PYROXENE CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY AND THE LATE COOLING HISTORY OF NWA 2737. B. Re- ynard,
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ynard, P. Beck, J-A. Barrat and M. Bohn, Laboratoire des Sciences de la Terre, CNRS UMR 5570, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 46 allée d’Italie, 69364 Lyon Cedex 7, France. E-mail : [email protected], Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Ranch road NW, DC20015. Email:[email protected]. U.B.O.-I.U.E.M., place Nicolas Copernic, F-29280 Plouzané Cedex, France. E-mail : [email protected]. Ifremer-Centre de Brest, (CNRS-UMR 6538), BP70, 29280 Plouzané Cedex, France. Email : [email protected].
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