Abiogenic layered carbonates associated with serpentinization: Why Martian "Stromatolites" might not be fossils

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 545, 2004, Pages 295-296

  Souza Egipsy, Virginia ^a,b   Corsetti, Frank ^a   Nealson, Kenneth H ^a   Rye, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CALCIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONATES; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MICROORGANISMS; NUCLEATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; ROCKS; STORMS; SURFACE WATERS; TEXTURES; WATER;

GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS; LAYERED CARBONATE STRUCTURE; PHOTOSYNTHESIZING ORGANISMS; SERPENTINIZATION;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 2342634532     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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