The potential of Raman spectroscopy for the analysis of diagenetically transformed carotenoids

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

Volumn 368, Issue 1922, 2010, Pages 3137-3144

  Marshall, Craig P ^a   Marshall, Alison Olcott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Carotenoids; Diagenetically altered carotenoids; Mars; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGENATION; RAMAN SCATTERING; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL SIGNATURES; CAROTENOIDS; FOSSIL HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGENATION REACTIONS; LYCOPENES; ORGANIC MATERIALS; POLYENE CHAINS; RAMAN SPECTRA; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC; TARGET COMPOUND;

RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

CAROTENOID;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HYDROGENATION; LIFE; METABOLISM; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

CAROTENOIDS; EXOBIOLOGY; FOSSILS; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; HYDROGENATION; LIFE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 77955223003     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0016     Document Type: Article

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