Preservation of organic matter in the STONE 6 artificial meteorite experiment

• Published in: Icarus
• Main Authors: Parnell, John, Bowden, Stephen A., Muirhead, David, Blamey, Nigel, Westall, Frances, Demets, René, Verchovsky, Sasha, Brandstaetter, Franz, Brack, André
• Other Authors: School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen, Centre de biophysique moléculaire (CBM), Université d'Orléans (UO)-Université de Tours (UT)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Institut de Chimie - CNRS Chimie (INC-CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), Agence Spatiale Européenne = European Space Agency (ESA)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2011
• Subjects: ORCADIAN BASIN; PARENT BODY; MARS; EARTH; LIFE; TAGISH LAKE METEORITE; CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITES; ATMOSPHERIC ENTRY; STRUCTURAL-CHARACTERIZATION; NORTHERN SCOTLAND; Tagish; Tagish Lake
• Online Access: https://hal.science/hal-00614953; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2010.11.029

International audience The exposure of a carbonaceous siltstone sample to atmospheric entry, as part of the STONE 6 artificial meteorite experiment, has allowed a controlled investigation of the effect of heat shock during atmospheric entry on organic matter in carbonaceous meteorites and, potential...