Highly siderophile elements (Re, Os, Ir, Ru, Rh, Pd, Au) in impact melts from three European impact craters (Sääksjärvi, Mien, and Dellen): Clues to the nature of the impacting bodies

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 2977-2987

  Schmidt, Gerhard ^a   Palme, Herbert ^b   Kratz, Karl Ludwig ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

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EID: 0000439327     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00129-4     Document Type: Article

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