Brines and evaporites: Analogs for Martian life

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1244-1246

  Mancinelli, R L ^a   Fahlen, T F ^a   Landheim, R ^a   Klovstad, M R ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Analogs for Martian life; Astrobiology; Brines and evaporites; Halophiles; Osmophiles

Indexed keywords

CELLS; EARTH (PLANET); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVAPORATION; MICROORGANISMS; PERMAFROST; SALINE WATER; SOLAR SYSTEM; SOLUTIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BRINE POCKETS; EVAPORITES; LIQUID WATER; MID-LOG PHASE;

SPACE RESEARCH;

BRINE; EVAPORITE; EXOBIOLOGY; HALOPHYTE; MARS; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

EID: 2342648944     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.08.034     Document Type: Article

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