Comparative petrology of silicates in the Udei Station (IAB) and Miles (IIE) iron meteorites: Implications for the origin of silicate-bearing irons

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 394-433

  Ruzicka, Alex ^a   Hutson, Melinda ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINOPYROXENE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMPLACEMENT; INCLUSION; IRON; IRON METEORITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PARENT BODY; PETROLOGY; PLAGIOCLASE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATE;

EID: 70449480721     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.09.019     Document Type: Article

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