Compositional variation and mixing of impact melts on microscopic scales

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 937-948

  See, T H ^a   Wagstaff, J ^a   Yang, V ^a   Horz F ^a  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

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EID: 2342459172     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1998.tb01698.x     Document Type: Article

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