Lunar meteorite Queen Alexandra Range 94281: Glass compositions and other evidence for launch pairing with Yamato 793274

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 209-234

  Arai, Tomoko ^a,b   Warren, Paul H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

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METEORITE; PETROLOGY;

EID: 0033049522     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1999.tb01747.x     Document Type: Article

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