A reappraisal of the metamorphic history of EH3 and EL3 enstatite chondrites

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3088-3102

  Quirico, Eric ^a   Bourot denise, Michèle ^b   Robin, Christophe ^a,d   Montagnac, Gilles ^c   Beck, Pierre ^a  

^a VERIMAG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; ENSTATITE CHONDRITE; METAMORPHISM; MINERALOGY; MODELING; ORGANIC MATTER; PARENT BODY; PETROLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; THERMAL MATURITY;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 79955469718     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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