Evidence for life in a martian meteorite?

GSA Today

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1997, Pages

  McSween Jr , Harry Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; IRON; MAGNETITE; OXIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ALH84001; BIOGENIC MATERIAL; METEORITE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOSSIL; LIFE; TEMPERATURE;

BIOGENESIS; CARBONATES; EXOBIOLOGY; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; FOSSILS; IRON; LIFE; MARS; METEOROIDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OXIDES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0031472089     PISSN: 10525173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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