Microstructures of metal grains in ordinary chondrites: Implications for their thermal histories

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 569-580

  Leroux, Hugues ^a   Doukhan, Jean Claude ^a   Perron, Claude ^b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDRITE; METAL; ROCK MICROSTRUCTURE; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 0034121180     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2000.tb01437.x     Document Type: Article

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