Core formation on Mars and differentiated asteroids

Nature

Volumn 388, Issue 6645, 1997, Pages 854-857

  Lee, Der Chuen ^a   Halliday, Alex N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE; SILICATE; TUNGSTEN;

ACHONDRITE; ASTEROID 4 VESTA; EUCRITE; MARS; PLANETARY CARE; TUNGSTEN ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHRONOBIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030882858     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/42206     Document Type: Article

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