounds Picture preview Menu background Choose a background picture from the Available backgrounds list The selected picture is displayed in the Picture preview on the right side The Main menu background can be selected from the Menu background popup Choose gray 1f you wish to have a plain background Save the changes to the configuration by pressing the lt Choose gt button Press the lt Close gt button to return to the main menu 11 Chapter 3 Meteorite Basic Data Detailed Meteorite Information Cho
79. ksmus 00g Toulouse Mus d Hist Nat approx weight Prepared sections Berlin Mus Maturk Humboldt niw TS Freiburg J Otta Colln TS Heidelberg Max Planck Inst FS TS Scientific Walue Rarity of Type Historical Value gres se high Material Box A list of repositories that keep material of the selected meteorite is displayed Just the weight sum of all individual specimens in a repository is given The remark main mass is added if the repository holds more than 50 of the total known weight of the meteorite To display detailed information about the listed repository names select the lt Collection Information gt button from the Main Menu Page see Chapter 4 Collection Information If there are larger masses in a collection that have been recovered from the same area but have not yet been analyzed thus may belong to different falls they are listed separately using lower case letters in brackets following the name like Tokyo a and Tokyo b Processed material in a collection like powder turnings or sawdust is not included in the weight calculation unless a special remark is given Oxidized material like iron shale or rust is usually not considered in the database except for those cases where most of the meteorite 1s known to be oxidized Also not considered in the database are weights of less than 1 gram of a meteorite in a collection except for those meteorites that are not very well dis
80. lements in Stones Es Ordering Records by Print Form Tst Order Met Name incl Pairings i Al Elements Compressed T E gt P Reference Symbol Bl bal Lithophiles Detailed C Lithophiles Compressed C SiderophilesDetailed C Siderophiles Compressed C Major Minor Detailed 4 Normalized to mean Cl composition C Major Minor Compressed C REEsDetailed Ascending C Descending Output Destination C REEs Compressed To Screen Preview Volatiles Detailed To Printer C Volatiles Compressed C To File C Analysis References Export Data 45 Print Report Forms All Elements Detailed Prints the whole set of element abundances obtained in the query The records are grouped by meteorite name The basic information on each meteorite is given in a separate box preceding the analysis data The sample designation and material type employed analysis method workgroup and data remarks are printed for each analysis on top of the element data block The element concentrations are given in columns and ordered by atomic number If the CI normalization box was checked all values are printed relative to their average Cl abundances Fields with no available analysis data are left blank If the analysis has been published under a synonym or pairing name of the meteorite that name is displayed in the first column of the table A separate line with the reference text without title is given after each set of records All Elem
81. lt Group gt button a double line appears in the selection criteria list 15 Press the lt Add gt button to move expression to the selection criteria list 16 Choose pyroxene Fs mean from the database field popup of the Expression Builder 17 Choose the gt operator from the operator popup of the Expression Builder 18 Type 0 in the edit text box of the Expression Builder 19 Press the lt Add gt button to move expression to the selection criteria list 20 Choose the lt operator from the operator popup of the Expression Builder 21 Type 9 in the edit text box of the Expression Builder 22 Press the lt Add gt button to move expression to the selection criteria list 23 Press lt Check gt button to run the query and to view the result in the browse window Note You have to specify the structural type symbol CHU two times before and after the group double line in order to select the olivine and pyroxene data only for uneqilibrated chondrites in both cases You have to specify the condition gt 0 if you want to exclude blank fields 1 e records without analysis data reported g You wish to retrieve all records with noble gas data published after 1990 that contain the author name Schultz L in the cited reference 1 Choose the lt Noble Gas Isotopes gt option from the Main Menu Page 2 Choose Reference Text Detailed from the database field popup of the Expression Builder The LIKE operator is automatically selected in the
82. me 231 5 All Dialogs lt the time of the meteorite fall observation Normally the time is the local time of the place of fall e g 23 55hrs If a standard time is reported this is indicated e g UT for Universal Time If the exact time was not reported but the daytime this is indicated e g nighttime at dawn Title Literature Survey the full title of the literature reference Search for a character string in the title In case of non Petrology and mineralogy English titles the title is often given in the language as published with an english translation of set in brackets behind In other cases only the English translation is supplied Total wt Bulk Chemical Analyses LEA the sum value of all anayzed chemical components ideally 100 Is an indication for the 90 105 consistency of the analysis Total Count Annual Falls Finds Total Count Shock stage lt S Total Known Weight kg lt lt gt 2 2315 the total number of meteorites incl all pairings recovered in the specific year This field is temporarly created and can be used for ordering of the records compare with Selected Count the total number of selected shock classification for a specific meteorite main type gt a the total iron content of the meteorite bulk material in weight percentage 0 0 99 9 P the total weight of all known specimens of the meteorite in kilograms If the weight at
83. mena Coya Northe Pairings The pairings box lists the supposed pairings of the selected meteorite All those meteorites are designated as pairing that were originally recovered some distance apart and hence given separate names but later recognized as fragments of a single parent mass on the basis of classification chemical composition texture TL data terrestrial age or other diagnostic features A question mark is placed behind the name if pairing is less probable or questionable In case that there are more than two pairings of a meteorite MetBase uses a parent pairing name that is displayed in the pairings box of all sister pairings MetBase does not cross references all pairings with each other To display the complete list of pairings select the corresponding parent pairing in the Detailed Meteorite Information Dialog A general distinction between pairings and synonyms in MetBase 1s that a pairing can always be selected as an independent record under its pairing name whereas a synonym cannot Press the lt Close gt button to return to the previous window 17 Repository Information Choose the lt Repository Information gt button to display the Repository Information Window ES Repository Information on ORGUEIL Ea Material 11 35kg Paris Mus d Hist Mat b35q London Nat Hist Mus Sf fq Jena Min Inst Univ 370g Prague Mat Mus 3409 Edinburgh Roy scottish Mus chda stockholm Naturhist Ri
84. n boxes are given Component concentration boxes The concentration in wt of the specific component is given as published in the cited literature Analyzed components not given in the fixed boxes are grouped together in the Others box and are annotated in the Remarks box The sum of all component concentrations 1s calculated and displayed in the Total box The total iron content is separately printed in the Fe total box ND indicates that the specific component was not determined We strongly recommend to read the original literature before using values for statistical calculations etc References The source of the used information is displayed in this box The accessed analysis database is ordered by the name of the first author lt Print this Record gt Choose this button to print only those data displayed in the current window For using the Print Record Dialog see under Print Record later in this Chapter lt Print this Reference gt Choose this button to print only those data on the selected meteorite that was extracted from the shown reference For using the Print Record Dialog see under Print Record later in this Chapter This button is disabled if only a single record exists lt Print all Records gt Choose this button to print all data of all references of the selected meteorite For using the Print Record Dialog see under Print Record later in this Chapter This button is disabled if
85. n case of 281 285 books catalogs special publications the total number is usually given e g 310 pp 110 pp Pairings All Dialogs excluding LIKE text of variable length The names of all known pairings of the specific meteorite are given Acfer 059 Analyses Data Queries For more information on field contents see under Pairings in Chapter 3 Publication Place Literature Survey LIKE the place of publication of a journal book catalog etc Publication Type Literature Survey the type of publication e g article abstract book catalogue conference volume special article A A print dissertation letter note newspaper column pamphlet map picture juvenile literature chapter in book chronicle editorial comment reply book review bibliography Publisher Literature Survey LIKE the name of the the publisher of a journal book catalog etc The Meteoritical Society 80 Pyroxene Fs mean All Dialogs Pyroxene Fs range All Dialogs Pyroxene Fs stddev All Dialogs jasc Ref Code Literature Survey Reference Repository Overview Reference Literature Survey Reference Symbol Bulk Chemical Analyses Noble Gas Isototpes Trace Elements Stones Trace Elements lrons Light Stable Isotopes TL Data Physical Properties Reference Symbol CNG Reference Symbol CRN Cosmogenic Nuclides Reference Text Detailed Bulk Chemical Analyses Noble Gas Isototpes Trace Elements Stones Trace Element
86. nd solar Geochim Cosmochim Acta 53 197 214 See also Print this Record Print this Reference Print all Records Show cl Normalized 41 Records with analysis data available If there is more than one record available you can scroll through the database using the Action Bar in the same manner as you do in the Detailed Meteorite Information Dialog When you first enter the window the total number of records available is shown in the bottom help line Pairing Synonym If the analysis has been done on a pairing or under a synonym of the selected meteorite that name is displayed here Work Group The work group normally research institution or museum which performed the specific analysis 1s given Method The employed method of the analysis and remarks to the measurement are displayed here Sample Material The kind of material analyzed bulk material separate mineral separate silicate 1s displayed The sample identification code usually the catalog number of the institute or museum that has provided the material is given in this box Sometimes mean values were calculated from analysis data on two or more splits of a meteorite sample In such case the number of original analyses is given here 23 Sample Weight The mass in mg of the analyzed sample is shown in this box In those cases where only weight ranges instead of exact sample weights are given in the literature source the lower value of the range is stored in t
