Modification of amino acids at shock pressures of 3.5 to 32 GPa

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 61, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 3937-3950

  Peterson, Etta ^a   Horz, Friedrich ^b   Chang, Sherwood ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; AMINO ACID; MINERAL; STAINLESS STEEL;

AMINO ACID; METEORITE; RACEMIZATION; SHOCK IMPACT;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; PRESSURE;

NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY;

ALUMINUM; AMINO ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; METEOROIDS; MINERALS; PRESSURE; STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 0031404767     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(97)00192-0     Document Type: Article

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