Formation of carbonates in the Tatahouine meteorite

Science

Volumn 280, Issue 5362, 1998, Pages 412-413

  Barrat, J A ^a   Gillet, Ph ^b   Lecuyer C ^c   Sheppard, S M F ^c   Lesourd, M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d Universite d'Angers   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON 14; CARBONIC ACID;

CARBONATE; METEORITE; TATHOUINE METEORITE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GEOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTIFACTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CARBONATES; METEOROIDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; TUNISIA;

TUNISIA;

BELEMNOIDEA;

EID: 0032540429     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.280.5362.412     Document Type: Article

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