Nannobacterial alteration of pyroxenes in martian meteorite Allan Hills 84001

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1057-1069

  Folk, Robert L ^a   Taylor, Lawrence A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALLAN HILLS METEORITE; BACTERIUM; MARTIAN METEORITE; NANNOFOSSIL; PYROXENE;

EID: 0036692997     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2002.tb00877.x     Document Type: Article

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