Mineralogy and petrology of the Dar al Gani 476 martian meteorite: Implications for its cooling history and relationship to other shergottites

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 531-548

  Mikouchi, Takashi ^a,b   Miyamoto, Masamichi ^b   McKay, Gordon A ^a  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARTIAN METEORITE; MINERALOGY; PETROLOGY; SHERGOTTITE;

EID: 0035307049     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2001.tb01895.x     Document Type: Article

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