Petrological evidence for shock melting of carbonates in the martian meteorite ALH84001

Nature

Volumn 387, Issue 6631, 1997, Pages 377-379

  Scott, Edward R D ^a   Yamaguchi, Akira ^a   Krot, Alexander N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; CARBONATES; GLASS; HEAT; MARS; METEOROIDS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SILICATES;

ALH 84001; CARBONATE; MARTIAN METEORITE; MELTING; SHOCK DECOMPRESSION;

EID: 0030620966     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/387377a0     Document Type: Article

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