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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"cosmochemistry"”.
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Iron Isotope Cosmochemistry
<p>Iron is the most abundant element in the Earth and the 4th most abundant in the crust and mantle; Fe is involved in every stage of planetary formation and differentiation. Iron isotope ratios are robust process tracers used to understand the origin of the Solar System, planetary formation, and …
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Neutron exposure and neutron flux in Asymptotic Giant Branch stars: a study of neutron capture cross sections of Zr isotopes
… estimation of nuclear reaction rates, cosmology, cosmochemistry, gamma ray, optical and X-ray astronomy. In general terms, nuclear astrophysics aims to understand the origin of the chemical elements and the energy generation in stars. This work concerns the measurements of the neutron capture …
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Planetary Materials Science and Astrobiology
… thesis, the tools of mineralogy and geochemistry/cosmochemistry and petrology have been used along with an understanding of the grand-scale astrophysical constraints on planetary formation to interpret diverse planetary materials: terrestrial rocks and meteorites. In this thesis, detailed …
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Correlated NanoSIMS, TEM, and XANES Studies of Presolar Grains
The objective of this thesis is to describe the correlated study of individual presolar grains via Nano-scale Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (NanoSIMS), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), and Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscopy (STXM) utilizing X-ray Absorption Near Edge Structure (XANES), …
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Effects of Terrestrial Weathering on Rare Earth Element Concentrations and Sulfur Isotopic Signatures of Carbonaceous and Ordinary Chondrites
<p>Understanding the effects of weathering of chondrites is essential to gaining accurate and useful information about the formation of our solar system, as well as a more detailed account of the mobilization of chondritic compounds when they encounter terrestrial conditions. Elemental …