The Tinto River, an extreme acidic environment under control of iron, as an analog of the Terra Meridiani hematite site of Mars

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 239-248

  Fernandez Remolar D ^a   Gomez Elvira J ^a   Gomez F ^a   Sebastian, E ^a   Martiin J ^a   Manfredi, J A ^a   Torres, J ^a   Gonzalez Kesler C ^a   Amils, R ^a,b  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Hematite; Hydrochemistry; Iron mineral formations; Mars

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRON; MINERALOGY; ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; SILICA; THERMOOXIDATION;

ASTROBIOLOGY; HEMATITE; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IRON MINERAL FORMATIONS; MARS;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0346500672     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2003.08.027     Document Type: Conference Paper

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