Evidence that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in two carbonaceous chondrites predate parent-body formation

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1429-1436

  Plows, Fiona L ^a   Elsila, Jamie E ^a   Zare, Richard N ^a   Buseck, Peter R ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLENDE METEORITE; CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE; COSMOCHEMISTRY; MURCHISON METEORITE; PAH; PARENT BODY;

EID: 0037379298     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(00)01277-2     Document Type: Article

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