Meteoric CaO and carbon smoke particles collected in the upper stratosphere from an unanticipated source

Vincenzo Della Corte; Franciscus J. M. Rietmeijer; Alessandra Rotundi; Marco Ferrari; Pasquale Palumbo

doi:10.3402/tellusb.v65i0.20174

Meteoric CaO and carbon smoke particles collected in the upper stratosphere from an unanticipated source

Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volume 65 (2013): Issue 1

By: Vincenzo Della Corte, Franciscus J. M. Rietmeijer, Alessandra Rotundi, Marco Ferrari and Pasquale Palumbo

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v65i0.20174 | Journal eISSN: 1600-0889

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Submitted on: Nov 27, 2012

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Keywords:

meteoric smoke,

carbonaceous meteorites,

stratospheric dust,

laboratory analyses,

chemical compostion

© 2013 Vincenzo Della Corte, Franciscus J. M. Rietmeijer, Alessandra Rotundi, Marco Ferrari, Pasquale Palumbo, published by Stockholm University Press
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