The origin of the Brunflo fossil meteorite and extraterrestrial chromite in mid-Ordovician limestone from the Gärde quarry (Jämtland, central Sweden)

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-106

  Alwmark, Carl ^a   Schmitz, Birger ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 64549097249     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2009.tb00720.x     Document Type: Article

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