A unique basaltic micrometeorite expands the inventory of solar system planetary crusts

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 6904-6909

  Gounelle, Matthieu ^a   Chaussidon, Marc ^b   Morbidelli, Alessandro ^c   Barrat, Jean Alix ^d   Engrand, Cécile ^e   Zolensky, Michael E ^f   McKeegan, Kevin D ^g  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

^f NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Cosmic dust; Differentiation

Indexed keywords

MINERAL; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BASALT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; METAMORPHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

ORITES;

EID: 66449132316     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0900328106     Document Type: Article

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