Mineralogy, microtexture, and composition of shock-induced melt pockets in the Los Angeles basaltic shergottite

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1865-1875

  Walton, Erin L ^a   Spray, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARTIAN METEORITE; MICROSTRUCTURE; MINERALOGY; SHERGOTTITE; SHOCK METAMORPHISM; SNC METEORITE;

EID: 1542376575     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2003.tb00020.x     Document Type: Article

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