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Suevite breccia of the Ries impact crater, Germany: Petrography, chemistry and shock metamorphism of crystalline rock clasts

  1. Wolf von ENGELHARDT

Article first published online: 4 FEB 2010

DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1997.tb01299.x

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Meteoritics & Planetary Science

Meteoritics & Planetary Science

Volume 32, Issue 4, pages 545–554, July 1997

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von ENGELHARDT, W. (1997), Suevite breccia of the Ries impact crater, Germany: Petrography, chemistry and shock metamorphism of crystalline rock clasts. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 32: 545–554. doi: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1997.tb01299.x

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  1. Mineralogical Institute, Tübingen University, Wilhelmstrasse 56, D-71072 Tübingen, Germany

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  1. Issue published online: 4 FEB 2010
  2. Article first published online: 4 FEB 2010
  3. Received 1997 February 4; accepted in revised form 1997 April 22

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