The fusion crusts of stony meteorites: Implications for the atmospheric reprocessing of extraterrestrial materials

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 341-356

  Genge, Matthew J ^a   Grady, Monica M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CRUST; METAMORPHISM; STONY METEORITE;

EID: 0033134152     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1999.tb01344.x     Document Type: Article

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