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The terrestrial planets

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Chemical Petrology

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The terrestrial planets present us with a sequence of widely varying physical environments that determine their chemical and petrologic characteristics.

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  1. Goddard Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 20771, Greenbelt, Md., USA

    Robert F. Mueller

  2. Department of Geology, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, 11210, Brooklyn, N.Y., USA

    Surendra K. Saxena

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Mueller, R.F., Saxena, S.K. (1977). The terrestrial planets. In: Chemical Petrology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-9889-2_7

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