Isotopic systematics of presolar silicon carbide from the Orgueil (CI) chondrite: Implications for solar system formation and stellar nucleosynthesis

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 23, 1997, Pages 5117-5148

  Huss, Gary R ^a   Hutcheon, Ian D ^a,b   Wasserburg, G J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0000437781     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00299-8     Document Type: Article

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