Search for signs of ancient life on Mars: Expectations from hydromagnesite microbialites, Salda Lake, Turkey

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 156, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 869-888

  Russell, Michael J ^a   Ingham, J Keith ^b   Zedef, Veysel ^a,c   Maktav, Derya ^d   Sunar, Filiz ^d   Hall, Allan J ^b   Fallick, Anthony E ^a  

^a SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Crater lake; Hydromagnesite; Mars; Microbialite; Stromatolite; White Rock

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LAKE; MAGNESIUM CARBONATE; SEDIMENT; TURKEY;

CRATER; EXOBIOLOGY; MAGNESITE; MARS; MICROBIALITE; STROMATOLITE;

TURKEY;

EID: 0032699341     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.156.5.0869     Document Type: Article

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