Carbonaceous chondrites: Tracers of the prebiotic chemical evolution of the Solar System

International Journal of Astrobiology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-17

  Andersen, Anja C ^a   Haack, Henning ^b  

^a NORDITA   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

early Earth; homochirality; Meteorites; prebiotic molecules; Solar System

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548121771     PISSN: 14735504     EISSN: 14753006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1473550405002491     Document Type: Article

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