Impact Metamorphism of Subsurface Organic Matter on Mars: A Potential Source for Methane and Surface Alteration

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Mar 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005lpi....36.1025o&link_type=abstract

36th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 14-18, 2005, in League City, Texas, abstract no.1025

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Methane generated from Martian kerogen by impact metamorphism may seep
to the surface, accounting for some of the methane recently detected in
the Martian atmosphere as well as the bright crater rings seen in MOC
images from Meridiani Planum.

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