Antarctic paleolake sediments and the search for extinct life on Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 103, Issue E12, 1998, Pages 28481-28493

  Doran, Peter T ^a,b,c   Wharton, Robert A ^a,b,c   Des Marais, David J ^a,b,c   McKay, Christopher P ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG MODEL; LAKE; MARS; PALEOLIMNOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 0033604658     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JE01713     Document Type: Article

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