Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Antarctic Martian meteorites, carbonaceous chondrites, and polar ice

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 475-481

  Becker, Luann ^a,b   Glavin, Daniel P ^a   Bada, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ICE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE; ICE; MARTIAN METEORITE; MELTWATER; PAH;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROCLIMATE; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARBONATES; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; ICE; MARS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METEOROIDS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC;

EID: 0030849891     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(96)00400-0     Document Type: Article

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