Biomarkers and microfossils in the Murchison, Rainbow, and Tagish Lake meteorites

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4859, Issue , 2002, Pages 15-31

  Hoover, Richard B ^a   Jerman, Gregory ^a   Rozanov, Alexei Yu ^b   Davies, Paul C W ^c  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c Astrobiology Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Biomarkers; Meteorites; Microfossils; Murchison; Rainbow; Tagish Lake

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; BACTERIA; BIOMARKERS; FUNGI; MICROBIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; ROCKS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ARCHAEA; ASTROBIOLOGY; BIOMINERALS; BIOSIGNATURES; CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITES; CYANOBACTERIA; MICROFOSSILS; PSEUDOMORPHS;

METEORITES;

EID: 0038104843     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.463321     Document Type: Conference Paper

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