Almahata Sitta-Fragment MS-CH: Characterization of a new chondrite type

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 45, Issue 10-11, 2010, Pages 1657-1667

  Horstmann, Marian ^a   Bischoff, Addi ^a   Pack, Andreas ^b   Laubenstein, Matthias ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

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EID: 78650149889     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01107.x     Document Type: Article

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