Fantastic new chondrites, achondrites, and lunar meteorites as the result of recent meteorite search expeditions in hot and cold deserts

Earth, Moon and Planets

Volumn 85-86, Issue , 1999, Pages 87-97

  Bischoff, Addi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHONDRITE; CHONDRITE; DESERT; LUNAR METEORITE; MARTIAN METEORITE;

AFRICA; ANTARCTICA; OMAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034752976     PISSN: 01679295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1017047311070     Document Type: Article

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