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A thermoluminescence sensitivity technique is used to give a new measurement of the degree of metamorphism of unequilibrated ordinary chondrites. Consequently the petrological assignment of these meteorites is modified.
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Sears, D., Grossman, J., Melcher, C. et al. Measuring metamorphic history of unequilibrated ordinary chondrites. Nature 287, 791–795 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1038/287791a0
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