High fluences of neutrons determined from Sm and Gd isotopic compositions in aubrites

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 173, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 41-51

  Hidaka, Hiroshi ^a   Ebihara, Mitsuru ^b   Yoneda, Shigekazu ^c  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chladnite; Gadolinium; Isotope ratios; Neutrons; Samarium

Indexed keywords

ACHONDRITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; SAMARIUM;

EID: 0033570679     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00221-6     Document Type: Article

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