The formation and chronology of the PAT 91501 impact-melt L chondrite with vesicle-metal-sulfide assemblages

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2417-2428

  Benedix, G K ^a   Ketcham, R A ^b   Wilson, L ^c   McCoy, T J ^d   Bogard, D D ^e   Garrison, D H ^f   Herzog, G F ^g   Xue, S ^g   Klein, J ^h   Middleton, R ^h  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^e NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^f ESCG/Barrios Technology   (United States)

^g RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDRITE; COOLING; CRATER; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GRAVITY FIELD; MINERALOGY; PETROLOGY; SOLIDIFICATION; TOMOGRAPHY; VESICLE;

EID: 42149094323     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.02.010     Document Type: Article

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