Trapped Xenon in Interplanetary Dust Particles and Antarctic Micrometeorites

We analysed the Xe inventory of several IDPs and AMMs and infer that cometary solids may contain the same mix of organic matter and trapped Xe carriers as found in carbonaceous chondrite matrices, although in higher relative abundances.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Spring, N H, Busemann, H, Crowther, S A, Gilmour, Jamie D
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Lunar and Planetary Institute 2014
Subjects:
Antarctic
Antarc*
Online Access:https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publications/9cb21760-4300-4e17-aefc-4413be1c4d4e
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2014/pdf/5439.pdf
Description
Summary:We analysed the Xe inventory of several IDPs and AMMs and infer that cometary solids may contain the same mix of organic matter and trapped Xe carriers as found in carbonaceous chondrite matrices, although in higher relative abundances.

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