Oceanic protection of prebiotic organic compounds from UV radiation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 95, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 7260-7263

  Cleaves, H James ^a   Miller, Stanley L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYMER; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; OZONE LAYER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

BIOGENESIS; OCEANS AND SEAS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SEAWATER; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0032560481     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.13.7260     Document Type: Article

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