Organic molecules in the Sheepbed Mudstone, Gale Crater, Mars

2015484 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

Authors

Caroline Freissinet · Oak Ridge Associated Universities

D. P. Glavin · Goddard Space Flight Center

P. R. Mahaffy · Goddard Space Flight Center

Kristen Miller · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

J. L. Eigenbrode · Goddard Space Flight Center

Roger E. Summons · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

A. Brunner

Abstract

First in situ evidence of nonterrestrial organics in Martian surface sediments Chlorinated hydrocarbons identified in the Sheepbed mudstone by SAM Organics preserved in sample exposed to ionizing radiation and oxidative condition.

Topics & Keywords

Planetary Science and Exploration Astro and Planetary Science Space Exploration and Technology

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life below water

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research Planets

Volume 120, Issue 3, pp. 495-514

DOI: 10.1002/2014je004737

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