Crustal partial melting on Vesta: Evidence from highly metamorphosed eucrites

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 7162-7182

  Yamaguchi, A ^a,b,c   Barrat, J A ^c   Greenwood, R C ^d   Shirai, N ^e,f   Okamoto, C ^e   Setoyanagi, T ^e   Ebihara, M ^e   Franchi, I A ^d   Bohn, M ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b Department of Polar Science School of Multidisciplinary Science Graduate University for Advanced Sciences   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EUCRITE; EXSOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; METAMORPHISM; MINERALOGY; PARTIAL MELTING; PIGEONITE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TEXTURE;

EID: 70349734617     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.07.037     Document Type: Article

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