Carbonaceous micrometeorites from Antarctica

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 565-580

  Engrand, Cécile ^a   Maurette, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DEUTERIUM; HYDROGEN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; WATER;

ANTARCTICA; ASTRONOMY; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; REVIEW;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CARBON; COSMIC DUST; DEUTERIUM; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; EXOBIOLOGY; HYDROGEN; METEOROIDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WATER;

EID: 0032105951     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1998.tb01665.x     Document Type: Article

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