Contamination by sesquiterpenoid derivatives in the Orgueil carbonaceous chondrite

Organic Geochemistry

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-47

  Watson, Jonathan S ^a   Pearson, Victoria K ^a   Gilmour, Iain ^a   Sephton, Mark A ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC PROCESS;

CONTAMINATION; METEORITES;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE; METEORITE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PROVENANCE; TERPENE;

EID: 0037262050     PISSN: 01466380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0146-6380(02)00209-7     Document Type: Article

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