Endogenous production, exogenous delivery and impact-shock synthesis of organic molecules: An inventory for the origins of life

Nature

Volumn 355, Issue 6356, 1992, Pages 125-132

  Chyba, Christopher ^a,b   Sagan, Carl ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NASA DISCIPLINE NUMBER 52-20; NASA PROGRAM EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ATMOSPHERE; BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY; DUST; EARTH (PLANET); EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; METEOROIDS; MINOR PLANETS; SOLAR SYSTEM; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0026513112     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/355125a0     Document Type: Review

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