The chemical variation of moldavite tektites: Simple mixing of terrestrial sediments

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 493-502

  Meisel, Thomas ^a,c   Lange, Jan Michael ^b   Krähenbühl, Urs ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; IMPACT; MOLDAVITE; TEKTITE;

EID: 0031450740     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1997.tb01294.x     Document Type: Article

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