Flash heating on the early earth

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 123-138

  Lyons, James R ^a,b   Vasavada, Ashwin R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; PEPTIDE;

EARLY EARTH; IMPACT; VAPORIZATION;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY; HEAT; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOGENESIS; EARTH (PLANET); HEAT; METEOROIDS; PARTICLE SIZE; PEPTIDES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0033102367     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006521925730     Document Type: Article

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