Discovery of a 25-cm asteroid clast in the giant Morokweng impact crater, South Africa

Nature

Volumn 441, Issue 7090, 2006, Pages 203-206

  Maier, W D ^a,b   Andreoli, M A G ^c,d   McDonald, I ^e   Higgins, M D ^a   Boyce, A J ^f   Shukolyukov, A ^g   Lugmair, G W ^g   Ashwal, L D ^d   Graser P ^b   Ripley, E M ^h   Hart, R J ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c NECSA   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ ITHEMBA LABS   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); MELTING; METEORITES; PALLADIUM; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; SILICATES; VAPORIZATION;

CHONDRITIC CHROMIUM ISOTOPE RATIOS; IRON-RICH SILICATES; MOROKWENG IMPACT CRATER; PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENT RATIOS;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

CHROMIUM; IRON; METAL; PLATINUM; SILICATE; SULFIDE;

ASTEROID; ASTROBLEME; CHONDRITE; METEORITE; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; SOLAR SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; VAPORIZATION; VELOCITY;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33646550544     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04751     Document Type: Article

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