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Rates of Sedimentation of Nickel, Cobalt, Copper and Iron on the Equatorial Mid-Atlantic Floor, and its Bearing on the Nature of Cosmic Dust

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WISEMAN, J. Rates of Sedimentation of Nickel, Cobalt, Copper and Iron on the Equatorial Mid-Atlantic Floor, and its Bearing on the Nature of Cosmic Dust. Nature 202, 1286–1288 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/2021286a0

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