Evidence for the extraterrestrial origin of a natural quasicrystal

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

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1396-1401

  Bindi, Luca ^a   Eiler, John M ^b   Guan, Yunbin ^b   Hollister, Lincoln S ^c   MacPherson, Glenn ^d   Steinhardt, Paul J ^c   Yao, Nan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^e Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; ALUMINUM; COPPER; IRON; METAL; MINERAL; OXYGEN; OXYGEN 17; OXYGEN 18; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CRYSTAL; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYPERBARISM; LOW TEMPERATURE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84857136396     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1111115109     Document Type: Article

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