Extraterrestrial flux of potentially prebiotic C, N, and P to the early earth

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-21

  Pasek, Matthew ^a   Lauretta, Dante ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Cohenite; Meteorite flux; Prebiotic material; Schreibersite

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

AMMONIA; CARBON; CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE; COMET; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARLY EARTH; ELEMENT MOBILITY; INTERPLANETARY DUST; METEORITE; MINERAL; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PHOSPHORUS;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY;

BIOGENESIS; CARBON; EARTH (PLANET); NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

EID: 38149030977     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-007-9110-5     Document Type: Article

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