Evidence of space weathering in regolith breccias II: Asteroidal regolith breccias

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2007-2015

  Noble, Sarah K ^a   Keller, Lindsay P ^b   Pieters, Carlé M ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78651440668     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01151.x     Document Type: Article

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