Iminodicarboxylic acids in the Murchison meteorite: Evidence of Strecker reactions

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2901-2906

  Lerner, Narcinda R ^a   Cooper, George W ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE; CHONDRITE; METEORITE; MURCHISON METEORITE; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 20344394886     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2004.12.024     Document Type: Article

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