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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.
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Flynn, G.J. The delivery of organic matter from asteroids and comets to the early surface of Mars. Earth Moon Planet 72, 469–474 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00117551
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