Meteorite flux on the Nullarbor Region, Australia

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 140, Issue , 1998, Pages 59-73

  Bevan, A W R ^a   Bland, P A ^a   Jull, A J T ^b  

^a W Australian Mus of Nat Science ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; CHONDRITE; METEORITE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032322033     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.140.01.07     Document Type: Article

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