Mineral associations and character of isotopically anomalous organic material in the Tagish Lake carbonaceous chondrite

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 74, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 5966-5983

  Zega, Thomas J ^a   Alexander, Conel M O'D ^b   Busemann, Henner ^c   Nittler, Larry R ^b   Hoppe, Peter ^d   Stroud, Rhonda M ^a   Young, Andrea F ^e  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE; DILUTION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MINERALOGY; PARENT BODY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SERPENTINE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

CANADA; TAGISH LAKE;

EID: 84755161760     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2010.07.018     Document Type: Article

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