Analysis of Mars analogue soil samples using solid-phase microextraction, organic solvent extraction and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

International Journal of Astrobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 209-219

  Orzechowska, G E ^a   Kidd, R D ^a   Foing, B H ^b   Kanik, I ^a   Stoker, C ^c   Ehrenfreund, P ^d,e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (France)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

chromatography; gas chromatograph mass spectrometer (GC MS); Mars; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); solid phase microextraction (SPME)

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DESERT SOIL; EXTRACTION METHOD; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; MARS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OPTIMIZATION; PAH; PH; PLANETARY SURFACE; RESEARCH WORK; SOIL ANALYSIS; TEXTURE;

AREQUIPA [PERU]; DENMARK; JUTLAND; PERU;

EID: 79959332077     PISSN: 14735504     EISSN: 14753006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1473550410000443     Document Type: Article

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