High molecular weight organic matter in martian meteorites

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 50, Issue 7-8, 2002, Pages 711-716

  Sephton, M A ^a   Wright, I P ^a   Gilmour, I ^a   De Leeuw, J W ^b   Grady, M M ^c   Pillinger, C T ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ALH 84001; EET A79001; Mars; Meteorites; Nakhla; Organic

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; DATA REDUCTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PYROLYSIS; SOLVENTS;

MARTIAN METEORITES;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 0036621364     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(02)00053-3     Document Type: Article

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