A Raman spectroscopic study of a fulgurite

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1922, 2010, Pages 3087-3097

  Carter, Elizabeth A ^a   Hargreaves, Michael D ^b   Kee, Terence P ^c   Pasek, Matthew A ^d   Edwards, Howell G M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatase; Fulgurite; Lechatelierite; Polyaromatic hydrocarbons; Raman spectroscopy; Shocked quartz

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBONS; LIGHTNING; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SILICA; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANATASE; GLASS BUBBLES; GLASSY SOLIDS; INTERFACIAL ZONES; LOW TEMPERATURES; POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RAMAN SPECTRA; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC STUDY; SHOCKED QUARTZ; TIO;

FUSED SILICA;

GLASS;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; LASER; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

GLASS; LASERS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 77955220929     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0022     Document Type: Article

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