39Ar-40Ar ages of eucrites and thermal history of asteroid 4 Vesta

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 669-710

  Bogard, Donald D ^a   Garrison, Daniel H ^a,b  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; ASTEROID; EUCRITE; IGNEOUS ROCK; METEORITE; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 0142216009     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2003.tb00035.x     Document Type: Article

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