Survival of organic phases in porous IDPs during atmospheric entry: A pulse-heating study

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 903-911

  Matrajt, G ^a   Brownlee, D ^a   Sadilek, M ^a   Kruse, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; EVAPORATION; INTERPLANETARY DUST; KETONE; MICROMETEORITE; PAH; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION;

EID: 33745325205     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2006.tb00494.x     Document Type: Article

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