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Organic Matter Preserved in 3-Billion-Year-Old Mudstones at Gale Crater, Mars

Organic Matter Preserved in 3-Billion-Year-Old Mudstones at Gale Crater, Mars

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_hal_01812446v1

Organic Matter Preserved in 3-Billion-Year-Old Mudstones at Gale Crater, Mars

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Full title

Organic Matter Preserved in 3-Billion-Year-Old Mudstones at Gale Crater, Mars

Publisher

Goddard Space Flight Center: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Journal title

Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 2018-06, Vol.360 (6393), p.1096-1101

Language

English

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Goddard Space Flight Center: American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Contents

Establishing the presence and state of organic matter, including its possible biosignatures, in martian materials has been an elusive quest, despite limited reports of the existence of organic matter on Mars. We report the in situ detection of organic matter preserved in lacustrine mudstones at the base of the ~3.5-billion-year-old Murray formation...

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Organic Matter Preserved in 3-Billion-Year-Old Mudstones at Gale Crater, Mars

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Record Identifier

TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_hal_01812446v1

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_hal_primary_oai_HAL_hal_01812446v1

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ISSN

0036-8075

E-ISSN

1095-9203

DOI

10.1126/science.aas9185

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