87. nder Print Record later in this Chapter Action Bar Use the Action Bar controls to move forward or backward in the database See description of individual buttons later in this Chapter Press lt Close gt to return to the previous window If only a single record exists all controls except the lt Close gt button are disabled Choose the lt Physical Properties gt button to display published porosity and densitiy data results for the selected meteorite The window shows bulk and grain densities in g cm and porosities in percent 1 sigma uncertainty values are included if known If there is more than one record available you can scroll through the database using the Action Bar in the same manner as you do in the Detailed Meteorite Information Dialog When you first enter the window the total number of records available is shown in the bottom help line 36 Meteorite Images Choose the lt Pictures gt button to display This push button is disabled if there are no analysis data available for the selected meteorite ES Images ALLENDE a WING Imaged Sample individual AE Copyright J rn Koblitz Bremen URL 3 Images available If there is more than one record available you can scroll through the database using the Action Bar in the same manner as you do in the Detailed Meteorite Information Dialog When you first enter the window the total number of records available is shown in the bottom help line
88. ndicated by an asterisk In the header of the table the collection code country of repository date of information and ordering criteria are displayed Catalogue Format This print form includes the important basic meteorite data 1 e name location with coordinates date of fall find classification total known weight specimen weight and remarks Each meteorite record is using up at least 6 lines of the printed page In the header of the table the collection code country of the repository date of information and ordering criteria are displayed A summary band at the end of the table shows the total number of meteorites and the total weight in the collection 42 lt Select Meteorites gt Choosing this button will open the Record Selection Dialog where you can extract specific meteorite records from the collection s catalogue For more information on using this dialog see Chapter 8 Extracting Meteorite Data This push button is disabled if there are no analysis data available for the selected meteorite Collection Overview Choose this option from the Main Menu Page if you wish to get an overview about the repositories and collections stored in MetBase Define selection criteria in order to extract records for example displaying only the meteorite collections in Germany If you wish to display all repositories do not enter a selection condition just press the lt Check gt or lt Report gt button The list of repo
89. ng as no other of the three pages is selected See description of individual control buttons in Chapter 3 Action Bar Press lt Exit gt to return to the previous window lt Print Reference gt To print out the detailed record of the selected displayed literature reference press this button to open the Print Record Dialog For details see under Chapter 3 Print Record lt Select Records gt Choosing this button will open the Record Selection Dialog where you can extract specific references from the literature database For more information on using this dialog see Chapter 8 Extracting Meteorite Data 59 Journals Overview More than 2 000 different journals conference proceedings and abstract volumes as the source of articles or abstracts on meteoritics and planetary sciences are presently indexed in MetBase A list of these sources can be opened by pressing the lt Journal Overview gt button from the Main Menu Page of MetBase The following table columns can be distinguished 1 the abbreviated journal code used in the compressed literature print form accessible from the query report window 2 the detailed journal information as given in the Reference Information page 3 the journal publisher and place of publication 4 the ISSN 5 for each journal the total count of literature reference records retrievable from the database 60 Chapter 8 Extracting Meteorite or Literature Data One of the most impo
90. nly The original owner warrants the CD ROM on which the software is recorded to be free from defects in material and faulty workmanship for a period of one year from the date the software is delivered If a defect in the disks should occur during this period you may return the disks to the original owner and he will replace the disks without charge M Microsoft Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation MetBase Version 7 2 for Windows User s Manual Chapter te Ito du cion E 4 MARE UE E E 4 MetBase SUP elec 4 A ta duatumameaneietacuamcnes 4 Chapter 2 Aste stated di caked E Ai A A id 5 System RCCUIPCINGNIS oia 5 A A beaemyad ge eteieae 5 Mstallitmo Metas ritual 6 Stanine upand EXIDE A 6 Window and Dialog Controls uses N T 6 MetBase Mimi Mo 9 28 8G U1 MAY Fit 2 WSC as 9 Database Cont Gaerne een een ere oe ti nent POP s 9 OS Fake Or Bil tice Hop a pe mt ree at trerer nt ar eye 10 Backstound Picture CIC CMO ta a da ada 11 Chapter 3 Meteorte Basic Di A is 12 Detailed WIEteOr te LOA A di 12 Basic Meteorite Intormatiol BOX anal 12 Classification niormati on BOX aaa 14 Details Re ENCES eaaa aa a a 16 Repository IMOM Olies iio 18 Kner IA E mer ene T E 20 Bulk Chemical Amily SCS cuna a a a a 21 Fracc Elemen ISONE S aia id iii 23 Trace ple mention rerna r N E 25 NODIS ISC ODT N O a N O 27 Cosmozenio Nucldes soi ici a ci ica dad 29 Ereht Stable ISOLO PES a a A 31 Thermoluminescence Dita os 33 Physical Property Dia 3
91. o move expression to the selection criteria list oO 0 U 9 Press lt Check gt button to run the query and to view the result in the browse window The database field Classification Subtypes is left blank for Meteorites that have not been classified yet Since you cannot enter a blank in the edit text box just specify lt 0 to be sure that all known classification symbols are excluded from the query result 1 e to have only blank fields retrieved The curator of the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna is planning to trade meteorite specimens with the Musee d Histoire Naturelle in Paris For this reason he wants to know which of the meteorites in the Paris collection are not represented in the collection of his own museum He knows that Paris is not willing to trade meteorites with weights of less than 500 grams represented in their collection po Choose the lt Collection Information gt option from the Main Menu Page 2 Locate for coll code Paris Mus from the Locate box Choose the lt Select Meteorites gt button the Paris collection catalogue is assembled ee Choose Repository Material from the database field popup of the Expression Builder Choose the NOT LIKE operator from the operator popup of the Expression Builder Type Vienna Naturhist Mus in the edit text box of the Expression Builder Press the lt Add gt button to move expression to the selection criteria list YA NFS 8 Choose Weight in Collecti
92. of that group the abbreviation AN is appended to the classification symbol e g IIE AN 14 Achondrite Subgroups Polymict monomict or cumulate achondrites a P is appended to the classification symbol 1f the achondrite 1s polymict e g AEUC P for a polymict eucrite ADIO P for polymict diogenite or AURE P for polymict ureilite If a eucrite is known to be monomict this is indicated by an M e g AEUC M If the eucrite is of cumulate type this is indicated by a C e g AEUC C Mesosiderites Subgroups Further subgroups AJ to B4 have been designated for mesosiderites If the subgroup was determined it has been appended to the type classification symbol e g MES A 1 The database field that contains these classification symbols can be accessed under the name Classification Subtype in the Record Selection Dialog You can display all classificational groups used within MetBase for details see under Chapter 8 Action Bar lt Symbols gt button Shock The shock classification is given in this box There are two different classification schemes used in the literature The now commonly used classification system symbols SJ to S6 for six shock stages was proposed by D St ffler et al 1991 Geochim Cosmochim Acta 55 3845 3867 Classifications after the older scheme introduced by R T Dodd and E Jarosewich 1979 Earth Planet Sci Lett 44 335 340 using shock facies a to f are provided if no subsequent revisions we
93. omputer PC with Pentium II or better processor e At least 32 megabytes of memory DRAM For best performance 128 MB is recommended e A hard disk with at least 500 megabytes of free space 250 megabytes for installed MetBase files and about 250 megabytes for temporary files generated during the sessions e A VGA color monitor e A fast graphic card with gt 4 MB memory is recommended e CD ROM drive to install MetBase e Printer A standard laser or bubble jet printer is recommended An Apple MacIntosh computer may be used if a program is installed that emulates the Microsoft Windows platform Software e Microsoft WINDOWS version NT 95 98 2000 ME XP System Configuration Display Monitor The display resolution of the Windows graphic should be set to 1024x768 pixel resolution The low resolutions will not properly display some MetBase windows entirely on the screen The color should be set to high 16 bit or true 24 32 bit color display mode The low 256 colors or less modes will lead to bad or no display of some graphic objects in MetBase To change the display resolution and color run the Windows Control Panel Display applet Temporary Work Files During execution MetBase creates temporary work files that are situated in the MetBase home directory These files have names that contain an arbitrary string of digits or characters and a TMP extension Temporary files may be left on your hard drive if you reset the system o
94. on g from the database field popup of the Expression Builder 9 Choose the gt operator from the operator popup of the Expression Builder 10 Type 500 in the edit text box of the Expression Builder 11 Press the lt Add gt button to move expression to the selection criteria list 71 12 Press lt Check gt button to run the query and to view the result in the browse window f You wish to retrieve the mineral analysis data of all unequilibrated chondrites with olivine Fa mean values of less than 13 or pyroxene Fs values of less than 9 1 Choose the lt Mineral Analysis gt option from the Main Menu Page Choose olivine Fa mean from the database field popup of the Expression Builder Choose the gt operator from the operator popup of the Expression Builder Type 0 in the edit text box of the Expression Builder Press the lt Add gt button to move expression to the selection criteria list MB WN 6 Choose the lt operator from the operator popup of the Expression Builder 7 Type 13 in the edit text box of the Expression Builder 8 Press the lt Add gt button to move expression to the selection criteria list 9 Choose Structural Type Symbol from the database field popup of the Expression Builder 10 Choose the operator from the operator popup of the Expression Builder 11 Type CHU in the edit text box of the Expression Builder 12 Press the lt Add gt button to move expression to the selection criteria list 13 Press the
