Nitrogen in the solar system

Science

Volumn 328, Issue 5982, 2010, Pages 1112-1113

  Marti, Kurt ^a   Kerridge, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ISOTOPE; NITROGEN;

ASTROPHYSICS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MOON; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; REGOLITH; SOLAR SYSTEM; SOLAR WIND; TRACER;

ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; MOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SHORT SURVEY; ARTICLE; MICROCLIMATE;

EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; MOON; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 77952965000     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1189836     Document Type: Short Survey

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