Stardust in Stardust - The C, N, and O isotopic compositions of Wild 2 cometary matter in Al foil impacts

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 299-313

  Stadermann, Frank J ^a   Hoppe, Peter ^b   Floss, Christine ^a   Heck, Philipp R ^b   Hörz, Friedrich ^c   Huth, Joachim ^b   Kearsley, Anton T ^d   Leitner, Jan ^e   Marhas, Kuljeet K ^a   McKeegan, Kevin D ^f   Stephan, Thomas ^e  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 46749089321     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2008.tb00624.x     Document Type: Article

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