Analytical scanning and transmission electron microscopy of laboratory impacts on Stardust aluminum foils: Interpreting impact crater morphology and the composition of impact residues

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-210

  Kearsley, Anton T ^a   Graham, Giles A ^a,b   Burchell, Mark J ^c   Cole, Michael J ^c   Dai, Zu Rong ^b   Teslich, Nicholas ^b   Bradley, John P ^b   Chater, Richard ^d   Wozniakiewicz, Penelope A ^a,d   Spratt, John ^a   Jones, Gary ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33847362731     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb00227.x     Document Type: Article

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