C, N, and noble gas isotopes in grain size separates of presolar diamonds from Efremovka

Science

Volumn 281, Issue 5380, 1998, Pages 1165-1168

  Verchovsky, A B ^a   Fisenko, A V ^b   Semjonova, L F ^b   Wright, I P ^a   Lee, M R ^c   Pillinger, C T ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DIAMOND; INERT GAS; ISOTOPE; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0032555521     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.281.5380.1165     Document Type: Article

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