Metal veins in the Kernouvé (H6 S1) chondrite: Evidence for pre- or syn-metamorphic shear deformation

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 116, Issue , 2013, Pages 71-83

  Friedrich, Jon M ^a,b   Ruzicka, Alex ^c   Rivers, Mark L ^d   Ebel, Denton S ^b   Thostenson, James O ^b   Rudolph, Rebecca A ^b  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDRITE; COMPACTION; DEFORMATION; METAL; POROSITY; SHEAR; SHOCK METAMORPHISM; BRITTLE DEFORMATION; FORMATION MECHANISM; SILICATE; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84880588537     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2013.01.009     Document Type: Article

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