Compositional continuity of enstatite chondrites and implications for heterogeneous accretion of the enstatite chondrite parent body

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 4895-4914

  Kong, Ping ^a   Mori, Tadashi ^a   Ebihara, Mitsuru ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; ENSTATITE CHONDRITE; METEORITE; PARENT BODY;

EID: 0031391046     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00278-0     Document Type: Article

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