High enrichment of carbon and volatile elements in the surface layers of Luna 16 soil sample 1635: Result of comet or meteorite impact?

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 155, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 197-204

  Dikov, Yu P ^a   Ivanov, A V ^b   Wlotzka, F ^c   Galimov, E M ^b   Wanke H ^c  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^b VERNADSKY INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon; Comets; Luna 16; Lunar samples; Volatiles; X ray spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMET; IMPACT; LUNAR SAMPLE; METEORITE; VOLATILE ELEMENT;

EID: 0345826457     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00212-4     Document Type: Article

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