Abiotic Racemization Kinetics of Amino Acids in Marine Sediments

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Steen, Andrew D ^a,b   Jørgensen, Bo Barker ^a   Lomstein, Bente Aa ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; SERINE;

ABIOTIC RACEMIZATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DEEP SEA; DENMARK; HEATING; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; RACEMIZATION; SEDIMENT; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AMINO ACIDS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HOT TEMPERATURE; KINETICS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 84881493032     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071648     Document Type: Article

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