Concentration and variability of the AIB amino acid in polar micrometeorites: Implications for the exogenous delivery of amino acids to the primitive Earth

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1849-1858

  Matrajt, Graciela ^a,b   Pizzarello, S ^c   Taylor, S ^d   Brownlee, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d US Army Engineer Research and Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; EARLY EARTH; EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER; MICROMETEORITE;

EID: 12744253785     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2004.tb00080.x     Document Type: Article

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