A carbon and nitrogen isotope study of diamond from primitive chondrites

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 343-355

  Russell, Sara S ^a,c   Arden, John W ^b   Pillinger, C T ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CHONDRITE; DIAMOND; METEORITE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SOLAR NEBULA;

EID: 0029769057     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1996.tb02071.x     Document Type: Article

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