A nuclear microprobe study of the distribution and concentration of carbon and nitrogen in Murchison and Tagish Lake meteorites, Antarctic micrometeorites, and IDPs: Implications for astrobiology

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1585-1600

  Matrajt, G ^a,d,e   Taylor, S ^b   Flynn, G ^c   Brownlee, D ^a   Joswiak, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE; EXOBIOLOGY; INTERPLANETARY DUST; METEORITE; MICROMETEORITE; NITROGEN; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

EID: 1542316696     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2003.tb00003.x     Document Type: Article

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