Organic matter in meteorites

International Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 239-248

  Llorca, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chemical evolution; Origin of life; Prebiotic chemistry; Primitive meteorites

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY; MACROMOLECULE; REVIEW;

BIOGENESIS; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; METEOROIDS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

EID: 15744403766     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: 16181905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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