Formation of a martian pyroxenite: A comparative study of the nakhlite meteorites and Theo's Flow

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 919-932

  Friedman Lentz, R C ^a,c   Taylor, G J ^a   Treiman, A H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARTIAN METEORITE; METEORITE; PYROXENITE;

EID: 0033370021     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1999.tb01410.x     Document Type: Article

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