An interdisciplinary study of weathering effects in ordinary chondrites from the Acfer region, Algeria

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 787-794

  Stelzner, Th ^a   Heide, K ^a   Bischoff, A ^b   Weber, D ^b   Scherer, P ^c   Schultz, L ^c   Happel, M ^a   Schron W ^a   Neupert, U ^d   Michel, R ^d   Clayton, R N ^e   Mayeda, T K ^e   Bonani, G ^f   Haidas, I ^f   Ivy Ochs, S ^f   Suter, M ^f  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDRITE; METEORITE; WEATHERING;

ACFER; ALGERIA;

EID: 16744364398     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1999.tb01391.x     Document Type: Article

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