Preservation of extraterrestrial 3He in 480-Ma-old marine limestones

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 163, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 315-325

  Patterson, D B ^a   Farley, K A ^a   Schmitz, B ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

He 3; Isotopes; Meteorites; Ordovician; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; HELIUM ISOTOPE; INTERPLANETARY DUST; LIMESTONE; METEORITE; ORDOVICIAN; PRESERVATION;

SWEDEN;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; HELIUM; ISOTOPE; LITHIUM;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; MICROCLIMATE; SEA; SEDIMENT; SWEDEN;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; COSMIC DUST; EARTH (PLANET); EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HELIUM; ISOTOPES; LITHIUM; METEOROIDS; OCEANS AND SEAS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0032216510     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(98)00197-6     Document Type: Article

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