Mass Independent Isotopic Fractionation of Oxygen in Earth Wind (EW) with Relevance to Exotic Oxygen in Lunar Metals
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Oxygen in Lunar Metals. A. Yamada 1 , S. Nanbu 2 , Y. Hiraki 3 , T. Seta 4 , Y. Kasai 4 , and M. Ozima 1 , 1 Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate school of Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan, [email protected], 2 Research Institute for Information Technology, Kyushu University, Hakozaki, Fukuoka, Japan, 3 Solar-Terrestrial Environment Lab, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Tokyo, Japan.
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