The ultrafine mineralogy of a molten interplanetary dust particle as an example of the quench regime of atmospheric entry heating

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 237-242

  Rietmeijer, Frans J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ENTRY; FLASH HEATING; INTERPLANETARY DUST; QUENCHING;

EID: 0029730159     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1996.tb02018.x     Document Type: Article

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