The Late Asteroidal and Cometary Bombardment of Earth as Recorded in Water Deuterium to Protium Ratio

Icarus

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 508-512

  Dauphas, Nicolas ^a   Robert, François ^b   Marty, Bernard ^a  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Accretion; Asteroids; Atmospheres; Comets; Earth; Evolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001181350     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2000.6489     Document Type: Article

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