MIL 03443, a dunite from asteroid 4 Vesta: Evidence for its classification and cumulate origin
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MIL 03443, a dunite from asteroid 4 Vesta: Evidence for its classification and cumulate origin
The absence of dunite (>90 vol% olivine) in the howardite, eucrite, and diogenite (HED) meteorite suite, when viewed with respect to spectroscopic and petrologic evidence for olivine on Vesta, is problematic. Herein, we present petrologic, geochemical, and isotopic evidence confirming that Miller Range (MIL) 03443, containing 91 vol% olivine, should be classified with the HED clan rather than w...
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عنوان ژورنال: Meteoritics & Planetary Science
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1086-9379
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2011.01219.x