Physical properties of Martian meteorites: Porosity and density measurements

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2043-2054

  Coulson, Ian M ^a,b   Beech, Martin ^a   Nie, Wenshuang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 43149105136     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb01006.x     Document Type: Article

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