Thermal and shock history of mesosiderites and their large parent asteroid

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 2609-2619

  Haack, Henning ^a,b   Scott, Edward R D ^b   Rasmussen, Kaare L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID THERMAL EVOLUTION; MESOSIDERITE; METEORITE PARENT BODY; SHOCK METAMORPHISM; STONY IRON;

EID: 0030477619     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(96)00110-X     Document Type: Article

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