Platinum group element abundances in a peat layer associated with the Tunguska event, further evidence for a cosmic origin

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 331-340

  Hou, Q L ^a,d   Kolesnikov, E M ^b   Xie, L W ^a   Kolesnikova, N V ^b   Zhou, M F ^c   Sun, M ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cosmic body; Peat layer; Platinum group elements (PGEs); Tunguska event

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; EARTH (PLANET); PEAT; PLATINUM; SEDIMENTS; TURBIDITY;

COSMIC MATERIALS; PEAT LAYERS; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS (PGE);

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 1042288979     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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