Frontier Mountain meteorite specimens of the acapulcoite-lodranite clan: Petrography, pairing, and parent-rock lithology of an unusual intrusive rock

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 731-744

  Burroni, Alessandro ^a   Folco, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

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EID: 52949101386     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2008.tb00681.x     Document Type: Article

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