UDECANOIC ACID IN VERMICULITE: DETECTION, CHARACTERISATION AND UV DEGRADATION STUDIES FOR BIOSIGNATURE IDENTIFICATION ON MARS

Ophelie McIntosh, LATMOS Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales, Paris Cedex 05, France, Cristina Garcia-Florentino, Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Leioa, Spain, Teresa Fornaro, INAF - Astrophysical Observatory of Arcetri, Florence, Italy and John Robert Brucato, National Institute for Astrophysics, Astrophysical Observatory of Arcetri, Firenze, Italy