Cat Mountain: A meteoritic sample of an impact-melted asteroid regolith

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 101, Issue E12, 1996, Pages 29353-29371

  Kring, David A ^a   Swindle, Timothy D ^a   Britt, Daniel T ^a   Grier, Jennifer A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; CAT MOUNTAIN METEORITE; IMPACT MELT BRECCIA; ORDINARY CHONDRITE;

EID: 0030389765     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JE03139     Document Type: Article

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