Boron Enrichment in Martian Clay

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dc.contributor.authorStephenson, James D.
dc.contributor.authorHallis, Lydia J.
dc.contributor.authorNagashima, Kazuhide
dc.contributor.authorFreeland, Stephen J.
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-28T14:49:11Z
dc.date.available2022-03-28T14:49:11Z
dc.date.issued2013-06-06
dc.description.abstractWe have detected a concentration of boron in martian clay far in excess of that in any previously reported extra-terrestrial object. This enrichment indicates that the chemistry necessary for the formation of ribose, a key component of RNA, could have existed on Mars since the formation of early clay deposits, contemporary to the emergence of life on Earth. Given the greater similarity of Earth and Mars early in their geological history, and the extensive disruption of Earth's earliest mineralogy by plate tectonics, we suggest that the conditions for prebiotic ribose synthesis may be better understood by further Mars exploration.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipSutters Mill sample #51 was allocated to the University of Hawaii by Q.-Z. Yin at UC Davis. Eric Hellebrand is thanked for his help with electron microprobe X-ray imaging.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0064624en_US
dc.format.extent4 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2gt3z-4qrs
dc.identifier.citation: Stephenson JD, Hallis LJ, Nagashima K, Freeland SJ (2013) Boron Enrichment in Martian Clay. PLoS ONE 8(6): e64624. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064624en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064624
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/24444
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherPLOSen_US
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dc.titleBoron Enrichment in Martian Clayen_US
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