Application of organic geochemistry to detect signatures of organic matter in the Haughton impact structure

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1879-1885

  Parnell, John ^a   Lee, Pascal ^b   Osinski, Gordon R ^c   Cockell, Charles S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; IMPACT STRUCTURE;

CANADA; DEVON ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 33244455657     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2005.tb00151.x     Document Type: Article

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