Comets, carbonaceous meteorites, and the origin of the biosphere

Biosphere Origin and Evolution

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 55-68

  Hoover, R B ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-68656-1_4     Document Type: Chapter

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