The thermometry of enstatite chondrites: A brief review and update

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 647-655

  Zhang, Yanhong ^a   Sears, Derek W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENSTATITE CHONDRITE; METAMORPHISM; METEORITE; THERMOMETRY;

EID: 0030473957     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1996.tb02038.x     Document Type: Review

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