Visualisation and quantification of CV chondrite petrography using micro-tomography

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 116, Issue , 2013, Pages 33-40

  Hezel, Dominik C ^a   Elangovan, Premkumar ^a   Viehmann, Sebastian ^b   Howard, Lauren ^a   Abel, Richard L ^a   Armstrong, Robin ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDRITE; CHONDRULE; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; PARENT BODY; PETROGRAPHY; POROSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STEREO IMAGE; VISUALIZATION; ALLENDE METEORITE; FORMATION MECHANISM; PETROGENESIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84880617093     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.03.015     Document Type: Article

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