Electron microscopy of pyroxene in the Almahata Sitta ureilite

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 45, Issue 10-11, 2010, Pages 1812-1820

  Mikouchi, Takashi ^a   Zolensky, Michael E ^b   Ohnishi, Ichiro ^c   Suzuki, Toshiaki ^c   Takeda, Hiroshi ^a   Jenniskens, Peter ^d   Shaddad, Muawia H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c JEOL LTD   (Japan)

^d SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

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EID: 78650379091     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01111.x     Document Type: Article

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