Organics on mars?

Astrobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 589-603

  Ten Kate, Inge L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Interpretation of planetary mission data; Laboratory investigations; Mars; Organic degradation; Search for Mars organics

Indexed keywords

METHANE; PERCHLORATE; PERCHLORIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ASTROBIOLOGY; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; SOIL; SPACE FLIGHT;

ATMOSPHERE; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MARS; METHANE; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY PHENOMENA; PERCHLORIC ACID; SOIL; SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 77956159405     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2010.0498     Document Type: Article

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