Nitrogen isotopes on the moon: Archives of the solar and planetary contributions to the inner solar system

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 106, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 175-196

  Marty, Bernard ^a,b   Hashizume, K ^c   Chaussidon, M ^e   Wieler, R ^d  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; NITROGEN 14; NITROGEN 15; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE AGENT;

ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXPOSURE; GAS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MOON; SOIL; SOLID; SURFACE PROPERTY; WIND;

EID: 0038109019     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024689721371     Document Type: Conference Paper

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