Organic geochemistry of in situ thermal-based analyses on Mars: the importance and influence of minerals

MA Sephton, JSW Tan, JS Watson… - Journal of the …, 2023 - lyellcollection.org
A high-priority goal for past, present and future missions to Mars is the search for evidence of
past or present life. Some of the most information-rich signals are those represented by …

Mineral matrix effects on pyrolysis products of kerogens infer difficulties in determining biological provenance of macromolecular organic matter at Mars

SH Royle, TL Salter, JS Watson, MA Sephton - Astrobiology, 2022 - liebertpub.com
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 …