Massive chromite in the Brenham pallasite and the fractionation of Cr during the crystallization of asteroidal cores

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 63, Issue 7-8, 1999, Pages 1219-1232

  Wasson, John T ^a   Lange, David E ^b   Francis, Carl A ^b   Ulff Møller, Finn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; CHROMITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; IRON METEORITE; PALLASITE;

EID: 0032874549     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00307-X     Document Type: Article

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