Effect of Nontronite Smectite Clay on the Chemical Evolution of Several Organic Molecules under Simulated Martian Surface Ultraviolet Radiation Conditions

Astrobiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 221-237

  Poch, Olivier ^a,b   Jaber, Maguy ^c   Stalport, Fabien ^a   Nowak, Sophie ^d   Georgelin, Thomas ^e   Lambert, Jean Franҫois ^e   Szopa, Cyril ^f   Coll, Patrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c Institut Universitaire de France   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^f SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Astrochemistry; Martian surface; Nontronite; Organic chemistry; Photochemistry; Phyllosilicates

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUND; SILICATE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; MICROCLIMATE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; MARS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SILICATES; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84924710989     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2014.1230     Document Type: Article

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