Connection between micrometeorites and Wild 2 particles: From Antarctic snow to cometary ices

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1643-1661

  Dobrica E ^a   Engrand, C ^a   Duprat, J ^a   Gounelle, M ^b   Leroux, H ^c   Quirico, E ^d   Rouzaud, J N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

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EID: 76649093304     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2009.tb01196.x     Document Type: Article

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