Sulfide petrology of four nakhlites: Northwest Africa 817, Northwest Africa 998, Nakhla, and Governador Valadares

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 769-784

  Chevrier, Vincent ^a   Lorand, Jean Pierre ^b   Sautter, Violaine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

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EID: 79958865913     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2011.01189.x     Document Type: Article

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