Chemical enrichment in the early galaxy

Astrophysics and Space Science

Volumn 284, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 779-782

  Nordström, Birgitta ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chemical abundances; Galactic evolution; Galaxy; Halo stars; Heavy elements; Nucleosynthesis; Radioactive cosmochronolgy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347758335     PISSN: 0004640X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024017122068     Document Type: Article

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