Noble gas composition of the solar wind as collected by the Genesis mission

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 7414-7432

  Heber, Veronika S ^a   Wieler, Rainer ^a   Baur, Heinrich ^a   Olinger, Chad ^b   Friedmann, Tom A ^c   Burnett, Donald S ^d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEATING; HELIUM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NOBLE GAS; SATELLITE MISSION; SILICON; SOLAR WIND; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 70449123280     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.09.013     Document Type: Article

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