Coupled organic synthesis and mineral alteration on meteorite parent bodies

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1577-1590

  Schulte, Mitch ^a   Shock, Everett ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE; METEORITE; MINERALOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 4844231837     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2004.tb00128.x     Document Type: Article

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