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Implications of Similarity in Rare-Earth Fractionation of Nakhlitic Meteorites and Terrestrial Basalts

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SCHMITT, R., SMITH, R. Implications of Similarity in Rare-Earth Fractionation of Nakhlitic Meteorites and Terrestrial Basalts. Nature 199, 550–552 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/199550a0

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