Clast sizes of ejecta from explosive eruptions on asteroids: Implications for the fate of the basaltic products of differentiation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 140, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 191-200

  Wilson, Lionel ^a,b   Keil, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Basalts; Chondrites; Ejecta; Gaseous phase; Meteorites

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; BASALT; DIFFERENTIATION; EJECTA; EXPLOSIVE ERUPTION; PARTIAL MELTING; PYROCLAST;

EID: 0030460954     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821X(96)00051-9     Document Type: Article

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