An argument for the cometary origin of the biosphere

American Scientist

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 432-442

  Delsemme, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

COMET; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

EID: 0035447465     PISSN: 00030996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1511/2001.5.432     Document Type: Article

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10. Organic composition of C/1999 S4 (LINEAR): A comet formed near Jupiter?
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14. Evidence from detrital zircons for the existence of continental crust and oceans on the earth 4.4 Gyr ago