CM chondrites exhibit the complete petrologic range from type 2 to 1

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 5099-5115

  Zolensky, Michael E ^a   Mittlefehldt, David W ^b   Lipschutz, Michael E ^c   Wang, Ming Sheng ^c   Clayton, Robert N ^d   Mayeda, Toshiko K ^d   Grady, Monica M ^e,g   Pillinger, Colin ^e   Barber, David ^f  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^g DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000969220     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00357-8     Document Type: Article

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