Molybdenum isotopic composition of individual presolar silicon carbide grains from the Murchison meteorite

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1093-1104

  Nicolussi, G K ^a,b   Pellin, M J ^b   Lewis, R S ^a   Davis, A M ^a   Amari, S ^a,d   Clayton, R N ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MOLYBDENUM; MURCHISON METEORITE; SILICON CARBIDE;

EID: 0032029044     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(98)00038-6     Document Type: Article

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