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Diverse organic-mineral associations in Jezero crater, Mars

The presence and distribution of preserved organic matter on the surface of Mars can provide key information about the Martian carbon cycle and the potential of the planet to host life throughout its history. Several types of organic molecules have been previously detected in Martian meteorites(1) a...

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Autores principales: Sharma, Sunanda, Roppel, Ryan D., Murphy, Ashley E., Beegle, Luther W., Bhartia, Rohit, Steele, Andrew, Hollis, Joseph Razzell, Siljeström, Sandra, McCubbin, Francis M., Asher, Sanford A., Abbey, William J., Allwood, Abigail C., Berger, Eve L., Bleefeld, Benjamin L., Burton, Aaron S., Bykov, Sergei V., Cardarelli, Emily L., Conrad, Pamela G., Corpolongo, Andrea, Czaja, Andrew D., DeFlores, Lauren P., Edgett, Kenneth, Farley, Kenneth A., Fornaro, Teresa, Fox, Allison C., Fries, Marc D., Harker, David, Hickman-Lewis, Keyron, Huggett, Joshua, Imbeah, Samara, Jakubek, Ryan S., Kah, Linda C., Lee, Carina, Liu, Yang, Magee, Angela, Minitti, Michelle, Moore, Kelsey R., Pascuzzo, Alyssa, Rodriguez Sanchez-Vahamonde, Carolina, Scheller, Eva L., Shkolyar, Svetlana, Stack, Kathryn M., Steadman, Kim, Tuite, Michael, Uckert, Kyle, Werynski, Alyssa, Wiens, Roger C., Williams, Amy J., Winchell, Katherine, Kennedy, Megan R., Yanchilina, Anastasia
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10371864/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37438522
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06143-z
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author Sharma, Sunanda
Roppel, Ryan D.
Murphy, Ashley E.
Beegle, Luther W.
Bhartia, Rohit
Steele, Andrew
Hollis, Joseph Razzell
Siljeström, Sandra
McCubbin, Francis M.
Asher, Sanford A.
Abbey, William J.
Allwood, Abigail C.
Berger, Eve L.
Bleefeld, Benjamin L.
Burton, Aaron S.
Bykov, Sergei V.
Cardarelli, Emily L.
Conrad, Pamela G.
Corpolongo, Andrea
Czaja, Andrew D.
DeFlores, Lauren P.
Edgett, Kenneth
Farley, Kenneth A.
Fornaro, Teresa
Fox, Allison C.
Fries, Marc D.
Harker, David
Hickman-Lewis, Keyron
Huggett, Joshua
Imbeah, Samara
Jakubek, Ryan S.
Kah, Linda C.
Lee, Carina
Liu, Yang
Magee, Angela
Minitti, Michelle
Moore, Kelsey R.
Pascuzzo, Alyssa
Rodriguez Sanchez-Vahamonde, Carolina
Scheller, Eva L.
Shkolyar, Svetlana
Stack, Kathryn M.
Steadman, Kim
Tuite, Michael
Uckert, Kyle
Werynski, Alyssa
Wiens, Roger C.
Williams, Amy J.
Winchell, Katherine
Kennedy, Megan R.
Yanchilina, Anastasia
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McCubbin, Francis M.
Asher, Sanford A.
Abbey, William J.
Allwood, Abigail C.
Berger, Eve L.
Bleefeld, Benjamin L.
Burton, Aaron S.
Bykov, Sergei V.
Cardarelli, Emily L.
Conrad, Pamela G.
Corpolongo, Andrea
Czaja, Andrew D.
DeFlores, Lauren P.
Edgett, Kenneth
Farley, Kenneth A.
Fornaro, Teresa
Fox, Allison C.
Fries, Marc D.
Harker, David
Hickman-Lewis, Keyron
Huggett, Joshua
Imbeah, Samara
Jakubek, Ryan S.
Kah, Linda C.
Lee, Carina
Liu, Yang
Magee, Angela
Minitti, Michelle
Moore, Kelsey R.
Pascuzzo, Alyssa
Rodriguez Sanchez-Vahamonde, Carolina
Scheller, Eva L.
Shkolyar, Svetlana
Stack, Kathryn M.
Steadman, Kim
Tuite, Michael
Uckert, Kyle
Werynski, Alyssa
Wiens, Roger C.
Williams, Amy J.
Winchell, Katherine
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Yanchilina, Anastasia
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description The presence and distribution of preserved organic matter on the surface of Mars can provide key information about the Martian carbon cycle and the potential of the planet to host life throughout its history. Several types of organic molecules have been previously detected in Martian meteorites(1) and at Gale crater, Mars(2–4). Evaluating the diversity and detectability of organic matter elsewhere on Mars is important for understanding the extent and diversity of Martian surface processes and the potential availability of carbon sources(1,5,6). Here we report the detection of Raman and fluorescence spectra consistent with several species of aromatic organic molecules in the Máaz and Séítah formations within the Crater Floor sequences of Jezero crater, Mars. We report specific fluorescence-mineral associations consistent with many classes of organic molecules occurring in different spatial patterns within these compositionally distinct formations, potentially indicating different fates of carbon across environments. Our findings suggest there may be a diversity of aromatic molecules prevalent on the Martian surface, and these materials persist despite exposure to surface conditions. These potential organic molecules are largely found within minerals linked to aqueous processes, indicating that these processes may have had a key role in organic synthesis, transport or preservation.
