Magnetite-like nanocrystals formed by laser-driven shocks in siderite

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 243, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 820-827

  Isambert, Aude ^a   De Resseguier, T ^b   Gloter, A ^c   Reynard, B ^d   Guyot, Francois ^e   Valet, J P ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Laser shocks; Martian meteorites; Mn rich siderite; Nanometer sized magnetite

Indexed keywords

LASER-DRIVEN SHOCKS; MAGNETITE-LIKE NANOCRYSTALS; MARTIAN METEORITES;

IRON OXIDES; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; MAGNETITE; MANGANESE; METEORITES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

MAGNETITE; MARTIAN METEORITE; SHOCK METAMORPHISM; SIDERITE;

EID: 33644903841     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.01.060     Document Type: Article

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