Raman spectroscopic approach to analytical astrobiology: The detection of key geological and biomolecular markers in the search for life

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1922, 2010, Pages 3059-3065

  Edwards, Howell G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BIOLOGY; EDITORIAL; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; LIFE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; EXOBIOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; LIFE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 77955216297     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0100     Document Type: Review

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