Chromium isotope anomaly in an impactite sample from the El'gygytgyn structure, Russia: Evidence for a ureilite projectile?

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1339-1350

  Foriel, Julien ^a   Moynier, Frederic ^a   Schulz, Toni ^b   Koeberl, Christian ^b,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

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EID: 84880162339     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/maps.12116     Document Type: Article

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