The mid-infrared transmission spectra of multiple stones from the Almahata Sitta meteorite

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 45, Issue 10-11, 2010, Pages 1821-1835

  Sandford, Scott A ^a   Milam, Stefanie N ^a,b,d   Nuevo, Michel ^a   Jenniskens, Peter ^b   Shaddad, Muawia H ^c  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 78650369935     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2010.001096.x     Document Type: Article

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