Tracking the organic refractory component from interstellar dust to comets

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 497-504

  Greenberg, J Mayo ^a   Li, Aigen ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDROCARBON; ICE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SILICATE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; MICROCLIMATE; SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBON; CARBONATES; COSMIC DUST; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; HYDROCARBONS; ICE; METEOROIDS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SILICATES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033286503     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(99)00091-5     Document Type: Article

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