The Northwest Africa 1500 meteorite: Not a ureilite, maybe a brachinite

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1906-1928

  Goodrich, Cyrena Anne ^a   Kita, Noriko T ^b   Spicuzza, Michael J ^b   Valley, John W ^b   Zipfel, Jutta ^c   Mikouchi, Takashi ^d   Miyamoto, Masamichi ^d  

^a PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 78651456587     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01130.x     Document Type: Article

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