Prebiotic chemical evolution: A meteoritic perspective

Rendiconti Lincei

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 153-163

  Pizzarello, Sandra ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonaceous chondrites; Chirality; Meteorites; Molecular asymmetry

Indexed keywords

CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE METEORITES; CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITES; CHEMICAL EVOLUTION; CHEMICAL PROCESS; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ORIGIN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MOLECULAR ASYMMETRY; ORGANIC MATERIALS; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PHYSICO-CHEMICALS; PREBIOTIC CHEMISTRY; PREBIOTICS;

LAKES; ORGANIC CARBON; PETROGRAPHY; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

METEORITES;

EID: 80051667167     PISSN: 20374631     EISSN: 17200776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12210-011-0124-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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