Heating experiments simulating atmospheric entry heating of micrometeorites: Clues to their parent body sources

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 267-290

  Greshake, Ansgar ^a,f   Klöck, Wolfgang ^b   Arndt, Peter ^c   Maetz, Mischa ^c   Flynn, George J ^d   Bajt, Sasa ^e,g   Bischoff, Addi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEATING; INTERPLANETARY DUST;

EID: 0031868441     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1998.tb01632.x     Document Type: Article

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