Cosmogenic radionuclides in L5 and LL5 chondrites from Queen Alexandra Range, Antarctica: Identification of a large L/LL5 chondrite shower with a preatmospheric mass of approximately 50,000 kg

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 177-196

  Welten, K C ^a   Caffee, M W ^b,c   Hillegonds, D J ^b   Mccoy, T J ^d   Masarik, J ^e   Nishiizumi, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

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EID: 79952001756     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.01142.x     Document Type: Article

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