Presolar stardust in meteorites: Recent advances and scientific frontiers

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 209, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 259-273

  Nittler, Larry R ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic giant branch stars; Galactic chemical evolution; Isotope ratios; Meteorites; Nucleosynthesis; Presolar grains; Stellar evolution; Supernovae

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; INTERPLANETARY DUST; ISOTOPIC RATIO; METEORITE; SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 0037473544     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)01153-6     Document Type: Article

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