Highly siderophile element and osmium isotope evidence for postcore formation magmatic and impact processes on the aubrite parent body

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1606-1623

  Van Acken, David ^a,b,c   Brandon, Alan D ^a   Lapen, Thomas J ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 84869089869     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2012.01425.x     Document Type: Article

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