title: The delivery of organic matter from asteroids and comets to the early surface of Mars.
abstract: Carbon delivered to the Earth by interplanetary dust particles may have been an important source of pre-biotic organic matter (Anders, 1989). Interplanetary dust is shown to deliver an order-of-magnitude higher surface concentration of carbon onto Mars than onto Earth, suggesting interplanetary dust may be an important source of carbon on Mars as well.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Physics, SUNY-Plattsburgh, NY 12901, USA.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Flynn
mesh_terms: D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry; D019443:Cosmic Dust; D018534:Earth, Planet; D019418:Evolution, Chemical; D019419:Evolution, Planetary; D018559:Exobiology; D005118:Extraterrestrial Environment; D018535:Mars; D019110:Meteoroids; D018543:Minor Planets; D010316:Particle Size
chemical_list: D019443:Cosmic Dust; D002244:Carbon