Unusual nonterrestrial l-proteinogenic amino acid excesses in the Tagish Lake meteorite

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1347-1364

  Glavin, Daniel P ^a   Elsila, Jamie E ^a   Burton, Aaron S ^b   Callahan, Michael P ^a   Dworkin, Jason P ^a   Hilts, Robert W ^c   Herd, Christopher D K ^d  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES   (United States)

^c MACEWAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 84865283974     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2012.01400.x     Document Type: Article

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