Accretion rates of meteorites and cosmic dust in the Early Ordovician

Science

Volumn 278, Issue 5335, 1997, Pages 88-90

  Schmitz, Birger ^a   Peucker Ehrenbrink, Bernhard ^b   Lindström, Maurits ^c   Tassinari, Mario ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Paleo Geology Center   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION RATE; COSMIC DUST; METEORITE; ORDOVICIAN;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FOSSIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; COSMIC DUST; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; IRIDIUM; ISOTOPES; METEOROIDS; OSMIUM; SEAWATER; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN, KINNEKULLE;

EID: 0030764740     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.278.5335.88     Document Type: Article

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