Compositional and lithological diversity among brecciated lunar meteorites of intermediate iron concentration

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1287-1322

  Korotev, Randy L ^a   Zeigler, Ryan A ^a   Jolliff, Bradley L ^a   Irving, Anthony J ^b   Bunch, Theodore E ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 73349138862     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2009.tb01223.x     Document Type: Article

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