39Ar-40Ar ages and thermal history of mesosiderites

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1459-1468

  Bogard, Donald D ^a   Garrison, Daniel H ^a  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; MESOSIDERITE; THERMAL HISTORY;

EID: 0031659214     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00077-5     Document Type: Article

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