Isotopic criteria for identification of organic carbon on earth and meteorites

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 106, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 249-262

  Galimov, E M ^a  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON 13; CYANOHYDRIN; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; HYDROXYACID; ISOTOPE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PURINE DERIVATIVE;

ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EVOLUTION; POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 0038045245     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024697923188     Document Type: Conference Paper

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