Oxygen isotopic abundances in calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions from ordinary chondrites: Implications for nebular heterogeneity

Science

Volumn 280, Issue 5362, 1998, Pages 414-418

  McKeegan, Kevin D ^a   Leshin, Laurie A ^a   Russell, Sara S ^b   MacPherson, Glenn J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; OXYGEN;

CAI; CHONDRITE; METEORITE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALUMINUM; CALCIUM; CRYSTALLIZATION; METEOROIDS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 0032540411     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.280.5362.414     Document Type: Article

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