Preferred orientation of phyllosilicate [001] in matrix of Murchison meteorite and possible mechanisms of generating the oriented texture in chondrites |
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| Authors: | Akio Fujimura Manabu Kato Mineo Kumazawa |
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| Institution: | Department of Earth Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, 464 Japan |
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| Abstract: | Preferred orientation of the dominant phyllosilicate phase (serpentine) in the matrix of the Murchison meteorite (C2) was determined by X-ray pole figure goniometry. The basal plane (001) of the phyllosilicate shows a clear preferred orientation of an axial concentration type. The preferred orientation is very weak in comparison with the orientations of known terrestrial tectonites, and it resembles the weakest case observed in the loosely consolidated clayey sediments from the deep ocean bottom. However, gentle sedimentation of platy phyllosilicate grains on a flat surface under a weak gravity field does not generate a sufficient preferred orientation. It is suggested that the preferred orientation in the matrix of Murchison was generated by uniaxial compaction, and the magnitude of strain to give rise to the observed degree of preferred orientation is evaluated as ?9%. There are two possible explanations of the deformation: dynamic compression caused by impact, and static compaction in a parent body. Though the latter case appears to be appropriate in the present case, it is not straightforward, however, to conclude that the suggested deformation is caused by burial compaction along gravity under lithostatic stress in a small primitive parent body. |
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