In situ transformation of an aqueous amino acid at high pressures and temperatures

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 283-290

  Chen, Jinyang ^a   Cheng, Hongbin ^a   Zhu, Xian ^a   Jin, Lujiang ^a   Zheng, Haifei ^b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amino acid; High pressure and temperature; In situ; Raman spectroscopy; Visualization

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; DIAMOND ANVIL CELL; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC MATTER; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 34548510879     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.41.283     Document Type: Article

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