Anomalous nitrogen isotope ratio in comets

Science

Volumn 301, Issue 5639, 2003, Pages 1522-1524

  Arpigny, Claude ^a   Jehin, Emmanuël ^b   Manfroid, Jean ^a   Hutsemékers, Damien ^a   Schulz, Rita ^c   Stuwe J A ^d   Zucconi, Jean Marc ^e   Ilyin, Ilya ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e OBSERVATOIRE DE BESANÇON   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON NITRIDE; DUST;

COMETS;

ISOTOPES;

NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

COMET; INTERPLANETARY DUST; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NITROGEN ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARBON ISOTOPES; CYANIDES; FLUORESCENCE; METEOROIDS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

EID: 0141818362     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1086711     Document Type: Article

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