95. on Bar Many data tables are larger than the window You can scroll the table rows and columns in horizontal and vertical direction by using the arrow keys the lt PgDn gt lt PgUp gt or lt Tab gt key from the keyboard or by clicking with the mouse inside the scroll bar area To close the browse window press the lt Esc gt key on your keyboard or click with the mouse on the window s close box the crossed square in the top right corner of the window If you wish to re size a column of the table click with the mouse at the right column border and drag 1t to the right side of the screen This helps you to view text that 1s hidden because of a too small column size To display the text with the keyboard scroll and tab to the specific field and use the right arrow key to scroll the text in the table field to the left The Report Print Preview Window is displayed when you direct a print form from inside the Print Report Dialog Window to the screen Use the action bar lt lt gt gt to display first next previous or last page of the print form You can zoom into the page by clicking with the mouse on the text page or by changing the scale percentage in the zoom box Click on the door icon to exit the print preview Selecting dialog controls with the mouse Position the pointer at a specific object then press and release the left mouse button once In some cases you have to double click to choose an object Point to the object t
96. ontrol Pueblito de Allende Clutrixpileo List Objects E List objects in dialog windows usually contain text information of variable length If there is more text than the list box can display the arrows of the right scroll bar are enabled black For scrolling with the keyboard Tab forward or Shift Tab backward to the list then use the lt Up gt or lt Down gt Arrow keys to scroll through it For scrolling with the mouse click on the up or down arrow on the scroll bar If you hold the mouse button down scrolling will continue until you release the mouse button To scroll rapidly point to the thumb and drag 1t up or down MetBase Main Menu Page When you start MetBase the Main Menu Page will be displayed after some seconds It contains five sectors with menu selection buttons and an action bar at the bottom of the screen Use the mouse or Tab to the menu option you want to select Press lt Enter gt or lt Spacebar gt to choose the option Choose the lt Close gt button to end your MetBase session Fa MetBase Main Menu Meteorite Basic Data w u Re Analysis Data Bulk Chemical Analyses Trace Elements in Stones Trace Elements in Irons Noble Gas Isotopes Mineral Chemistry Light Stable Isotopes al if About MetBase Meteorite Collections i r DF Gs Statistics E i Bibliography 7 Help F1 i Choose the lt About MetBase gt button to d
97. or 1 2 A WRl extension is assigned to the new spreadsheet by default Data can be exported to a spreadsheet file in Lotus 1 2 3 format Select WKS format if you use the Lotus 1 2 3 revision 1A Select WK1 if you use the Lotus 1 2 3 revision 2 x Database Fieldname Each database field that is available in the query result can be selected from the list of check boxes Check the box left of the database field name that you want to have included in the data export You can include as many fields as listed but you must check at least one in order to have the lt Export gt button activated Mark All Unmark All Check the lt Mark All gt button to select all database fields for exporting Check the lt Unmark All gt button to clear all previously selected database fields for exporting Output Destination Pressing the lt To File gt button opens the Save As Dialog Window Here you have to enter the filename with the complete path where you wish to have the file copied to The right extension will be automatically added to the filename so you do not have to include it The path and filename are displayed in a box when you return to the Data Export Window Save As Dialog Window The Save As Dialog is opened when you choose the lt To File gt button from the Export Data Dialog or the Print Record window It allows you to define a name for the export or print file If the file you want to save has already be named the current name of
98. ose gt button are disabled 32 Thermoluminescence TL Data Choose the lt Thermoluminescence Data gt button to display published TL analysis results for the selected meteorite The window shows natural TL intensity levels NTL in krad at 250 C induced TL sensitivity data normalized to Dhajala or Kernouve with the accompanying peak temperatures and FWHM values of stony meteorite bulk samples and silicate portions of stony irons and iron meteorites This push button is disabled if there are no analysis data available for the selected meteorite ES Thermoluminescence data on MAC 88104 Pairings Synonym mac 28105 Type ALUM Ml aternal S ample bulk material 4 Analysis Remarks Natural induced Thermoluminescence Thermoluminescence Intensity level Sensitivity Peak Temperature at 250 C krad Dhajala 1 C Benoit P H Sears D W G and Symes S J E 1996 The thermal and radiation exposure history of lunar meteorites Meteortics 31 869 875 4 Records with analysis data available If there is more than one record available you can scroll through the database using the Action Bar in the same manner as you do in the Detailed Meteorite Information Dialog When you first enter the window the total number of records available is shown in the bottom help line Pairing Synonym If the analysis has been done on a pairing or under a synonym of the selected meteorite that name is displayed here Type The type
99. ose the lt Meteorite Information gt button from the Main Menu Page to display the Detailed Meteorite Information Dialog This utility provides all available information about an individual meteorite like find fall location classification repositories of type samples and thin sections as well as various analysis data Information on find circumstance and references to literature in which the selected meteorite is described or chemically analyzed can also be viewed ES Detailed Meteorite Information y xj Meteorite Name Allende Country Mexico State District Chihuahua Co ordinates 26 58 N 105 19W Remarks Date of fall 1969 February 08 0105hrs Total known weight 2 000kg approx Number of pieces many pieces shower Basic Meteorite Information Box Classification Information Box Ordering the Database Order Meteorite Name Show Analysis Mo Filter bl Data on the Excluding selected meteorite Meteorite Name Unwanted Records Action Bar Print Record aL I Select Meteorites X Meteorite Data Extraction Dialog Quickly Locating a Meteorite Record The record of a specific meteorite can be quickly located and displayed An Action Bar is provided to scroll through the database The database can be ordered by specific fields and unwanted records can be suppressed from being displayed by using the filter utility Basic Meteorite Information Box Meteorite Name The name of a meteor
100. osition 8 0 0 52 8 O indicating the departure from the terrestrial gt 4 0 fractionation line in permil deviations from the SMOW Standard Mean Ocean Water d C 13 rel PDB Light Stable Isotopes lt the 8 C C C ratio in permil relative to the PDB standard PDB Pee Dee belemnite fossile carbonate from the Cretaceous Pee Dee formation in South Carolina d N 15 rel air Light Stable Isotopes Stable Isotopes the 8 N composition N N ratio in permil relative to the air standard lt 2 0 dD rel SMOW Light Eonia Isotopes the 6 D H ratio in permil relative to SMOW lt 2 0 Data Remarks Trace Elements Stones remarks to analysis data e g the indication by lt if the given value is the detection limit of Sb lt U lt the employed analysis method Date of Find All Dialogs the date of meteorite fall or find Format Year Month Day e g 1990 07 08 Positions for 1803 04 26 YYYY MM D D month and day are left blank if this information is unknown e g 1990 or 1990 07 Day 01 31 All Dialogs the day of meteorite fall or recovery 01 31 Description amp All Dialogs LIKE a text field of variable length Contains information as displayed in the Details amp References References window of the Detailed Meteorite Record Dialog e g find fall circumstances references OEYSEn ISOLOp literature The content of this field can be retrieved from the Detailed Me
101. ow by row The concentrations of nickel and a selection of important trace elements for classification Ga Ge Ir Co As Cu and Au are displayed in columns For the reference citation only the reference symbol is given in the last column Analysis References 47 Prints the list of all literature references for the extracted data The complete reference text 1s given together with the reference symbol used in the MetBase tables browse window Noble Gas Isotopes Choose this option from the Main Menu Page if you wish to extract noble gas isotope data from the database Only in this dialog you can extract information by setting upper and lower limits for noble gas isotopic concentrations and its ratios for example selecting all those analysis records where the 4He 3He ratio 1s between 950 and 1150 When you define selection criteria including database fields that contain noble gas isotope concentration or ratio data always try to specify a range of two values using the gt gt and lt lt Operators in the expressions This prevents empty fields from being included in the query result for example Ne Concentration gt 1 9 AND Ne Concentration lt 2 3 When you choose the lt Check gt button after you have defined selection criteria the browse window will display a table of the query result with meteorite name classification He He Ne Ne Ne 36 Ar 38 Ar Ar concentrations He
102. p between them multitasking For exiting MetBase press the lt Close gt button while you are in the Main Menu Page Window and Dialog Controls The user interface consists of windows containing various types of control objects that make it easy for you to communicate with MetBase The interface is non procedural you can perform operations without typing commands and event driven MetBase waits for you to tell it what to do next You control the sequence of actions that your PC performs MetBase is designed for the use with a mouse or a standard keyboard With the keyboard you use the arrow keys and some keystroke combinations to choose an object or control in the window With the mouse you can control windows and contained objects by pointing clicking and dragging technique In MetBase you can find three different types of windows the dialog window the browse window and the report preview window Dialog windows contain a variety of controls that you use to designate confirm or cancel actions Some dialog windows like the Detailed Meteorite Information Dialog display lots of database information others like the Data Export Window do not display any at all For selecting controls in the dialog window see later in this Chapter To close this type of window choose the lt Close gt or lt Cancel gt button Browse windows display data in a tabular form You will find them in the Record Selection Dialog see Chapter 8 under Acti
