Potassium isotope abundances in Australasian tektites and microtektites

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1641-1657

  Herzog, G F ^a   Alexander, C M O'D ^b   Berger, E L ^a,d   Delaney, J S ^a   Glass, B P ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 59649091309     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2008.tb00634.x     Document Type: Article

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