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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Herd, Christopher D. K.
• Blinova, Alexandra
• Simkus, Danielle N.
• Huang, Yongsong
• Tarozo, Rafael
• Alexander, Conel M. O'D.
• Gyngard, Frank
• Nittler, Larry R.
• Cody, George D.
• Fogel, Marilyn L.
• Kebukawa, Yoko
• Kilcoyne, A. L. David
• Hilts, Robert W.
• Slater, Greg F.
• Glavin, Daniel P.
• Dworkin, Jason P.
• Callahan, Michael P.
• Elsila, Jamie E.
• De Gregorio, Bradley T.
• Stroud, Rhonda M.

Titel

Origin and Evolution of Prebiotic Organic Matter As Inferred from the Tagish Lake Meteorite

Ist Teil von

• Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 2011-06, Vol.332 (6035), p.1304-1307

Ort / Verlag

Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Erscheinungsjahr

2011

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The complex suite of organic materials in carbonaceous chondrite meteorites probably originally formed in the interstellar medium and/or the solar protoplanetary disk, but was subsequently modified in the meteorites' asteroidal parent bodies. The mechanisms of formation and modification are still very poorly understood. We carried out a systematic study of variations in the mineralogy, petrology, and soluble and insoluble organic matter in distinct fragments of the Tagish Lake meteorite. The variations correlate with indicators of parent body aqueous alteration. At least some molecules of prebiotic importance formed during the alteration.