Pyroxene mineralogies of near-Earth vestoids

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1331-1341

  Burbine, Thomas H ^a   Buchanan, Paul C ^b,c   Dolkar, Tenzin ^d   Binzel, Richard P ^e  

^a BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Kilgore College   (United States)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^d MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 73349123782     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2009.tb01225.x     Document Type: Article

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