Amino acid compositions in heated carbonaceous chondrites and their compound-specific nitrogen isotopic ratios Planetary science

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Chan, Queenie Hoi Shan ^a,b   Chikaraishi, Yoshito ^a   Takano, Yoshinori ^a   Ogawa, Nanako O ^a   Ohkouchi, Naohiko ^a  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Astrochemistry; Carbonaceous chondrites; Compound specific isotopic analysis; Gas chromatography combustion isotope ratio mass spectrometry; Meteorites; Meteoritic composition; Nitrogen isotopes; Organic materials

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN ISOTOPE;

EID: 84955501765     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40623-016-0382-8     Document Type: Article

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