Early formation of evolved asteroidal crust

Nature

Volumn 457, Issue 7226, 2009, Pages 179-182

  Day, James M D ^a   Ash, Richard D ^a   Liu, Yang ^b   Bellucci, Jeremy J ^a   Rumble III, Douglas ^c   McDonough, William F ^a   Walker, Richard J ^a   Taylor, Lawrence A ^b  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; SULFUR;

ANDESITE; ASTEROID; CONTINENTAL CRUST; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; FELDSPAR; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAGMA; METEORITE; PLAGIOCLASE; SOLAR SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; HUMAN; MELTING POINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK;

EID: 58149337063     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07651     Document Type: Article

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