An Overview of Isotopic Anomalies in Extraterrestrial Materials and Their Nucleosynthetic Heritage

Research Article| January 01, 2004 An Overview of Isotopic Anomalies in Extraterrestrial Materials and Their Nucleosynthetic Heritage Jean Louis Birck Jean Louis Birck Laboratoire de Géochimie et Cosmochimie, Institut de Physique du Globe, 4, Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Jean Louis Birck Laboratoire de Géochimie et Cosmochimie, Institut de Physique du Globe, 4, Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America First Online: 03 Mar 2017 © The Mineralogical Society Of America Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry (2004) 55 (1): 25–64. https://doi.org/10.2138/gsrmg.55.1.25 Article history First Online: 03 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Jean Louis Birck; An Overview of Isotopic Anomalies in Extraterrestrial Materials and Their Nucleosynthetic Heritage. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 2004;; 55 (1): 25–64. doi: https://doi.org/10.2138/gsrmg.55.1.25 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyReviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry Search Advanced Search Isotopic anomalies are expected in primitive meteorites since astronomical observation and astrophysical modeling of stars predict a great variety of stellar processes. Protostellar clouds should partially preserve the memory of this diversity in solid grains. Since 1970, high precision mass spectrometry and high resolution ion probes have led to the discovery of numerous isotopic anomalies, which were rapidly associated with nucleosynthetic processes. A general rule is that small isotopic effects (parts in 103–104) are observed in centimeter size samples, whereas order of magnitude variations are observed at the micron scale in circumstellar grains. Refractory materials in... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.