Microfossils in CI and CO Carbonaceous Meteorites

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5163, Issue , 2004, Pages 7-22

  Hoover, Richard B ^a   Rozanov, Alexei Yu ^b   Jerman, Gregory ^a   Costen, James ^a  

^a NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^b PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Alais; CI; CO; DAG 749; Meteorites; Microfossils; Orgueil; Rainbow; Tagish Lake

Indexed keywords

ALAIS; DAG 749; MICROFOSSILS; ORGUEIL; RAINBOW; TAGISH LAKE;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMARKERS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBONACEOUS ADSORBENTS; CHLORINE; COMPOSITION; CONTAMINATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PERMAFROST; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

METEORITES;

EID: 1942455223     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.513431     Document Type: Conference Paper

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