Depletion of sulfur on the surface of asteroids and the moon

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 383-388

  Killen, R M ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; MOON; REGOLITH; SULFUR; VAPORIZATION; WEATHERING;

EID: 0043232981     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2003.tb00273.x     Document Type: Article

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