Noble gases in individual L chondritic micrometeorites preserved in an Ordovician limestone

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 290, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 54-63

  Meier, M M M ^a   Schmitz, B ^b   Baur, H ^a   Wieler, R ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

fossil meteorites; IDPs; micrometeorites; noble gases; regolith

Indexed keywords

CHROME-SPINELS; COSMIC-RAY MUONS; EXPOSURE AGE; IDPS; IMPLANTED HELIUM; ISOTOPIC RATIOS; MAJOR ELEMENTS; NOBLE GAS; ORDOVICIAN; PARENT BODIES; POLAR REGIONS; SEDIMENT BEDS;

CHROMITE; CHROMITE DEPOSITS; COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; HELIUM; LIMESTONE; METEORITES; NEON; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOLAR WIND;

INERT GASES;

ASTROBLEME; CHONDRITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COSMIC RAY; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; HELIUM; INTERPLANETARY DUST; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LIMESTONE; MICROMETEORITE; NEON; ORDOVICIAN; PARENT BODY; REGOLITH;

EID: 74249084918     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.11.056     Document Type: Article

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