Chondrule formation in particle-rich nebular regions at least hundreds of kilometres across

Nature

Volumn 441, Issue 7092, 2006, Pages 483-485

  Cuzzi, Jeffrey N ^a   Alexander, Conel M O'D ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPES; SHOCK WAVES; SOLAR RADIATION; SOLAR SYSTEM; VAPORS;

CHONDRULE COMPOSITIONS; CHONDRULES; NEBULA LIGHTNING;

METEORITES;

ICE; SILICATE; SILICON DIOXIDE; VOLATILE AGENT; WATER;

ABUNDANCE; CHONDRULE; METEORITE; SHOCK WAVE; SOLAR RADIATION; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPHERULE; TEXTURE; VOLATILE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHONDRULE; COSMOS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ENERGY; EVAPORATION; GAS; LIGHTNING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE; WATER VAPOR;

SPHERULES;

EID: 33745874382     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04834     Document Type: Article

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