A unique ultrarefractory inclusion from the Murchison meteorite

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 106-115

  Simon, Steven B ^a   Davis, Andrew M ^b   Grossman, Lawrence ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEORITE; MURCHISON; NEBULAR CONDENSATION; REE; ULTRAREFRACTORY INCLUSION;

EID: 0029728995     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1996.tb02060.x     Document Type: Article

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