103. pact cratering lunar geology interplanetary dust IDPs comets Mars Venus Mercury asteroids general planetology planet earth Language the language of the original publication text English French Spanish German Russian Latin Italian Chinese Japanese Polish Swedish Dutch Portuguese and approx 15 others Title the title as published In case of non English titles the english translation is usually given in brackets Volume Number Series the journal s volume number and series is given if applicable 56 Pages the page range for an article or abstract the total number of pages for books and special prints Remarks further details and references e g the conference place for a presented paper Publisher and Place the publisher name and place of publication publisher s place Editorial Yes is given if the publication is published under editorship Record ID each reference record was given a unique 8 digit ID code Ref Code the reference code is shown if there is analysis information stored in MetBase for a given reference the data are accessible via the keywords objects page Authors the names of the first author and the coauthors are given e g Wasson J T MetCat Link Yes is given if the selected reference is also cited in the Detailed Meteorite Information Window MB Library Yes is given if the original publication or a xerox copy is present in the MetBase Library Fischerhude Germany Keywor
104. preceding the analysis data The natural TL intensities and the induced TL sensitivities normalized to Dhajala or Kernouve together with the peak temperatures and FWHM values are printed in columns If the analysis has been published under a synonym or pairing name of the meteorite that name is displayed in the first column of the table together with the sample designation Analysis remarks are listed in the last column A separate line with the reference text without title is given after each set of records Because of the width of all columns this table can only be printed in Landscape format TL Data Compressed Prints the extracted thermoluminescence data in a compressed tabular format The analysis records are listed row by row All TL data meteorite pairing names sample designations type classification reference symbols and analysis remarks are printed in columns Because of the width of all columns this table can only be printed in Landscape format To display the complete reference text choose the lt Analysis References gt print form radio button Analysis References Prints the list of literature references for the extracted data The complete reference text is given together with the reference symbol used in the MetBase tables browse window Physical Properties Choose this option from the Main Menu Page if you wish to extract Physical Densitiy and Porosity data for stony and stony iron meteorites from the database Only in
105. r in case of power failure during a MetBase session You should remove those files from disk as they may be taking up a large amount of disk space Installing MetBase The installation program setup exe is located in the directory MBWIN DISK1 of the CD ROM The installation program will search the system for previously installed versions of MetBase and will update them if necessary Follow the installation procedure Turn on your computer Start Microsoft Windows Insert the CD ROM into the dedicated drive Select Run from the Windows Start Menu Browse or directly enter the source drive of the floppy disk or CD ROM and run setup exe for example D MBWIN DISKI SETUP EXE Follow the on screen instructions You will be prompted for a destination directory c metbase is default and program manager group MetBase is default 7 After successful installation you can run MetBase by double clicking on the MetBase Icon displayed within the program group window ee o a Starting Up and Exiting The Main Menu Page is displayed when you start MetBase The first time you run MetBase after the installation MetBase will generate a number of index files that are necessary for ordering of data and quick database access In case of installation of MetBase from floppy disks the DOS window is opened temporarily for decompressing the data files During MetBase sessions you can start other programs like Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel and jum
106. rameter for the subtype classification of unequilibrated chondrites References The literature reference to the used information is given in this box lt Print this Record gt Choose this button to print only those data displayed in the current window For using the Print Record Dialog see under Print Record later in this Chapter lt Print this Reference gt Choose this button to print only those data on the selected meteorite that was extracted from the shown reference For using the Print Record Dialog see under Print Record later in this Chapter lt Print all Records gt Choose this button to print all data of all available references of the selected meteorite For using the Print Record Dialog see under Print Record later in this Chapter Action Bar Use the Action Bar controls to move forward or backward in the database See description of individual buttons later in this Chapter Press lt Close gt to return to the previous window If only a single record exists all controls except the lt Close gt button are disabled 34 Physical Property Data Choose the lt Physical Properties gt button to display published density and porosity data for the selected meteorite The window shows grain and bulk density both in g cm as well as measured model and average porosity in for stony and stony iron meteorites This push button is disabled if there are no analysis data available for the selected meteorit
107. re made according to the new system For details on the used symbols see Chapter 8 Action Bar lt Symbols gt button Further details on the used shock classification systems can also be accessed from the Online Help utility within MetBase under Shock Classification Weathering The weathering category is given here A classification scheme with the scales A B and C e indicating the presence of evaporites is in use by the Meteorite Working Group at the NASA Johnson Space Center and is mainly applied to Antarctic meteorite finds hand specimens A new system introduced by F Wlotzka 1993 Meteoritics 28 460 is using six scales WI to W6 Here the weathering scales are determined on polished sections For details on the used symbols see Chapter 8 Action Bar lt Symbols gt button Further details on the weathering classification schemes can also be accessed from the Online Help utility within MetBase under Weathering Categories Classification Remarks The two lines box gives the classification text and additional information like structural types and kamacite bandwidths of and presence of silicate inclusions in iron meteorites or textural features of stony and stony iron meteorites like brecciation shock veining olivine shape in pallasites or the presence of clasts maskelynite ringwoodite The kind of subgroup oxidized or reduced is given in case of CV chondrites 15 Details amp References Choose th
108. rint form which is automatically used when you print the data of the displayed meteorite in the Detailed Meteorite Information Dialog i e choosing the lt Print Record gt button It contains the complete information on every selected meteorite with find location total known weight number of pieces classification data mineral analysis pairings synonyms find fall circumstances literature references and repositories of material and prepared section At least one full page for each meteorite is printed so be careful with using this form especially when you retrieved a larger number of records in the query Single Record Short This form just prints the first part of the Single Record Detailed print form excluding the find fall circumstances literature references and repository information Even with this form the volume of printed paper can get quite large if many records were selected Details amp Reference Text This form only prints the details amp references text literature references find fall circumstances and analyses details for the selected meteorites Information on reposities and basic data are excluded Catalogue Format This print form includes the important basic meteorite data 1 e name location with coordinates date of fall find classification and total known weight Each meteorite record is arranged in a box using up at least 5 lines of the printed page Location List This form is printed in a tabular
109. rmil relative to the PDB standard PDB Pee Dee belemnite fossile carbonate from the Cretaceous Pee Dee formation in South Carolina 1s given Nitrogen Isotopes and Yields The total nitrogen yield in ppm released from the sample and its average ON composition N N ratio in permil relative to the air standard is given Hydrogen Isotopes and Yields The total hydrogen yield in ppm released from the sample and its average 6 D H ratio in permil relative to SMOW is given References The literature reference to the used information is given in this box lt Print this Record gt Choose this button to print only those data displayed in the current window For using the Print Record Dialog see under Print Record later in this Chapter lt Print this Reference gt Choose this button to print only those data on the selected meteorite that was extracted from the shown reference For using the Print Record Dialog see under Print Record later in this Chapter lt Print all Records gt Choose this button to print all data of all available references of the selected meteorite For using the Print Record Dialog see under Print Record later in this Chapter Action Bar Use the Action Bar controls to move forward or backward in the database See description of individual buttons later in this Chapter Press lt Close gt to return to the previous window If only a single record exists all controls except the lt Cl
