A single asteroidal source for extraterrestrial Ordovician chromite grains from Sweden and China: High-precision oxygen three-isotope SIMS analysis

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 497-509

  Heck, Philipp R ^a   Ushikubo, Takayuki ^a   Schmitz, Birger ^b   Kita, Noriko T ^a   Spicuzza, Michael J ^a   Valley, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; CHONDRITE; CHROMITE; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MICROMETEORITE; ORDOVICIAN; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PARENT BODY; SEDIMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 70649108812     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2009.10.027     Document Type: Article

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