Identifying the source of a strong fullerene envelope arising from laser desorption mass spectrometric analysis of meteoritic insoluble organic matter

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 72, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 5521-5529

  Hammond, Matthew R ^a   Zare, Richard N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE; DATA INTERPRETATION; DETECTION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FULLERENE; LABORATORY METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC MATTER;

EID: 54049124416     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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