Porosity and density of ordinary chondrites: Clues to the formation of friable and porous ordinary chondrites

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1533-1546

  Wilkinson, Sarah L ^a   McCoy, Timothy J ^b   McCamant, Jane E ^c   Robinson, Mark S ^a   Britt, Daniel T ^d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDRITE; DENSITY; METEORITE; PETROLOGY; POROSITY;

EID: 0942288999     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2003.tb00256.x     Document Type: Article

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