Geochemical identification of projectiles in impact rocks

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1721-1735

  Tagle, Roald ^a   Hecht, Lutz ^b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; GEOCHEMISTRY; IMPACT; IMPACTITE; LUNAR METEORITE; METEORITE; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT;

EID: 33751372115     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2006.tb00448.x     Document Type: Article

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