An assessment of the amount and types of organic matter contributed to the Earth by interplanetary dust

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-66

  Flynn, G J ^a   Keller, L P ^b   Jacobsen, C ^c   Wirick, S ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aliphatic hydrocarbons; Carbonyl; Interplanetary dust; Murchison meteorite; Organic matter

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CARBON; DUST; EARTH (PLANET); HYDROCARBONS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; PYROLYSIS; THERMAL EFFECTS; X RAYS;

INTERPLANETARY DUST;

ORGANIC MINERALS;

CARBONYL COMPOUND; EARLY EARTH; EXOBIOLOGY; INTERPLANETARY DUST; METEORITE; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

EID: 1842504030     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.09.036     Document Type: Article

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