A transmission electron microscope study of iron-nickel carbides in the matrix of the Semarkona unequilibrated ordinary chondrite

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 913-919

  Keller, Lindsay P ^a  

^a MVA SCIENTIFIC CONSULTANTS   (United States)

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EID: 2442634446     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1998.tb01696.x     Document Type: Article

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