Carbonates in fractures of Martian meteorite Allan Hills 84001: petrologic evidence for impact origin

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 709-719

  Scott, Edward R D ^a   Krot, Alexander N ^a   Yamaguchi, Akira ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLAN HILLS 84001; CARBONATE; MARTIAN METEORITE;

EID: 0031769807     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1998.tb01677.x     Document Type: Article

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