110. rn to the previous window If only a single record exists all controls except for the lt Close gt button are disabled 24 Trace Elements Irons When the selected meteorite is an iron or stony iron meteorite this window is displayed if there are records with analysis data of the metal phase stored in MetBase For these types of meteorites classification is mainly based on the nickel gallium germanium and iridium contents We have included a number of other elements that are no less important for the chemical grouping of iron and stony irons For extracting of data see Chapter 5 Analysis Data This push button is disabled if there are no analysis data available for the selected meteorite FS Chemical Analysis Data on CANTON DIABLO Pairing Synonym Bloody Basin Structure Og Chemical group IAB Bandwidth HM ethod H aterial Instrumental neutron activation analysis bulk material Remarks 696 E 5b Re Os Pd Rh E mag a co eso 240 0 54 4 1570 Aro Reference Wasson T and Duyang lt 1990 Compositional range of Canyon Diablo meteoroid Geochim Cosmochim Acta 54 3175 3183 Print this Record Print this Reference Print all Records el lt lt gt oi 48 Records with analysis data available If there is more than one record available you can scroll through the database using the Action Bar in the same manner as you do in the D
111. rtant features of MetBase is the Record Selection Dialog that will appear when you press the lt Basic Data Extraction gt lt Repository Overview gt one of the Analysis Data or Statistics items of the MetBase Main Menu if you choose the lt Select Meteorites gt button from the Meteorite Basic Information or the Collection Information dialog window or the lt Select Records gt button from the Literature Information window FS Record Selection Trace Elements in Stones Ea Selection Criteria List Country ALGERIA Observed Fall Fr HN N ear gt 1987 Structural Type Symbol lt gt CHO Scroll Bar Delete Items from List Delete Group i Logical Expression Builder Country ALGERIA Add Database Field 5 Ser Add Expression Selection Popup Secs to List A WE MENE Action Bar RES ee eS Operator Enable Disable Case Enter the Selection Selection Box Sensitive Search Contition text You can easily create a list of selection criteria with the Expression Builder that will define your query the kind and amount of information that is extracted from the database An expression that will retrieve the information from the database can look as simple as this country Algeria All those records in MetBase will be extracted that fulfil this condition data of meteorites found in Algeria Building a query expression 1 Choose the database field popup control from the Express
112. rther are fresh falls of higher value than weathered finds and all those meteorites that show distinctive features like shock melting brecciation presence of clasts and unusual chemical or isotopical composition Scale low medium to low medium high highest 2 Rarity of Type Provided as a combination of the availability and distribution of specimens of a specific meteorite and the rarity of the whole group of which the meteorite is part of The rarity of a group is indicated by the total number of group members excluding pairings and the total known weight of the group material For a statistical survey of meteorite types see Chapter 6 Statistics Classification Subtype Scale very common common not so common rare very rare 3 Historical value Some meteorites are not so much of scientific value but are connected to special events tales and stories An ancient fall like Ensisheim is of much higher historical interest than a more recent desert find Meteorite falls of the 8th and early 19th century are in general of high historical interest Some other examples are those meteorites that struck a car or house like Benld and Peekskill and meteorite falls of which the orbit could be calculated like Pribram or Innisfree Scale low medium high highest 19 Mineral Analyses The Mineral Analysis Data window is displayed if there are analysis data on silicates of the selected meteorite available The window sho
113. ry used as reference was done in case of publication 1995 in a journal or catalogue the year of publication Year of Publication Bulk Chemical Analyses the publication year of the literature reference for the analysis data 1995 Noble Gas Isototpes Trace Element Data Year of Publication CNG Cosmogenic Nuclides the publication year of the literature reference for the cosmogenic noble gas data data 1995 Year of Publication CRN Cosmogenic Nuclides the publication year of the literature reference for the cosmogenic radionuclide data and 1995 terrestrial ages excluding Repository Overview and Literature Survey 84
114. s lrons Light Stable Isotopes TL Data Physical Properties Reference Text CNGs Cosmogenic Nuclides Reference Text CRNs Cosmogenic Nuclides lt S gt 2 lt S gt 2 lt gt 2 IN LIKE LIKE IN IN LIKE LIKE LIKE the pyroxene ferrosilite arithmetic mean value of a number of individual measurements or a single value if just one value is reported The value is given in mole For chondrites this is normally the value for the orthopyroxene phase the range of pyroxene ferrosilite mole with the lowest and highest values obtained in the measurement For chondrites these are normally the values for the orthopyroxene phase the statistical standard deviation 10 of the pyroxene ferrosilite values For chondrites this is normally the values for the orthopyroxene phase each reference record is given a unique ID code of 8 digit length same field tpye as the Reference Symbol indicating the presence of analysis data in another MetBase database section the reference citation for publication with author year title source for the used information on repository meteorite collection usually catalogues or publications in journals The field is left blank 1f the source of information is an unpublished inventory list or is based on private communications the bibliographic source of the given literature reference is provided a Character string of fixed lengh 10
115. se window Classification Remarks City of Repository Repository Overview CK4 AN MES A1 shock veins All Dialogs LIKE mineralogical structural textural notes e g regolith breccia shocked veined clast rich dark gas rich etc In case of pallasites also the shape of olivines e g rounded In case of irons also the presence of silicates e g with silicate inclusions and other features e g annealed IN IN Collection Ran king Repository Overview gt the number gives the ranking of every collection in MetBase The ranking is based on the total number of meteorites the collection contains independent of size and quality J J gt 2 1 650 Collection Code Repository Overview LIKE the collection code or abbreviation as used in the Repository Information Window of the Oxford Univ Mus Detailed Meteorite Information Dialog gt 0 0001 the activity value of the analyzed radionuclide as published in the cited reference Be C 2641 381 Ca Mn Cosmogenic Nuclide Cosmogenic Nuclides lt Activity dpm kg Count Main Group Classification Classification Subtype Count Achondrites Country Statistics lt the number of individual meteorites in the group This field is available for ordering of reports only 20 the number of achondrites in the statistical calculation This field is available for ordering of repor
116. shows bulk analysis data of stony meteorites and the silicate portions of stony iron and iron meteorites To display bulk See Als analyses of irons and the metal phase of stony iron meteorites open the lt Trace Elements lrons gt window To display major minor and trace element data of stones or the silicate portion of stony irons open the lt Trace Elements Stones gt window If there is more than one record available you can scroll through the database using the Action Bar in the same manner as you do in the Detailed Meteorite Information Dialog When you first enter the window the total number of records available is shown in the bottom help line Pairing Synonym If the analysis has been done on a pairing or under a synonym of the selected meteorite that name is given Type The type classification of the selected meteorite is given Method The employed analysis method is displayed here Analyst The person who performed the analysis is given Sample Material The sample identification code usually the catalog number of the institute or museum that has provided the material as well as the type of material used for the analysis are given In most cases bulk material is the sample material In some cases silicate non magnetic fractions clasts dark or light material or chondrule separates were used Samples are normally prepared as chips homogenized powder or fused beads t must be noted here that due to sample heterogene
117. sitories with the total number of meteorites and ranking position is shown For more information about using the Record Selection Dialog see Chapter 8 Extracting Meteorite Data 43 Chapter 5 Analysis Data Mineral Chemistry Choose this option from the Main Menu Page if you mainly wish to extract mineral analysis data from the database The Record Selection Dialog is opened where you can define selection criteria for data retrieval The accessible database fields in the Expression Builder Box and the print forms that can be chosen from the Report Dialog see Chapter 9 Reporting Query Results are the same as found in the Basic Data Extraction Dialog see Chapter 3 Basic Data Extraction but the table which can be browsed of the query result contains mainly mineral chemistry and classification data When you choose the lt Check gt button after definition of the selection criteria the browse window will display a table of the query result with meteorite name country classification olivine Fa pyroxene Es total Fe content shock classification and weathering category For more information about using the Record Selection Dialog see Chapter 8 Extracting Meteorite Data Bulk Chemical Analyses Choose this option from the Main Menu Page if you wish to extract bulk chemical analysis data of stony meteorites and the silicate portions of stony iron meteorites from the database Only in this dialog you can extract
118. taeidedal 59 Chapter 8 Extracting Meteorite or Literature Data ooooonnnnnnnnncnonnnnnnnnnnnnnonnonononnnncnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnonnnnns 60 EDR SIO MME UICC DOS aac ars tetiasaatas camera aid caca 61 7110 11 lb inane ere ee OC e SE at Pon U eRe a 62 Selection Entera DO ii aloe 63 Chapter 9 Reporte Query ResullS stand ia 64 Chapter 10 Exportine Daitavsinesa alii il iia 67 Chapter LI OmV Ex ainples a a a de 69 Chapter 12 Description of Database Fields ceci 73 Menti options arid dialog names a A ds 73 Table of database fields and contents cccsccoscsccecoscoecsccecoscascsccscescascsccscescascscescascassscescass 74 Chapter 1 Introduction Main features MetBase is a meteorite data retrieval program The database contains more than 750 000 field entries with data on find and fall locations weights pairing names and synonyms classifications shock and weathering categories chemical analyses noble gas isotopes cosmogenic radionuclides and repositories of material and prepared sections MetBase also provides basic meteorite descriptions information on find circumstances and more than 79 000 references to literature You can view the basic information on every known meteorite or you can print the catalogues of more than 650 meteorite collections with altogether over 65 000 specimen weights that are stored in MetBase Data can be extracted by using the query utility and the retrieved information can be printed
