Brownish inclusions and dark streaks in Libyan Desert Glass: Evidence for high-temperature melting of the target rock

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 973-989

  Greshake, Ansgar ^a   Koeberl, Christian ^b,c   Fritz, Jörg ^a   Reimold, W Uwe ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

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EID: 77957293753     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01283.x     Document Type: Article

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