Evidence for aqueous activity on comet 81P/Wild 2 from sulfide mineral assemblages in Stardust samples and CI chondrites

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3501-3513

  Berger, Eve L ^a   Zega, Thomas J ^b   Keller, Lindsay P ^c   Lauretta, Dante S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDRITE; COMET; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HEAT SOURCE; PETROGRAPHY; PYRRHOTITE; SPHALERITE; SULFIDE GROUP;

EID: 79955951012     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2011.03.026     Document Type: Article

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