A reexamination of amino acids in lunar soils: Implications for the survival of exogenous organic material during impact delivery

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 349-354

  Brinton, Karen L F ^a   Bada, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; WATER;

APOLLO 17 PROJECT; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; MANNED; MICROCLIMATE; MOON; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; SHORT DURATION; SOIL; SPACE FLIGHT;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

APOLLO 17 PROJECT; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; MANNED; SHORT DURATION;

AMINO ACIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; HYDROLYSIS; METEOROIDS; MOON; SOIL; SPACE FLIGHT; WATER;

AMINO ACID; IMPACT DELIVERY; LUNAR SOIL; ORGANIC MATTER SURVIVAL;

MOON;

EID: 0029657607     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7037(95)00404-1     Document Type: Article

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