The delivery of organic matter from asteroids and comets to the early surface of Mars

被引:192
作者
Flynn, GJ
机构
[1] Dept. of Physics, SUNY - Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
来源
EARTH MOON AND PLANETS | 1996年 / 72卷 / 1-3期
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10.1007/BF00117551
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
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Carbon delivered to the Earth by interplanetary dust particles may have been an important source of pre-biotic organic matter (Anders, 1989). Interplanetary dust is shown to deliver an order-of-magnitude higher surface concentration of carbon onto Mars than onto Earth, suggesting interplanetary dust may be an important source of carbon on Mars as well.
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页码:469 / 474
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