A non-magmatic iron projectile for the Gardnos impact event

Chemical Geology

Volumn 258, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 145-156

  Goderis, Steven ^a,b   Kalleson, Elin ^c   Tagle, Roald ^a   Dypvik, Henning ^c   Schmitt, Ralf Thomas ^d   Erzinger, Jörg ^e   Claeys, Philippe ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d Natural History Museum   (Germany)

^e GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gardnos; Impact structure; Non magmatic iron meteorite; Platinum group elements; Projectile identification

Indexed keywords

ENRICHMENT; IMPACT STRUCTURE; IMPACTITE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; INFILL; IRON METEORITE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; PRECAMBRIAN; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT; TRACE ELEMENT; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

BUSKERUD; EURASIA; EUROPE; GARDNOS CRATER; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 58149234108     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.09.025     Document Type: Article

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