HELP on CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE METEOR ABUNDANCE (atoms per 10åç of Hydrogen) (plotted on a logarithmic scale)
This is a plot the abundances of elements found in type C1 carbonaceous chondrite meteorites, the units are 'relative numbers of atoms' normalized to correspond as closely as possible to the solar values for the abundant and involatile elements like magnesium, silicon, and iron. Sources are Mason (1971) and Cameron (1973) with later corrections (1982). There is a close correspondence in elemental abundance between the sun and carbonaceous meteorites, except for lithium, beryllium and boron which are highly depleted in the sun by consuming nuclear reactions. Some loss of the volatile elements have taken place in the meteorites so that hydrogen and the noble gases have largely disappeared, and oxygen and carbon are somewhat depleted.
