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Carbon Isotope Abundance in Meteoritic Carbonates

Journal Article · · Science
The C13/C12 ratio in the carbonate minerals of Orgueil, a carbonaceous chondrite, is 6 percent greater than the ratio in any known terrestrial carbon. Finally, the effect may be produced by a chemical isotope fractionation involving processes not common on earth, or it may be the result of incomplete homogenization of substances with different histories of nucleosynthesis.
Research Organization:
Univ. of Chicago
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
NSA Number:
NSA-17-018310
OSTI ID:
4733468
Journal Information:
Science, Journal Name: Science Journal Issue: 3563 Vol. 140; ISSN 0036-8075
Publisher:
AAAS
Country of Publication:
Country unknown/Code not available
Language:
English

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