Comprehensive imaging and Raman spectroscopy of carbonate globules from Martian meteorite ALH 84001 and a terrestrial analogue from Svalbard

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1549-1566

  Steele, A ^a   Fries, M D ^a   Amundsen, H E F ^b   Mysen, B O ^a   Fogel, M L ^a   Schweizer, M ^a   Boctor, N Z ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 38549130716     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb00590.x     Document Type: Article

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