Crumbs from the crust of Vesta: Achondritic cosmic spherules from the South Pole water well

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 223-233

  Taylor, Susan ^a   Herzog, Gregory F ^b   Delaney, Jeremy S ^b  

^a US Army Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33847360995     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb00229.x     Document Type: Article

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