Isotopic-geochemical study of nitrogen and carbon in peat from the Tunguska Cosmic Body explosion site

Icarus

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 235-243

  Kolesnikov, Evgeniy M ^a   Longo, Giuseppe ^b,c   Boettger, Tatjana ^d   Kolesnikova, Natal'ya V ^a   Gioacchini, Paola ^b   Forlani, Luisa ^b   Giampieri, Roberto ^e   Serra, Romano ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^e ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Comets; Cosmochemistry; Meteorites; Tunguska

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037299091     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-1035(02)00024-6     Document Type: Review

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