Organic chemistry and exobiology on Titan

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 104, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 377-394

  Raulin, François ^a   Owen, Tobias ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHANE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; BIOLOGY; COSMOS; EVOLUTION; GAS ANALYSIS; LIFE; LIQUID; MEASUREMENT; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SPACE; TIME;

EID: 0037832472     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023636623006     Document Type: Review

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