119. te box preceding the analysis data The densitiy bulk and grain and porositiy measured model and average values are printed below together with further information like sample material sample weight or analysis remarks If the analysis has been published under a synonym or pairing name of the meteorite that name is displayed in a separate row A separate line with the reference text without title is given after each set of records Physical Properties Compressed Prints the extracted physical property data in a compressed tabular format The analysis records are listed row by row Not all the information available can be printed in this form Only density and porosity data meteorite pairing names type classification reference symbol and analysis remarks are shown To display the complete reference text choose the lt Analysis References gt print form radio button Analysis References Prints the list of literature references for the extracted data The complete reference text is given together with the reference symbol used in the MetBase tables browse window 53 Chapter 6 Statistics In this menu box you can find some helpful options to perform statistical calculations like abundance of classification groups with weight summaries or annual meteorite fall find frequencies In all offered dialogs you can set selection criteria for example doing the statistical calculation just on Antarctic meteorites or just on observed falls
120. teorite Information Dialog When you first enter the window the total number of records available is shown in the bottom help line Pairing Synonym If the analysis has been done on a pairing or under a synonym of the selected meteorite that name 1s displayed here Type The type classification of the specific meteorite is given Material Method The kind of material analyzed bulk material separate mineral separate silicate metal 1s displayed along with information about the employed analysis method SC Stepped Combustion SP Stepped Pyrolysis In case of oxygen isotope the analysis is normally done by mass spectrometric measurement of the oxygen extracted by reaction of the sample with bromine pentafluoride Sample The sample identification code usually the catalog number of the institute or museum that has provided the material is given in this box In case of density fractions the density range is also shown here 31 Remarks Further remarks to the analysis or sample are shown in this box Isotopic compositions and C N H yields Oxygen Isotopes The isotopic compositions 0 0 0 ratio 0 0 0 ratio and AO d O 0 52 0 indicating the departure from the terrestrial fractionation line are given in permil deviations from the SMOW Standard Mean Ocean Water Carbon Isotopes and Yields The total carbon yield in ppm released from the sample and its average 9 C composition C C ratio in pe
121. teorite Record SIC grain Dialog or by choosing the Single Record Detailed print form from the Report Dialog Nizhiizumi District All Dialogs the name of district or county in which the meteorite was located Editorial Literature Survey a Yes is given if the publication is done under editorship pe Element Concentration Trace Elements Stones the concentration of the specific element B Na Ni Co Ga Ge Ir As W in milligram per gt 0 001 mg g ug g or ng g Trace Elements lrons gram microgram per gram or nanogram per gram The decimal number if zero does not A A lt 2 0 T A indicate the precision of the measurement Element Concentration Trace Elements Stones the ratio of two specific element abundance values gt 0 001 T1 Group Weight Sum Main Group the weight sum of the total known weights of all individual group members This field is 20 0001 Classification available for ordering of reports only Classification Subtype Hyd rogen Yield ppm Light Stable Isotopes gt the total amount of hydrogen in ug g released during the measurement usually done by gt 100 stepped combustion heating ISSN Literature Survey DE the ISSN of a journal is given 0016 7037 ITL Normalization TL Data the standard used for induced TL sensitivity normalization D Dhajala normally used for unequilibrated chondrites K Kernouve often used for equilibrated chondrites K ITL Sen sitivity TL D
122. teorites Most of C N and H isotope measurements have been done by the stepped combustion or stepped pyrolysis method In this case only the total C N and H abundances yields and their average isotopic compositions as released over the given temperature range are shown in this window This push button is disabled if there are no analysis data available for the selected meteorite fea Light stable izotope data on CFER 059 Pairing Synonym EI Diouf 001 HM atenal Method bulk material S ample Remarks Oxygen Isotopes Carbon Isotopes Nitrogen Isotopes Hydrogen Isotopes rel SMO rel PDB rel air rel SHOW 1 um 7 Oo 0 18 Carbon Yield Nitrogen Yield Hydrogen Yield Alg 2307 2000 ppm ow ppm 455 ppm Biechotf A Palme H 43h A D Clapton A M Schultz L Herperz U Stoffler D Grady M M Filinger C T Spettel B Weber H Grund T Endress M and Weber D 1993 Paired Renazzo type CA carbonaceous chondrites from the Sahara Geochim Cosmochim Acta 57 1587 1603 See also radi hd bo deh A OM and Pilliiner T P9491 PRE TS eer liqkt element stable ientane shidi of A Print this Record Print this Reference Print all Records o f lt lt gt a 21 Records with analysis data available If there is more than one record available you can scroll through the database using the Action Bar in the same manner as you do in the Detailed Me
123. ter the window the total number of records available is shown in the bottom help line Pairing Synonym If the analysis has been done on a pairing or under a synonym of the selected meteorite that name is displayed here Type The type classification of the specific meteorite is given Material Sample The sample identification number when available as well as the kind of material analyzed bulk material metal mineral separate magnetic fraction non magnetic fraction 1s given in this box Method Remark The analysis method and remarks to given analysis data is displayed e g AMS Accelerator Mass Spectrometry GRC Gamma ray Counting Techniques 29 Cosmogenic Radionuclide Activities The activitiy of each analyzed radionuclide is given in dpm kg of analyzed sample type Right to this box the experimental error 1s given and indicates standard deviation Cosmogenic Light Noble Gas Concentrations and Ratios The concentration x 10 cm STP g material of INe and the ratios of Ne Ne or He Ne in case of iron meteorites is given as published in the reference Terrestrial Age The terrestrial age in ka is also given when available The calculated ages are usually based on the Cl or C activity data the nuclide production rates and the shielding conditions in the sampled meteorite References The literature reference to the used information is given in this box If the source of the cosmogenic noble gases
124. the Antarctic Meteorites National Institute of Polar Research Tokyo 230 pp are completely included The window only shows analysis data of stony meteorites and silicate portions of stony iron and iron meteorites To display bulk analyses of irons and the metal phase of stony iron meteorites open the Trace Element Analyses Window as described later in this Chapter For extracting of data see Chapter 5 Analysis Data This push button is disabled if there are no analysis data available for the selected meteorite ES Bulk Chemical Analysis Data on ALLENDE ES Pairing Synonym Type cys Method wet chemical analysis Analyst Jarosewich E S ample Material bulk material Remarks Mim and Colm calculated from probe data for metal 68 Mi 31 Fe 1 6 Col remainder is reported as sulfide 1 60 MiS 0 08 Cos Concentrations in wt 5105 34 23 H gt 0 Carbon 0 29 Ti02 015 H30 Alp03 327 Others 1 68 Cro05 0 52 Hickel l Fez03 Cobalt Total 99 98 Fel 27 15 l E Fe total 23 05 Clarke A 5 Jr Jarosewich E Mason B Nelen dJ G mez M and Hyde J A 1970 The Allende Wesco Meteonte Shower Smithzon Contrib Earth Sci 5 1 55 Print this Record Print this Reference Print all Records el oe lt l c lt o gt o mi 24 Records with analysis data available If there is more than one record available you can scroll through the database using the Action Bar in th
125. the database Only in this dialog you can extract this kind of information by setting upper and lower limits for natural TL intensities or induced TL sensitivities for example selecting all those records with a natural TL intensity level in the range between 0 1 and 1 0 krad When you define selection criteria with database fields containing TL data always try to specify a range of two values using the gt gt and lt lt operators in the expressions This prevents empty fields from being included in the query result for example NTL Level krad 250 C gt 0 1 AND NTL Level krad 250 C lt 1 0 When you choose the lt Check gt button after definition of the selection criteria the browse window will display a table of the query result with meteorite name type classification natural TL intensity level induced TL sensitivity normalization standard peak temperature FWHM value reference symbol sample designation material type and remarks When you choose the lt Report gt button the Report Dialog appears after the query is performed successfully You can define up to two criteria to order the records and you have the choice between nine different forms to preview and print the extracted information Print Report Forms TL Data Detailed Prints the extracted thermoluminescence data in a table All analysis records are grouped by meteorite name The basic information on each meteorite is given in a separate box
126. the average CI element abundances The ratios are calculated using the average CI data published by E Anders and N Grevesse 1989 Geochim Cosmochim Acta 53 197 214 A value lower than means a depletion of the specific element relative to the mean CI abundance approximately matching the solar abundance A value of more than 1 means an enrichment relative to CI of the specific element in the analyzed sample References The source of the used information is displayed in this box The accessed analysis database is ordered by the name of the first author lt Print this Record gt Choose this button to print only those data displayed in the current window For using the Print Record Dialog see under Print Record later in this Chapter lt Print this Reference gt Choose this button to print only those data on the selected meteorite that was extracted from the shown reference For using the Print Record Dialog see under Print Record later in this Chapter This button is disabled if only a single record exists lt Print all Records gt Choose this button to print all data of all references of the selected meteorite For using the Print Record Dialog see under Print Record later in this Chapter This button is disabled if only a single record exists Action Bar Use the Action Bar controls to move forward or backward in the database See description of individual buttons later in this Chapter Press lt Close gt to retu
