MIL03346, the most oxidized Martian meteorite: A first look at spectroscopy, petrography, and mineral chemistry

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Dyar, M Darby ^a   Treiman, Allan H ^b   Pieters, Carlé M ^c   Hiroi, Takahiro ^c   Lane, Melissa D ^d   O'Connor, Vanessa ^e  

^a MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLINOPYROXENE; MARTIAN METEORITE; PETROGRAPHY; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 27644581304     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JE002426     Document Type: Article

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