Search for past life on Mars: Possible relic biogenic activity in martian meteorite ALH84001

Science

Volumn 273, Issue 5277, 1996, Pages 924-930

  McKay, David S ^a   Gibson Jr , Everett K ^a   Thomas Keprta, Kathie L ^b   Vali, Hojatollah ^c   Romanek, Christopher S ^d   Clemett, Simon J ^e   Chillier, Xavier D F ^e   Maechling, Claude R ^e   Zare, Richard N ^e  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETITE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; LIFE; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

BIOGENIC ACTIVITY; CARBONATE; MARTIAN METEORITE; METEORITE ALH84001; PAH;

EID: 0029663175     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.273.5277.924     Document Type: Article

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