Extent of chondrule melting: Evaluation of experimental textures, nominal grain size, and convolution index

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1059-1071

  Nettles, Jeffrey W ^a   Lofgren, Gary E ^b   Carlson, William D ^c   McSween Jr , Harry Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDRULE; CRYSTALLIZATION; GRAIN SIZE; MELTING; TEXTURE;

EID: 33747096134     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2006.tb00504.x     Document Type: Article

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