The Viking Carbon Assimilation Experiments: Interim Report
- 17 December 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 194 (4271) , 1321-1322
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.194.4271.1321
Abstract
A synthesis of organic matter from atmospheric carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide, or both, appears to take place in the surface material of Mars at a low rate. The synthesis appears to be thermolabile and to be inhibited by moisture.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
- The Viking Biological Investigation: Preliminary ResultsScience, 1976
- The pyrolytic release experiment: Measurement of carbon assimilationDiscover Life, 1976
- The carbon-assimilation experiment: The Viking Mars LanderIcarus, 1972
- Measurement of 14 CO 2 Assimilation in Soils: an Experiment for the Biological Exploration of MarsApplied Microbiology, 1970