Petrographic classification of Middle Ordovician fossil meteorites from Sweden

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1781-1789

  Bridges, J C ^a   Schmitz, B ^b   Hutchison, R ^c   Greenwood, R C ^d   Tassinari, M ^b   Franchi, I A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 38949120516     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb00537.x     Document Type: Article

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