Redistribution of chondrules in a chondrite parent body: A model

Abstract

Based on our recent studies of the Mokoia CV3 carbonaceous chondrite, we propose a model for the development of the Mokoia lithology through formation of chondrules/rims and fine matrix grains by fragmentation in different regions in the parent body, followed by transportation, mixing, and accumulation in a fluid state, and finally lithification of those objects. These processes may have been repeated, cyclically, within the parent body.