Laboratory simulation of terrestrial meteorite weathering using the Bensour (LL6) ordinary chondrite

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1123-1138

  Lee, Martin R ^a   Smith, Caroline L ^a,c   Gordon, Sarah H ^a,d   Hodson, Mark E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHONDRITE; CRYSTALLIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LABORATORY METHOD; METEORITE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WEATHERING;

EID: 33747883169     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2006.tb00510.x     Document Type: Article

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