Cation diffusion in calcite: determining closure temperatures and the thermal history for the Allan Hills 84001 meteorite

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 785-789

  Fisler, Diana K ^a   Cygan, Randall T ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLAN HILLS 84001; CALCITE; CATION DIFFUSION; MARTIAN METEORITE;

EID: 0031771406     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1998.tb01684.x     Document Type: Article

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