Framboidal iron oxide: Chondrite-like material from the black mat, Murray Springs, Arizona

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 319-320, Issue , 2012, Pages 251-258

  Fayek, Mostafa ^a   Anovitz, Lawrence M ^b   Allard, Lawrence F ^b   Hull, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black mat; Chondrite; Clovis; Framboids; Meteorite; Younger Dryas

Indexed keywords

BLACK-MAT; CHONDRITE; CLOVIS; FRAMBOIDS; YOUNGER-DRYAS;

GLASS; IRON OXIDES; METEOR IMPACTS; SILICA; TITANIUM; VANADIUM;

METEORITES;

AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IRON OXIDE; MATRIX; METEORITE; YOUNGER DRYAS;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

SPHERULES;

EID: 84856038379     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.11.033     Document Type: Article

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