Petrology of silicate inclusions in the Sombrerete ungrouped iron meteorite: Implications for the origins of IIE-type silicate-bearing irons

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1797-1831

  Ruzicka, Alex ^a   Hutson, Melinda ^a   Floss, Christine ^b  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; IMPACT; INCLUSION; IRON METEORITE; PETROLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATE; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 33751372771     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2006.tb00452.x     Document Type: Article

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