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Published Online June 14, 2007
Science DOI: 10.1126/science.1145055

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Submitted on May 29, 2007
Accepted on June 6, 2007

Strange Water in the Solar System

Edward D. Young 1*

1 Department of Earth and Space Sciences and the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Edward D. Young , E-mail: eyoung{at}ess.ucla.edu

Analysis of a primitive meteorite suggests the early presence of ancient water rich in heavy oxygen isotopes, offering clues about the environment in which the solar system formed.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Mass-independent Oxygen Isotope Variation in the Solar Nebula.
E. D. Young, K. Kuramoto, R. A. Marcus, H. Yurimoto, and S. B. Jacobsen (2008)
Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 68, 187-218
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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)