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ASTROBIOLOGY
卷 15, 期 6, 页码 420-429出版社
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2014.1220
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- STFC
- UK Space Agency
- NSF [EAR-1053241]
- Division Of Earth Sciences
- Directorate For Geosciences [1053241] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Science and Technology Facilities Council [1237801] Funding Source: researchfish
- UK Space Agency [ST/L006103/1, ST/I002677/1] Funding Source: researchfish
Knowledge and understanding of the martian environment has advanced greatly over the past two decades, beginning with NASA's return to the surface of Mars with the Pathfinder mission and its rover Sojourner in 1997 and continuing today with data being returned by the Curiosity rover. Reduced carbon, however, is yet to be detected on the martian surface, despite its abundance in meteorites originating from the planet. If carbon is detected on Mars, it could be a remnant of extinct life, although an abiotic source is much more likely. If the latter is the case, environmental carbonaceous material would still provide a source of carbon that could be utilized by microbial life for biochemical synthesis and could therefore act as a marker for potential habitats, indicating regions that should be investigated further. For this reason, the detection and characterization of reduced or organic carbon is a top priority for both the ESA/Roscosmos ExoMars rover, currently due for launch in 2018, and for NASA's Mars 2020 mission. Here, we present a Raman spectroscopic study of Archean chert Mars analog samples from the Pilbara Craton, Western Australia. Raman spectra were acquired with a flight-representative 532nm instrument and a 785nm instrument with similar operating parameters. Reduced carbon was successfully detected with both instruments; however, its Raman bands were detected more readily with 785nm excitation, and the corresponding spectra exhibited superior signal-to-noise ratios and reduced background levels. Key Words: Raman spectroscopyArcheanOrganic matterPlanetary scienceMars. Astrobiology 15, 420-429.
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