Noble gases in fossil micrometeorites and meteorites from 470 Myr old sediments from southern Sweden, and new evidence for the L-chondrite parent body breakup event

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 517-528

  Heck, Philipp R ^a,b,d   Schmitz, Birger ^c   Baur, Heinrich ^b   Wieler, Rainer ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 51049095303     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2008.tb00669.x     Document Type: Article

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