Proximal Analysis of Regolith Habitats and Protective Biomolecules in Situ by Laser Raman Spectroscopy: Overview of Terrestrial Antarctic Habitats and Mars Analogs

Icarus

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 486-503

  Wynn Williams, D D ^a   Edwards, H G M ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exobiology; Mars surface; Organic chemistry; Regolith; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001626860     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6307     Document Type: Article

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