Prebiotic carbon in clays from Orgueil and Ivuna (CI), and Tagish Lake (C2 ungrouped) meteorites

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2111-2117

  Garvie, Laurence A J ^a   Buseck, Peter R ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 43149086357     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2007.tb01011.x     Document Type: Article

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