Event and conditions that produced the iron meteorite Block Island on Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Chappelow, John E ^a   Golombek, Matthew P ^b  

^a SAGA Inc   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; IRON METEORITE; LITHIC FRAGMENT; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; MARTIAN METEORITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANETARY SURFACE;

EID: 78249242476     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JE003666     Document Type: Article

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