Accretion of neon, organics, CO2, nitrogen and water from large interplanetary dust particles on the early Earth

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1117-1137

  Maurette, Michel ^a   Duprat, Jean ^b   Engrand, Cécile ^a   Gounelle, Matthieu ^a   Kurat, Gero ^c   Matrajt, Graciela ^a   Toppani, Alice ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Orsay Campus   (France)

^c NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

^d CRPG CNRS   (France)

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EID: 0000475987     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(00)00086-6     Document Type: Article

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