Laboratory Studies of Catalysis of CO to Organics on Grain Analogs

Icarus

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 297-300

  Ferrante, R F ^a   Moore, M H ^b   Nuth III, J A ^b   Smith, T ^b  

^a UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric composition; Atmospheric evolution; Organic chemistry; Prebiotic chemistry; Solar nebula

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000314798     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2000.6350     Document Type: Article

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