The formation of the Widmanstätten structure in meteorites

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 239-253

  Yang, J ^a   Goldstein, J I ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

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IRON METEORITE; METEORITE; MICROSTRUCTURE;

EID: 18844462167     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2005.tb00378.x     Document Type: Article

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