A unique glimpse into asteroidal melting processes in the early solar system from the Graves Nunatak 06128/06129 achondrites

American Mineralogist

Volumn 93, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 1937-1940

  Shearer, C K ^a   Burger, P V ^a   Neal, C R ^b   Sharp, Z ^a   Borg, L E ^c   Spivak Birndorf, L ^d   Wadhwa, M ^d   Papike, J J ^a   Karner, J M ^a   Gaffney, A M ^c   Shafer, J ^b   Weiss, B P ^e   Geissman, J ^a   Fernandes, V A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Achondrites; Al Mg chronometer; Asteroids; Brachinites; Planetesimal melting

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ASTEROIDS; BINARY ALLOYS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; METEORITES; SOLAR SYSTEM;

ACHONDRITES; ASTEROIDAL PROCESS; BRACHINITES; EARLY SOLAR SYSTEMS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MELTING PROCESS; PLANETESIMAL MELTING; RICH CONDITIONS;

MELTING;

ACHONDRITE; ASTEROID; MELTING; METAMORPHISM; PLANETESIMAL; SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 58049102817     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2008.3056     Document Type: Article

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