Weston: Revised position for a historically significant meteorite fall

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1343-1354

  Robson, Monty ^a   Pagliaro, Frank ^b  

^a John J McCarthy Observatory   (United States)

^b Historical Society of Easton   (United States)

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EID: 73349106801     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2009.tb01226.x     Document Type: Article

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