The elemental composition of stony cosmic spherules

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 157-175

  Brownlee, D E ^a   Bates, B ^b   Schramm, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROLOGY; STONY COSMIC SPHERULE;

EID: 0030792906     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1997.tb01257.x     Document Type: Article

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