Unequilibrated assemblages of sulphide, metal and oxide in the fusion crusts of the enstatite chondrite meteorites

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 473-488

  Genge, M J ^a   Grady, M M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alteration; Enstatite chondrites; Fusion crust; Oxidation

Indexed keywords

CHONDRITE; CRUST; ENSTATITE; METEORITE; THERMAL ALTERATION;

EID: 0032734858     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/002646199548655     Document Type: Article

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