Do meteoroids of sedimentary origin survive terrestrial atmospheric entry? The ESA artificial meteorite experiment STONE

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 50, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 763-772

  Brack, A ^a   Baglioni, P ^b   Borruat, G ^c   Brandstatter F ^d   Demets, R ^b   Edwards, H G M ^e   Genge, M ^f   Kurat, G ^d   Miller, M F ^g   Newton, E M ^e   Pillinger, C T ^g   Roten, C A ^c   Wasch E ^h  

^a CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c Institut de Genetique et de Biologie Microbiennes Universite de Lausanne   (Switzerland)

^d NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^g OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^h HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artificial meteorites; Atmospheric entry; Dolomite; Isotopes; Martian sediments

Indexed keywords

BASALT; EARTH (PLANET); GEOCHEMISTRY; ORBITS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SILICA; SPACE FLIGHT; TROPOSPHERE;

HYDROSPHERE;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 0036622311     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(02)00018-1     Document Type: Article

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