Differentiation of Vesta and the parent bodies of other achondrites

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Gupta, G ^a   Sahijpal, S ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHONDRITE; ASTEROID; CHRONOSEQUENCE; CRYSTALLIZATION; IRON METEORITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARENT BODY; PARTIAL MELTING; PLANETESIMAL; SILICATE;

EID: 77955537689     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JE003525     Document Type: Article

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