High molecular diversity of extraterrestrial organic matter in Murchison meteorite revealed 40 years after its fall

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2763-2768

  Schmitt Kopplin, Philippe ^a   Gabelica, Zelimir ^b   Gougeon, Régis D ^c   Fekete, Agnes ^a   Kanawati, Basem ^a   Harir, Mourad ^a   Gebefuegi, Istvan ^a   Eckel, Gerhard ^d   Hertkorn, Norbert ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE HAUTE ALSACE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^d Universitat fur Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry; Interstellar chemistry; Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Organic chondrite; Soluble organic matter

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC MATTER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CASE REPORT; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; ION CYCLOTRON RESONANCE MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROCLIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METEOROIDS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY PHENOMENA; SULFUR;

EID: 77649239491     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0912157107     Document Type: Article

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