Abiotic formation of hydrocarbons and oxygenated compounds during thermal decomposition of iron oxalate

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 167-186

  Mccollom, Thomas M ^a,b   Simoneit, Bernd R T ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBON; IRON; MAGNETITE; OXALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OXIDE; OXYGEN;

HYDROCARBON; IRON OXIDE; ORIGIN OF LIFE; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION;

ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY; HEAT; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; SYNTHESIS;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

BIOGENESIS; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HEAT; HYDROCARBONS; IRON; OXALATES; OXIDES; OXYGEN;

EID: 0033102220     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006556315895     Document Type: Article

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