A new Martian meteorite from Oman: Mineralogy, petrology, and shock metamorphism of olivine-phyric basaltic shergottite Sayh al Uhaymir 150

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1195-1214

  Walton, E L ^a   Spray, J G ^a   Bartoschewitz, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b Meteorite Laboratory   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARTIAN METEORITE; MINERALOGY; PETROLOGY; SHERGOTTITE; SHOCK METAMORPHISM;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN; WORLD;

EID: 27644450178     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2005.tb00184.x     Document Type: Article

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