Gebel Kamil: The iron meteorite that formed the Kamil crater (Egypt)

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1179-1196

  D'Orazio, Massimo ^a   Folco, Luigi ^b   Zeoli, Antonio ^b   Cordier, Carole ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

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EID: 80051916348     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2011.01222.x     Document Type: Article

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