The content and stable isotopic composition of carbon in individual micrometeorites from Greenland and Antarctica

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 79-89

  Wright, Ian P ^a   Yates, Paul ^b   Hutchison, Robert ^c   Pillinger, Colin T ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FORENSIC SCIENCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MASS SPECTROSCOPY; MICROMETEORITE; STEPPED COMBUSTION;

ANTARCTICA; GREENLAND;

EID: 0030788180     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1997.tb01243.x     Document Type: Article

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