Thermochemolysis of the Murchison meteorite: Identification of oxygen bound and occluded units in the organic macromolecule

International Journal of Astrobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 201-208

  Watson, Jonathan S ^a   Sephton, Mark A ^b   Gilmour, Iain ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

chondrite; gas chromatography; GC GC; mass spectrometry; organic geochemistry; pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

CHEMOSYNTHESIS; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DESORPTION; EXOBIOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROLYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLATION; MURCHISON METEORITE; ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY; OXYGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; PYROLYSIS;

EID: 78650512363     PISSN: 14735504     EISSN: 14753006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1473550410000194     Document Type: Conference Paper

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