Metastable equilibria among dicarboxylic acids and the oxidation state during aqueous alteration on the CM2 chondrite parent body

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 233-241

  McAlister, Jason A ^a   Kettler, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; OXIDATION; PARENT BODY; STOICHIOMETRY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; TAGISH LAKE;

EID: 36849030331     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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