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spelling pubmed-103718642023-07-28 Diverse organic-mineral associations in Jezero crater, Mars Sharma, Sunanda Roppel, Ryan D. Murphy, Ashley E. Beegle, Luther W. Bhartia, Rohit Steele, Andrew Hollis, Joseph Razzell Siljeström, Sandra McCubbin, Francis M. Asher, Sanford A. Abbey, William J. Allwood, Abigail C. Berger, Eve L. Bleefeld, Benjamin L. Burton, Aaron S. Bykov, Sergei V. Cardarelli, Emily L. Conrad, Pamela G. Corpolongo, Andrea Czaja, Andrew D. DeFlores, Lauren P. Edgett, Kenneth Farley, Kenneth A. Fornaro, Teresa Fox, Allison C. Fries, Marc D. Harker, David Hickman-Lewis, Keyron Huggett, Joshua Imbeah, Samara Jakubek, Ryan S. Kah, Linda C. Lee, Carina Liu, Yang Magee, Angela Minitti, Michelle Moore, Kelsey R. Pascuzzo, Alyssa Rodriguez Sanchez-Vahamonde, Carolina Scheller, Eva L. Shkolyar, Svetlana Stack, Kathryn M. Steadman, Kim Tuite, Michael Uckert, Kyle Werynski, Alyssa Wiens, Roger C. Williams, Amy J. Winchell, Katherine Kennedy, Megan R. Yanchilina, Anastasia Nature Article The presence and distribution of preserved organic matter on the surface of Mars can provide key information about the Martian carbon cycle and the potential of the planet to host life throughout its history. Several types of organic molecules have been previously detected in Martian meteorites(1) and at Gale crater, Mars(2–4). Evaluating the diversity and detectability of organic matter elsewhere on Mars is important for understanding the extent and diversity of Martian surface processes and the potential availability of carbon sources(1,5,6). Here we report the detection of Raman and fluorescence spectra consistent with several species of aromatic organic molecules in the Máaz and Séítah formations within the Crater Floor sequences of Jezero crater, Mars. We report specific fluorescence-mineral associations consistent with many classes of organic molecules occurring in different spatial patterns within these compositionally distinct formations, potentially indicating different fates of carbon across environments. Our findings suggest there may be a diversity of aromatic molecules prevalent on the Martian surface, and these materials persist despite exposure to surface conditions. These potential organic molecules are largely found within minerals linked to aqueous processes, indicating that these processes may have had a key role in organic synthesis, transport or preservation. Nature Publishing Group UK 2023-07-12 2023 /pmc/articles/PMC10371864/ /pubmed/37438522 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06143-z Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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Sharma, Sunanda
Roppel, Ryan D.
Murphy, Ashley E.
Beegle, Luther W.
Bhartia, Rohit
Steele, Andrew
Hollis, Joseph Razzell
Siljeström, Sandra
McCubbin, Francis M.
Asher, Sanford A.
Abbey, William J.
Allwood, Abigail C.
Berger, Eve L.
Bleefeld, Benjamin L.
Burton, Aaron S.
Bykov, Sergei V.
Cardarelli, Emily L.
Conrad, Pamela G.
Corpolongo, Andrea
Czaja, Andrew D.
DeFlores, Lauren P.
Edgett, Kenneth
Farley, Kenneth A.
Fornaro, Teresa
Fox, Allison C.
Fries, Marc D.
Harker, David
Hickman-Lewis, Keyron
Huggett, Joshua
Imbeah, Samara
Jakubek, Ryan S.
Kah, Linda C.
Lee, Carina
Liu, Yang
Magee, Angela
Minitti, Michelle
Moore, Kelsey R.
Pascuzzo, Alyssa
Rodriguez Sanchez-Vahamonde, Carolina
Scheller, Eva L.
Shkolyar, Svetlana
Stack, Kathryn M.
Steadman, Kim
Tuite, Michael
Uckert, Kyle
Werynski, Alyssa
Wiens, Roger C.
Williams, Amy J.
Winchell, Katherine
Kennedy, Megan R.
Yanchilina, Anastasia
Diverse organic-mineral associations in Jezero crater, Mars
title Diverse organic-mineral associations in Jezero crater, Mars
title_full Diverse organic-mineral associations in Jezero crater, Mars
title_fullStr Diverse organic-mineral associations in Jezero crater, Mars
title_full_unstemmed Diverse organic-mineral associations in Jezero crater, Mars
title_short Diverse organic-mineral associations in Jezero crater, Mars
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10371864/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37438522
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06143-z
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