Mineral Matrix Effects on Pyrolysis Products of Kerogens Infer Difficulties in Determining Biological Provenance of Macromolecular Organic Matter at Mars.
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DOI: 10.1089/ast.2021.0074
Abstract: Ancient martian organic matter is likely to take the form of kerogen-like recalcitrant macromolecular organic matter (MOM), existing in close association with reactive mineral surfaces, especially iron oxides. Detecting and identifying a biological origin for… read more here.
Keywords: matter; mom; organic matter; mineral matrix ... See more keywords