Low-temperature phase decomposition in metal from iron, stony-iron, and stony meteorites

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 2943-2956

  Yang, C W ^a   Williams, D B ^b   Goldstein, J I ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b Lehigh University   (United States)

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EID: 0000398983     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00132-4     Document Type: Article

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