Extraterrestrial water in micrometeorites and cosmic spherules from Antarctica: An ion microprobe study

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 773-786

  Engrand, Cécile ^d   Deloule, Etienne ^a   Robert, François ^b   Maurette, Michel ^d   Kurat, Gero ^c  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; METEORITE; SPHERULE; WATER;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0033401613     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1999.tb01390.x     Document Type: Article

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