Nitrogen and noble gases in micrometeorites

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 881-894

  Marty, Bernard ^a,b   Robert, Pascal ^a   Zimmermann, Laurent ^a  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; METEORITE; MICROMETEORITE; NITROGEN; NOBLE GAS;

EID: 26244461912     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2005.tb00161.x     Document Type: Article

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