Soluble organic compounds in the Tagish Lake meteorite

• Published in: Meteoritics & Planetary Science
• Main Authors: Hilts, Robert W., Herd, Christopher D. K., Simkus, Danielle N., Slater, Greg F.
• Other Authors: Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, CDKH
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2014
• Subjects: Tagish; Tagish Lake
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maps.12272; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fmaps.12272; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/maps.12272; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/maps.12272

Abstract The C2 ungrouped Tagish Lake meteorite preserves a range of lithologies, reflecting variable degrees of parent‐body aqueous alteration. Here, we report on soluble organic compounds, including aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, monocarboxylic acids, and amino acids, found within specimens...