High resolution stepped-combustion mass spectrometry: Application to the detection and analysis of fine-grained diamond in meteorites and rocks

Geostandards Newsletter

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-83

  Boyd, Stuart R ^b   Wright, Ian P ^a   Alexander, Conel M O'D ^c   Pillinger, C T ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CRPG CNRS   (France)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diamond; Kinetics; Mass spectrometry; Stable isotopes; Stepped heating

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646953631     PISSN: 01505505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.1998.tb00546.x     Document Type: Article

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