Search for organic molecules at the Mars surface: The "Martian Organic Material Irradiation and Evolution" (MOMIE) project

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2014-2018

  Stalport, F ^a   Coll, P ^a   Szopa, C ^b   Raulin, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Irradiation; Laboratory experiments; Laboratory simulation experiments; Life; Mars; Organic matter; Organic molecules; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; IRRADIATION; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LABORATORY SIMULATION; LIFE; MARS; ORGANIC MOLECULES;

MOLECULES;

EID: 55949111226     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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