Melt inclusions in augite from the nakhlite meteorites: A reassessment of nakhlite parental melt and implications for petrogenesis

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 330-344

  Sautter, Violaine ^a   Toplis, Michael J ^b,c   Lorand, Jean Pierre ^d   Macri, Michele ^e  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c OBSERVATOIRE MIDI PYRÉNÉES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

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EID: 84859211181     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2012.01332.x     Document Type: Article

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