Atomic Scale Depth Profile of Space Weathering in an Itokawa Olivine Grain
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L. Daly M. R. Lee, L. J. Hallis, P. A. Bland, S. M. Reddy, D. W. Saxey, W. D. A. Rickard, D. Fougerouse, N. E. Timms, F. Jourdan. School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK. ([email protected]). Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6102, Australia. Geoscience Atom Probe Facility, Advanced Resource Characterisation Facility, John de Laeter Centre, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia.
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