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7 - Iron and Stony-iron Meteorites: Evidence for the Formation, Crystallization, and Early Impact Histories of Differentiated Planetesimals

from Part Two - Chemical and Mineralogical Diversity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2017

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Alex M. Ruzicka ,
Henning Haack ,
Nancy L. Chabot  and
Edward R. D. Scott
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Linda T. Elkins-Tanton  and
Benjamin P. Weiss
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
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