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THE NAKHLITES PART II: WHERE, WHEN, AND HOW
Author(s) -
Reid Arch M.,
Bunch T. E.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
meteoritics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0026-1114
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1975.tb01188.x
Subject(s) - achondrite , meteorite , chondrite , basalt , geology , astrobiology , geochemistry , parent body , physics
The Nakhla and Lafayette meteorites are pyroxenite cumulates that show no simple relation to chondrites, basaltic achondrites, or lunar rocks. They present evidence of magmatic activity occurring on a highly differentiated parent body relatively late in the history of the solar system similar in some respects to the Earth.