Presolar silicon carbide from the Indarch (EH4) meteorite: Comparison with silicon carbide populations from other meteorite classes

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 719-732

  Russell, Sara S ^a,b   Ott, Ulrich ^c   Alexander, Conel M O'D ^d,e   Zinner, Ernst K ^d   Arden, John W ^f   Pillinger, C T ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0039659906     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1997.tb01557.x     Document Type: Article

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