Exposure history and terrestrial ages of ordinary chondrites from the Dar al Gani region, Libya

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 481-498

  Welten, K C ^a   Nishiizumi, K ^a   Finkel, R C ^b   Hillegonds, D J ^b   Jull, A J T ^c   Franke, L ^d   Schultz, L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDRITE; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; DATING METHOD; METEORITE;

AFRICA; DAR AL GANI; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 2042428739     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2004.tb00106.x     Document Type: Article

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