On the origin of shocked and unshocked CM clasts in H-chondrite regolith breccias

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 701-724

  Rubin, Alan E ^a   Bottke, William F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 69749091519     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2009.tb00764.x     Document Type: Article

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