Brachinites: Igneous rocks from a differentiated asteroid

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1601-1625

  Mittlefehldt, David W ^a   Bogard, Donald D ^a   Berkley, John L ^b   Garrison, Daniel H ^c  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT FREDONIA   (United States)

^c LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; BRACHINITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS ROCK; METEORITE; PARENT BODY; PETROLOGY;

EID: 1542350520     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2003.tb00004.x     Document Type: Article

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