The Dhofar 961 Meteorite Group: A View into the Interior of South Pole Aitken Basin?
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961 subsamples (small symbols) and average compositions (larger symbols). Unpublished data, this lab. Figure 2: Percentage of clasts in each of the main lithic clast groups. Total number of lithic clasts, 350. The Dhofar 961 Meteorite Group: A View into the Interior of South Pole Aitken Basin? R. A. Zeigler, R. L. Korotev, and B. L. Jolliff. Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, MacDonnell Center for Space Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis MO 63130 [email protected].
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