The amino acid composition of carbonaceous chondrites: Clues to their parent bodies

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 500, 2002, Pages 925-928

  Botta, Oliver ^a   Bada, Jeffrey L ^b   Ehrenfreund, Pascale ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; COMPOSITION; EARTH (PLANET); HYDROLYSIS;

CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITES;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0036664881     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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