Enstatite achondrite meteorites (aubrites) and the histories of their asteroidal parent bodies

Chemie der Erde

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 295-317

  Keil, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroidal parent bodies; Aubrites; Enstatite achondrites; Enstatite chondrites

Indexed keywords

ACHONDRITE; ASTEROID; BASALT; BRECCIA; CHLADNITE; CLAST; ENSTATITE CHONDRITE; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; IGNEOUS ROCK; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LITHOLOGY; MARTIAN METEORITE; MERCURY (PLANET); OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PARENT BODY; PYROXENITE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; REGOLITH; TRACE ELEMENT;

EID: 78650075440     PISSN: 00092819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemer.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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