A Laboratory Model of a Prebiotic, Spontaneous, and Continuous Enantiomeric Enrichment Process

Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-37

  Goldberg, Stanley I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biohomochirality; Comets; Enantiomeric enrichment; Evaporative crystallization; Evaporative pumping; Meteorites

Indexed keywords

COMET; CRYSTALLIZATION; LABORATORY METHOD; METEORITE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUMPING; SOLAR POWER; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 84874241264     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11084-012-9324-z     Document Type: Article

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