Nanodiamonds do not provide unique evidence for a Younger Dryas impact

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-44

  Tian, H ^a   Schryvers, D ^a   Claeys, Ph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diffraction; Spectroscopy; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DIAMOND;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YOUNGER DRYAS;

BELGIUM; CARBON ISOTOPES; DIAMOND; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METEOROIDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOPARTICLES; NITROGEN; SPECTROSCOPY, ELECTRON ENERGY-LOSS;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 78651084845     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1007695108     Document Type: Article

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