Coordinated isotopic and mineralogic analyses of planetary materials enabled by in situ lift-out with a focused ion beam scanning electron microscope

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 42, Issue 7-8, 2007, Pages 1373-1386

  Zega, Thomas J ^a   Nittler, Larry R ^b   Busemann, Henner ^b,d   Hoppe, Peter ^c   Stroud, Rhonda M ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 36349027471     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb00580.x     Document Type: Article

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