Exploiting the multivariate isotopic nature of organic compounds

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2001, Pages

  Hinrichs, Kai Uwe ^a,b   Eglinton, Geoffrey ^a,b,e   Engel, Michael H ^c   Summons, Roger E ^d  

^a Hanse Institute for Advanced Study   (Germany)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

astrobiology; extraterrestrial samples; isotopic fractionation; multi isotopic molecular analysis; Organic biomarkers

Indexed keywords

EID: 2242487742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GC000142     Document Type: Article

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