Noble gases and nitrogen in Martian meteorites Dar al Gani 476, Sayh al Uhaymir 005 and Lewis Cliff 88516: EFA and extra neon

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1505-1522

  Mohapatra, Ratan K ^a,b,c   Schwenzer, Susanne P ^a   Herrmann, Siegfried ^a   Murty, S V S ^b   Ott, Ulrich ^a   Gilmour, Jamie D ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b PHYSICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONATION; MARTIAN METEORITE; NEON; NITROGEN; NOBLE GAS; SHERGOTTITE; WEATHERING;

EID: 59649091852     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.11.030     Document Type: Article

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