Carbon and nitrogen in carbonaceous chondrites: Elemental abundances and stable isotopic compisitions

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1899-1918

  Pearson, V K ^a   Sephton, M A ^b   Franchi, I A ^a   Gibson, J M ^a   Gilmour, I ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE; CLASSIFICATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PETROLOGY;

EID: 33846050346     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2006.tb00459.x     Document Type: Article

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