Confirmation of a meteoritic component in impact-melt rocks of the Chesapeake Bay impact structure, Virginia, USA - Evidence from osmium isotopic and PGE systematics

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 819-833

  Lee, Seung Ryeol ^a,c   Horton Jr , J Wright ^b   Walker, Richard J ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMPACT STRUCTURE; MELT; METEORITE; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 33745314834     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2006.tb00488.x     Document Type: Article

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