An Experimental Study of the Isotopic Enrichment in Ar, Kr, and Xe When Trapped in Water Ice

Icarus

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 298-300

  Notesco, G ^a   Laufer, D ^a   Bar Nun, A ^a   Owen, T ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Comets; Composition; Ices; Impact processes

Indexed keywords

ARGON; ICE; ISOTOPE; KRYPTON; WATER; XENON;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ARGON; EXOBIOLOGY; ICE; ISOTOPES; KRYPTON; METEOROIDS; WATER; XENON; XENON ISOTOPES;

EID: 0033224503     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6202     Document Type: Article

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