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Science 23 January 1981:
Vol. 211. no. 4480, pp. 383 - 386
DOI: 10.1126/science.211.4480.383
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Noble Gases in Stratospheric Dust Particles: Confirmation of Extraterrestrial Origin

B. HUDSON 1, G. J. FLYNN 1, P. FRAUNDORF 1, C. M. HOHENBERG 1, and J. SHIRCK 1

1 McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130

Noble gas elemental and isotopic ratios were measured in a group of 13 "chondritic" stratospheric dust particles. Neon and argon are present in "solar" proportions; xenon appears to be dominated by contributions from "planetary" sources. The apparent xenon concentration is higher than that measured in any bulk meteorite, approaching the concentration found in the noble gas-rich, acid-insoluble residues from carbonaceous chondrites.

Submitted on March 24, 1980
Revised on October 23, 1980


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