Core crystallization and silicate-metal mixing in the parent body of the IVA iron and stony-iron meteorites

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1615-1631

  Scott, Edward R D ^a   Haack, Henning ^a,b   McCoy, Timothy J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE CRYSTALLIZATION; IRON METEORITE; IVA METEORITE; PARENT BODY; SILICATE/METAL MIXING; STONY IRON METEORITE;

EID: 0029751639     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(96)00031-2     Document Type: Article

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