Geological and geochemical data from the proposed Sirente crater field: New age dating and evidence for heating of target

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1331-1345

  Ormö, Jens ^a   Koeberl, Christian ^b   Rossi, Angelo Pio ^c,d   Komatsu, Goro ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^d EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; GEOCHEMISTRY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; METEORITE; RADIOCARBON DATING;

EID: 33749328255     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2006.tb00525.x     Document Type: Article

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