Search for extraterrestrial amino acids in sediments at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary in Kawaruppu, Hokkaido, Japan

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 89-98

  Mita, Hajime ^a   Shimoyama, Akira ^a   Kajiwara, Yoshimichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CRETACEOUS/TERTIARY BOUNDARY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ORIGIN; SEDIMENTARY ROCK;

JAPAN, HOKKAIDO, KAWARUPPU;

EID: 0030474042     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.30.89     Document Type: Article

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