Titanium isotopic compositions of well-characterized silicon carbide grains from Orgueil (CI): Implications for s-process nucleosynthesis

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 42, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 1055-1075

  Huss, Gary R ^a   Smith, Julie B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b CHARLES EVANS AND ASSOCIATES   (United States)

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EID: 36348966563     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb00561.x     Document Type: Article

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