Where to search for martian biota?

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3111, Issue , 1997, Pages 175-180

  Tasch, Paul ^a  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogenic magnetite; Dormant halophiles; Meteorites; Vents; Water

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; CRYSTALS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; VISCOUS FLOW;

NEGATIVE CRYSTALS;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031310627     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.278771     Document Type: Conference Paper

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