Formation conditions of oxidized Ni-rich spinel and their relevance to the K/T boundary event

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 307, Issue , 1996, Pages 425-443

  Gayraud, J ^a   Robin, E ^a   Rocchia, R ^a   Froget, L ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETITE; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITES; FORMATION CONDITION; HEAT EXPOSURE; IMPACT PROCESS; OBLIQUE IMPACT; ORDINARY CHONDRITES; OXYGEN FUGACITY; SPINEL CRYSTALS;

METEORITES;

CHONDRITE; COMET; CRETACEOUS-PALEOGENE BOUNDARY; CRYSTALLIZATION; NICKEL; OXIDATION; SPINEL; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

EID: 0042412124     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2307-8.425     Document Type: Article

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