Natural variations in comet-aggregate meteoroid compositions

Earth, Moon and Planets

Volumn 102, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 461-471

  Rietmeijer, Frans J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqueous alteration; Chemical abundances; CI composition; Comet dust; Comet nucleus; Differential ablation; Halley; Interplanetary dust particles; Leonids; Main meteor component; Meteoroids; Minerals; Perseids; Solar abundances; Wild 2

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHONDRITE; COMET; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; GRAIN SIZE; INTERPLANETARY DUST; METEOR; MINERALOGY;

EID: 41549109823     PISSN: 01679295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11038-007-9164-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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