Extraterrestrial chromite in the resurge deposits of the early Late Ordovician Lockne crater, central Sweden

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 253, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 291-303

  Alwmark, Carl ^a   Schmitz, Birger ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

extraterrestrial chromite; impact crater; L chondrite; Late Ordovician; ordinary chondritic asteroid

Indexed keywords

EXTRATERRESTRIAL CHROMITE; IMPACT CRATER; LATE ORDOVICIAN; ORDINARY CHONDRITIC ASTEROID;

CHROMITE; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; SEDIMENTS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

CHONDRITE; CHROMITE; IMPACT STRUCTURE; ORDOVICIAN; PARENT BODY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; JAMTLAND; LOCKNE STRUCTURE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 33845580812     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.10.034     Document Type: Article

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