The effects of parent-body hydrothermal heating on amino acid abundances in CI-like chondrites

Polar Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 255-263

  Burton, Aaron S ^a,b   Grunsfeld, Sarah ^b,c   Elsila, Jamie E ^b   Glavin, Daniel P ^b   Dworkin, Jason P ^b  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c River Hill High School   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Aqueous alteration; CI chondrite; Meteorite; Thermal metamorphism

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CHONDRITE; FLUORESCENCE; HEATING; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAMORPHISM; METEORITE; SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 84906068918     PISSN: 18739652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polar.2014.05.002     Document Type: Article

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