Survival of amino acids in micrometeorites during atmospheric entry

Astrobiology

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 259-269

  Glavin, Daniel P ^a,b   Bada, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Exogenous delivery; Micrometeorites; Sublimation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBON; GLYCINE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHEMISTRY; HEAT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LASER; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; VOLATILIZATION;

AMINO ACIDS; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARBON; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GLYCINE; HEAT; LASERS; METEOROIDS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0035453343     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/15311070152757456     Document Type: Article

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