Differential ablation of cosmic dust and implications for the relative abundances of atmospheric metals

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue 3339, 1998, Pages 10899-10911

  McNeil, William J ^a   Lai, Shu T ^b   Murad, Edmond ^b  

^a Radex Inc   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; CALCIUM; COSMIC DUST; MESOSOPHERE; METAL; SODIUM;

EID: 0000268495     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98jd00282     Document Type: Article

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