The origin of organic matter in the Martian meteorite ALH84001

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 167, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 71-79

  Becker, Luann ^a   Popp, Brian ^a   Rust, Terri ^a   Bada, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alan Hills meteorites; C 13 C 12; Exobiology; Extraterrestrial geology; Mars; Organic carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

EXOBIOLOGY; MARS; MARTIAN METEORITE; ORGANIC MATTER; PROVENANCE;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOLOGY; LASER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROCLIMATE; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CARBONATES; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; LASERS; MARS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METEOROIDS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC;

EID: 0033616889     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00014-X     Document Type: Article

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