Weathering of meteorites from Oman: Correlation of chemical and mineralogical weathering proxies 14C terrestrial ages and the influence of soil chemistry

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1215-1239

  Al Kathiri, A ^a,b   Hofmann, B A ^c   Jull, A J T ^d   Gnos, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Ministry of Commerce and Industry   (Oman)

^c NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM DER BURGERGEMEINDE BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEORITE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SOIL CHEMISTRY; WEATHERING;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; OMAN; WORLD;

EID: 27644443779     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2005.tb00185.x     Document Type: Article

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