127. the catalogue of the specific meteorite collection It includes meteorite name date of fall or find country co ordinates classification total known weight total weight of each meteorite in collection and specimen remarks When MetBase has finished the assembly the Report Dialog is opened Here you can order the catalogue by different criteria and choose between two different print forms a detailed catalogue format or a compressed list format For more information on using the Report Dialog see Chapter 9 Reporting Query Results The available print forms are described as following This push button is disabled if there are no analysis data available for the selected meteorite Short Collection List This form is printed as a table The columns contain the meteorite name date of fall find classification total known weight specimen weight and specimen remarks If the meteorite was observed to fall this is indicated by an asterisk In the header of the table the collection code country of repository date of information and ordering criteria are displayed A summary band at the end of the table shows the total number of meteorites and the total weight in the collection Prepared Sections List This form is printed as a table The columns contain the meteorite name date of fall find classification total known weight and the type of prepared section that is with the institution If the meteorite was observed to fall this is i
128. this dialog you can extract this kind of information by setting upper and lower limits for grain or bulk density as well as measured model or average porosity for example selecting all those records with bulk densities in the range between 3 45 and 3 55 When you define selection criteria with database fields containing density or porosity data always try to specify a range of two values using the gt gt and lt lt operators in the expressions This prevents 52 empty fields from being included in the query result for example grain density g cm gt 3 45 AND grain density g cm lt 3 55 When you choose the lt Check gt button after definition of the selection criteria the browse window will display a table of the query result with meteorite name type classification material type MA sample grain density bulk density measured porosity model porosity average porosity reference symbol method and analysis and data remarks When you choose the lt Report gt button the Report Dialog appears after the query is performed successfully You can define up to two criteria to order the records and you have the choice between nine different forms to preview and print the extracted information Print Report Forms Physical Properties Detailed Prints the density and porosity data in a table All analysis records are grouped by meteorite name The basic information on each meteorite is given in a separa
129. tics objects studied are usually meteorites and their names are provided 1f known Publications in lunar science often contain the ID numbers of Apollo or Luna rock samples e g 24101 74001 References to publications on impact cratering and tektites often include the impact crater name terrestrial craters only Analysis Data Link If analysis data provided with a specific publication is stored in another database section of MetBase e g noble gases trace elements light stable isotopes cosmogenic radionuclides bulk chemical compositions TL data a link to such a database table can be established by pressing the enabled lt Analysis Data gt button The reference code the combination of author name and two digit year is displayed in the text box to the right of the button The Meteorite Analysis Data Selection Window is opened and you can display the kind of information you are looking for by choosing the data type button Disabled buttons indicate that there are no data available of the specific indicated type Fe Meteonte Analysis Data Selection Es Bulk Chemical A ayses Wace Eemens Stones Trace Elements irons Roble Gas Contents tosmodente Hoces Light stable lsotopes Hhennoluminecentce Data Abstract Text The abstract text of the selected literature reference 1s shown on the last gr filing card 1f available card access 1s disabled if there is no abstract information provided for the selected reference r
130. time of recovery 1s not reported the total weight known in collections is given 20 00001 the calculated total weight sum in kg of all meteorites including all pairings recovered in the specific year This field is temporarly created during the query and can be used for ordering of records compare with field Selected Weight Sum Volume Literature Survey Sa The volume number of the referenced publication journals and conference papers only Weathering Category All Dialogs 22 LIKE the weathering category is an expression or number that indicates the stage of degradation or A Be Total Weight Sum Annual Falls Finds 20 001 lA lA V IV IV w NOT LIKE weathering of a meteorite find e g A B C or 3 Lierature references to the classification can be found in field Detailes amp References The available weathering WO 1 83 Weight in Collection g Collection Information 2655 2 the weight of material of a meteorite in a specific repository in grams If more than one 20 1 specimen is reported the individual weights figures are reduced to a total Vear All Dialogs Se the year of meteorite recovery If the year of find is unknown the year of recognition as a 1894 meteorite is given Year Bibliography Literature Survey the publication year of is given 1998 lt gt 2 Year of Information Repository Overview g s the year in which the collection invento
131. tion 0 100 36Cl terr age Anll spinel Mineral Chemistry Analysis Remarks Bulk Chemical Analyses IN LIKE remarks to analysis data for bulk chemical analyses further components not included in the NiO Cosmogenic Nuclides fixed component fields e g NiO S SO3 AMS Light Stable Isotopes TL Data the name of the person who performed the analysis Jarosewich E a single letter D doubtful case P pseudometeorite In case of an antarctic meteorite the Physical Properties letter indicates the expedition team A ANSMET E EUROMET J JARE N New Analyst Bulk Chemical Analyses Zealand C Joined ANSMET U S A JARE Japan Expedition team Authenticity Remark Authors Literature Retrieval IN the name of the first author and all coauthors if present of a publication Syntax First names Wasson J T are abbreviated to single letters followed by a dot and positioned befind the family name Scott E R D Individual authors are separated by a comma Family name and first name letters dots are separated by blanks In few cases et al is given if coauthor names are unknown gt 0 0001 Classification Subtype Bib Code Literature Survey LIKE IN the ID code or reference number of the bibliographic source of the reference is given 1998M amp PS lt S gt 2 Brecciation Y N All Dialogs whether the meteorite is brecciated or unbrecciated Y indicates that the meteorite
132. tope data for meteorite bulk samples and separates Only in this dialog you can extract information by setting upper and lower limits for light stable isotopic compositions for example selecting all those records with oxygen isotopic composition in the range between 4 5 and 1 7 rel SMOW When you define selection criteria with database fields that contain isotope data always try to specify a range of two values using the gt gt and lt lt operators in the expressions This prevents empty fields from being included in the query result for example d 18 O gt 4 5 AND d 18 0 lt 1 7 When you choose the lt Check gt button after definition of the selection criteria the browse window will display a table of the query result with meteorite name classification 50 830 APO 8 C C content SN N content dD H H content reference symbol sample designation material type and analysis method and remarks When you choose the lt Report gt button the Report Dialog appears after the query is performed successfully You can define up to two criteria to order the records and you have the choice between nine different forms to preview and print the extracted information 50 Print Report Forms Oxygen Isotopes Detailed Prints only the oxygen isotope data in a tabular format All records are grouped by meteorite name The basic information on each meteorite is given in a separate box preceding the analysis data T
133. tors in the expressions This prevents empty fields from being included in the query result for example Be dpm kg gt 10 AND Be dpm kg lt 15 When you choose the lt Check gt button after definition of the selection criteria the browse window will display a table of the query result with meteorite name classification Be 2 HOF Mn Ca ss activities Ne concentration Nel Ne and He Ne ratios reference symbol sample number material type and analysis remarks For more information about using the Record Selection Dialog see Chapter 8 Extracting Meteorite Data For further information on noble gas data see Chapter 3 Detailed Meteorite Information Cosmogenic Nuclides When you choose the lt Report gt button the Report Dialog appears after the query is performed successfully for description of the Report Dialog see Chapter 9 You can define up to two criteria to order the records and you have the choice between nine different forms to preview and print the extracted information Print Report Forms All Data Detailed Prints the extracted data in a table All analysis records are grouped by meteorite name The basic information on each meteorite is given in a separate box preceding the analysis data The noble gas concentrations of 8 isotopes the isotopic ratios calculated from the concentration values and analysis sample remarks are displayed in columns If the analysis has been published under a
134. tributed or that have total known weights of about 1 kg or less It must be noted here that the information used in MetBase cannot always be up to date There are younger and older collection inventory lists that have been used as reference Meteorite exchanges between collections may have taken place after inventory lists had been prepared It may therefore happen that the weight sum of material in all listed collections slightly exceeds the total known weight of the specific meteorite Although we made all effort to get the available information on every known repository there is no reason to believe that the records in MetBase are complete 18 Prepared Sections Box Prepared Sections of the meteorite are listed separately from the material information The type of section is mentioned in brackets PS Polished section or mount mainly in case of iron meteorites TS Thin section covered thin section PTS Polished thin section uncovered Meteorite Value Indicators Three different parameter were chosen to give an approximate indication of the meteorite value 1 Scientific value Of high scientific value are those meteorites that are highly demanded by researchers and subject for numerous scientific publications like Allende Murchison or Semarkona Types like achondrites unequilibrated chondrites carbonaceous and enstatite chondrites are commonly of higher scientific interest than main group iron meteorites and ordinary chondrites Fu
