Metal-associated carbon in primitive chondrites: Structure, isotopic composition, and origin

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1945-1964

  Mostefaoui, Smaïl ^a   Perron, Claude ^a   Zinner, Ernst ^b   Sagon, Gérard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Université Pierre et Marie Curie Paris 6 Sorbonne Universités   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDRITE; IRON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METEORITE; NICKEL;

EID: 0034088180     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00409-3     Document Type: Article

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