Petrology of the unbrecciated eucrites

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 794-819

  Mayne, R G ^a,b   McSween Jr , H Y ^a   McCoy, T J ^b   Gale, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUCRITE; GEOTHERMOMETRY; METAMORPHISM; PETROGENESIS; PETROLOGY; PLAGIOCLASE; PYROXENE;

EID: 58249093212     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.10.035     Document Type: Article

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