135. ts only Count Falls Country Statistics aS the number of observed falls in the statistical calculation This field is available for ordering of 20 reports only 20 the number of finds in the statistical calculation This field is available for ordering of reports only 20 Count Finds Country Statistics Count Irons Country Statistics Count Ordinary Country Statistics Chondrites the number of irons in the statistical calculation This field is available for ordering of reports only 20 the number of ordinary chondrites in the statistical calculation This field is available for ordering of reports only 20 76 Count Stones Country Statistics the number of stony meteorites in the statistical calculation This field is available for ordering 20 of reports only Count Stony irons Country Statistics the number of iron meteorites in the statistical calculation This field is available for ordering 20 of reports only Cou ntry All Dialogs the current name of the country in which the meteorite was discovered The list of available countries can be displayed in the Symbols browse window i apan Cou ntry of Country of Repository Country of Repository Repository Overview A the name of the the name of the country in which the collection or repository is situated in which the collection or repository is situated p Germany AA Al Mees IA es O 17 Yrel SMOW Light Rosina Isotopes the AO comp
136. uery result This table format is the same as the lt Lithophiles Detailed gt table format Siderophiles Compressed Prints only the siderophile element data of the query result This table format is the same as the lt Lithophiles Compressed gt table format Major Minor Detailed Prints only the major and minor element data of the query result This table format is the same as the lt Lithophiles Detailed gt table format Major Minor Compressed Prints only the major and minor element data of the query result This table format is the same as the lt Lithophiles Compressed gt table format REEs Detailed Prints only the set of rare earth element data of the query result This table format is the same as the lt Lithophiles Detailed gt table format REEs Compressed Prints only the set of rare earth element data of the query result This table format is the same as the lt Lithophiles Compressed gt table format Volatiles Detailed Prints only the mobile and volatile trace element data of the query result This table format is the same as the lt Lithophiles Detailed gt table format 46 Volatiles Compressed Prints only the mobile and volatile trace element data of the query result This table format is the same as the lt Lithophiles Compressed gt table format Analysis References Prints the list of literature references for the extracted data The complete reference text 1s given together with the reference symbol used in the M
137. uilder 3 Choose the IN operator from the operator popup of the Expression Builder 4 Type Bells Murchison Murray Nogoya in the edit text box of the Expression Builder 5 Press the lt Add gt button to move expression to the selection criteria list 6 Press lt Check gt button to run the query and to view the result in the browse window b You wish to retrieve all iron meteorites of group IAB having a nickel content of more than 12 wt and an iridium content of less than 1 0 ppm 1 NO CON WN 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Choose the lt Trace Element Data gt option from the Main Menu Page Choose Main Group Symbol from the database field popup of the Expression Builder Choose the operator from the operator popup of the Expression Builder Type JAB in the edit text box of the Expression Builder Press the lt Add gt button to move expression to the selection criteria list Choose Ni Concentration mg g from the database field popup of the Expression Builder Choose the gt operator from the operator popup of the Expression Builder Type 120 in the edit text box of the Expression Builder Press the lt Add gt button to move expression to the selection criteria list Choose the lt operator from the operator popup of the Expression Builder Type 1000 in the edit text box of the Expression Builder Press the lt Add gt button to move expression to the selection criteria list Choose Ir Concentration m
138. uttons in MetBase contain short cuts or so called hot keys The hot key is a single letter or number that is underlined Instead of using the lt Tab gt key and then the lt Spacebar gt or lt Enter gt key to choose the option press the lt Alt gt and the appropriate hot key letter simultaneously You can use the hot key from any position inside the currently active window Types of dialog controls used in MetBase Repository Information Push Button The action associated with the push button occurs immediately when you choose it To choose a push button left click with the mouse on it or Tab to it and press lt Spacebar gt or lt Enter gt key Often a new window appears when you press a push button W Normalized to mean Cl composition Check Box Settings can be turned on and off by choosing the check box with the lt Spacebar gt with lt Enter gt key or by left clicking with the mouse on it If a check box has an Y symbol in it the setting is on More than one box in a group can be checked at a time Radio Button To Screen Preview Unlike check boxes only one radio button can be chosen at the same time Select the radio button and press the lt Spacebar gt the lt Enter gt key or click with the mouse on it When a radio button is chosen a bullet appears and any previously chosen radio button in the group becomes deselected Text Data Box IA A text data box is a field that displays pieces of information from th
139. ve set a selection criterion which you do not have to do if you want to include all known meteorites MetBase will group the query result according to the classification symbols used in MetBase This means that all meteorites which belong to the same group are counted and the result displayed in one line with the weight sum and the minimum maximum mean and mean excluding the minimum and maximum value of all group members All weights are calculated in kilograms Paired meteorites are grouped together and counted as one single fall in this statistic Choose the lt Check gt button to display the query result in the browse window in tabular form N A is displayed in the mean min max column when there are not enough counts to calculate a value For more information about using the Record Selection Dialog see Chapter 8 Extracting Meteorite Data Shock Classifications Choose this option from the Main Menu Page if you wish to have a statistical survey of shock classifications Choose the lt Check gt button to display the query result in the browse window The query result will be transformed into a table with six columns showing in each column the total number of meteorites that are classified into shock stages S1 to S6 The first column contains the main type classifications and the second column the total number of shock classified meteorites of the specific type The number of rows is determined by the number of main type classification
140. ve to all 600 repositories stored in MetBase Curator The name of the person who curates the meteorite collection Commonly at time of information Source of Information There are different kinds of information sources printed catalogues publications in journals unpublished inventory lists and private communications 41 Year The year of the information which is usually the year of collection inventory References Notes Author year title and source of the information used Collection remarks are appended here Order by popup Choose this popup to select an order condition for display of the collection information Locate popup You can quickly locate a specific repository or a city or country of known meteorite repositories Choose the Locate popup and select a field from the list A box is opened where you can enter the expression you wish to locate Press lt Enter gt to locate the record in the database The database is automatically ordered by the selected field Action Bar Use the Action Bar controls to move forward or backward in the database See description of individual buttons in Chapter 3 Action Bar Press lt Close gt to return to the previous window lt Print Address gt To print the collection information as shown in the window press this button to open the Print Record Dialog For details see under Chapter 3 Print Record lt Print Catalogue gt Pressing this button let MetBase assemble
141. ws classification relevant data like olivine fayalite and pyroxene ferrosillite contents References to the data can be found under Details amp References For extracting of data see Chapter 5 Analysis Data This push button is disabled if there are no analysis data available for the selected meteorite ES Mineral Analysis Data on ALLENDE Ea Mineral Analysis Data mean 10 0 range 0 51 PMD 86 0 mear 4 7 PMD 74 0 Olivine Fa molex lt Pyroxene Fs mole Total Iron wt Further Analysis Data 7 Comments olivine Fad 51 matris olivine Fa0 45 chondrules For references on analysis data see Details amp References Window Olivine Fa Pyroxene Fs Displayed are mean value standard deviation 1 sigma value range min max value and PMD percentage mean deviation value in mole when available Total Iron The total iron content of the bulk material is shown in weight Other Analysis Data Comments This box shows further analysis data like plagioclase pyroxene or kamacite composition Choose the lt Close gt button to return to the previous window 20 Bulk Chemical Analyses Choose the lt Bulk Chemical Analyses gt button to open the Bulk Chemical Analysis Data window The database mainly contains results of standard wet chemical analyses Data from the large compilations published by E Jarosewich 1990 Meteoritics 25 323 337 and K Yanai amp H Kojima 1995 Catalog of
142. ype the entire meteorite name but the string you enter must start with the first character of the meteorite name to locate e g Murch Thus typing urchison will not locate the meteorite Murchison If you are not shure about the spelling of a meteorite name try to use the Record Selection Dialog see Chapter 8 instead in combination with the LIKE operator for sub string comparison Example You just know that the name of the meteorite you are looking for contains the string town There are about 15 meteorites known that contain town in its name Using the Locate Utility will not find these entries in the database In those cases where a record could not be found in the meteorite name database field the program automatically searches the list of known synonyms Example when you enter the name Tocopilla the record of North Chile meteorite is located since Tocopilla is a synonym of North Chile You can also locate other type of information like country state or year of discovery In those cases the database is automatically ordered by the selected field type locating a country will order the displayed records by country Select Meteorite button Choosing the lt Select Meteorite gt button will open the Record Selection Window Here you can extract certain pieces of data from the database For information on using this dialog see Chapter 8 Extracting Meteorite Data 39

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