The insoluble carbonaceous material of CM chondrites: A possible source of discrete organic compounds under hydrothermal conditions

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-48

  Yabuta, Hikaru ^a,b   Williams, Lynda B ^a   Cody, George D ^b   Alexander, Conel M O'D ^b   Pizzarello, Sandra ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDRITE; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC MATTER; SOLVENT;

EID: 33846426793     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb00216.x     Document Type: Article

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