Experimental determination of photostability and fluorescence-based detection of PAHs on the Martian surface

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 806-819

  Dartnell, Lewis R ^a,b   Patel, Manish R ^c   Storrie Lombardi, Michael C ^d   Ward, John M ^a   Muller, Jan Peter ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Planetary Sciences University College London   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Kinohi Institute   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84861441871     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2012.01351.x     Document Type: Article

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