Carbon isotopic composition of acetic acid generated by hydrous pyrolysis of macromolecular organic matter from the Murchison meteorite

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1175-1181

  Oba, Yasuhiro ^a   Naraoka, Hiroshi ^a,b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CARBON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MURCHISON METEORITE; ORGANIC MATTER; PYROLYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 33747885484     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2006.tb00514.x     Document Type: Article

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