The porosities of ordinary chondrites: Models and interpretation

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1221-1229

  Consolmagno S J, G J ^a,b   Britt, D T ^b   Stoll, C P ^c  

^a VATICAN OBSERVATORY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDRITE; METEORITE; POROSITY;

EID: 0032464593     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1998.tb01307.x     Document Type: Article

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