IS EXTRATERRESTRIAL ORGANIC MATTER RELEVANT TO THE ORIGIN OF LIFE ON EARTH?

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 27, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 249-262

  Whittet, D C B ^a  

^a Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Amorphous Carbon; Biomass; Dominant Source; Dust; Kerogen

Indexed keywords

EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; IMPACT; MICROMETEORITE; ORGANIC MATTER; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PREBIOTIC MOLECULE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; BIOGENESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MICROCLIMATE; MOON; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

ATMOSPHERE; BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC; EARTH (PLANET); EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; METEOROIDS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOON; TIME;

EID: 0031171495     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: 15730875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006534500363     Document Type: Article

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