Relative chronology of crust formation on asteroid Vesta: Insights from the geochemistry of diogenites

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 6218-6231

  Barrat, Jean Alix ^a,b   Yamaguchi, Akira ^c   Zanda, Brigitte ^d   Bollinger, Claire ^a,b   Bohn, Marcel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ EUROPÉENNE DE BRETAGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POLAR RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; CHRONOLOGY; CRUST; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; DIOGENITE; EUCRITE; GABBRO; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; ORTHOPYROXENE;

EID: 77956874719     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.07.028     Document Type: Article

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