Isotopic anomaly in peat nitrogen is a probable trace of acid rains caused by 1908 Tunguska bolide

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 46, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 163-167

  Kolesnikov, E M ^a   Kolesnikova, N V ^a   Boettger, T ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

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EID: 0012600397     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0032-0633(97)00190-6     Document Type: Article

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