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8 - Arguments for the Non-existence of Magma Oceans in Asteroids

from Part Two - Chemical and Mineralogical Diversity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2017

Linda T. Elkins-Tanton
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Arizona State University
Benjamin P. Weiss
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Planetesimals
Early Differentiation and Consequences for Planets
, pp. 159 - 179
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