Evidence for Extraterrestrial Amino-acids and Hydrocarbons in the Murchison Meteorite

@article{Kvenvolden1970EvidenceFE,
  title={Evidence for Extraterrestrial Amino-acids and Hydrocarbons in the Murchison Meteorite},
  author={K. Kvenvolden and James G. Lawless and K. Pering and E. Peterson and J. Flores and C. Ponnamperuma and I. Kaplan and C. Moore},
  journal={Nature},
  year={1970},
  volume={228},
  pages={923-926}
}
  • K. Kvenvolden, James G. Lawless, +5 authors C. Moore
  • Published 1970
  • Medicine, Chemistry
  • Nature
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