Bleached chondrules: Evidence for widespread aqueous processes on the parent asteroids of ordinary chondrites

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 467-486

  Grossman, Jeffrey N ^a   Alexander, Conel M O'D ^b   Wang, Jianhua ^b   Brearley, Adrian J ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ASTEROID; CHONDRITE; CHONDRULE; PROVENANCE;

EID: 0034085573     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2000.tb01429.x     Document Type: Article

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