Exposing metal and silicate charges to electrical discharges: Did chondrules form by nebular lightning?

Icarus

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 504-510

  Güttler, Carsten ^a   Poppe, Torsten ^a   Wasson, John T ^b   Blum, Jürgen ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lightning; Meteorites; Planetary formation; Solar nebula

Indexed keywords

EID: 42049097636     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.11.021     Document Type: Article

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