subchondritic

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ chondritic.

Adjective

subchondritic (not comparable)

1. (planetology, of an elemental ratio) Less than that found in a typical chondrite.
   • 1979, International Aerospace Abstracts, page 3096:

     According to the model, a magma ocean that differentiated chiefly at low pressure and contained 6-8 wt% A1203 and a subchondritic Ca/Al ratio probably formed the lunar crust.

   • 1999, David Dillon Lambert, Application of radiogenic isotopes to ore deposit research and exploration, page 35:

     The subcontinental lithospheric mantle as a mantle reservoir may be modeled by the time-integrated growth of radiogenic ¹⁸⁷Os along retarded (subchondritic) Re/Os trajectories, which results in subchondritic Os isotope compositions.

   • 2016, Hidenori Terasaki, Deep Earth: Physics and Chemistry of the Lower Mantle and Core‎^[1]:

     If all the Ag were delivered prior to the main phase, the core segregation by about 30 Ma when the Earth was 90% accreted, then a subchondritic ¹⁰⁷Ag/¹⁰⁹Ag would be expected because of strong depletion of siderophile element Pd in the silicate Earth.

Related terms

• superchondritic