Stony meteorite porosities and densities: A review of the data through 2001

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1161-1180

  Britt, D T ^a   Consolmagno, S J G J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VATICAN OBSERVATORY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHONDRITE; CHONDRITE; DENSITY; POROSITY; STONY METEORITE;

EID: 0346963755     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2003.tb00305.x     Document Type: Article

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