Morphological biosignatures from relict fossilised sedimentary geological specimens: A Raman spectroscopic study

Journal of Raman Spectroscopy

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1352-1361

  Edwards, Howell G M ^a   Villar, Susana E Jorge ^a,b   Pullan, Derek ^c   Hargreaves, Michael D ^a   Hofmann, Beda A ^d   Westall, Frances ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Facultad de Humanidades y Educacion   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM DER BURGERGEMEINDE BERN   (Switzerland)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Biogeological modification; ExoMars instrumentation; Mars analogues; Raman spectroscopy; Spectral biosignatures

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; LASER INDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BIOGEOLOGICAL MODIFICATION; BIOSIGNATURES; EXOMARS; EXOMARS INSTRUMENTATION; MARS ANALOGS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC STUDY; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SPECTRAL BIOSIGNATURE; SPECTROSCOPIC TECHNIQUE;

SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 35348901899     PISSN: 03770486     EISSN: 10974555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jrs.1775     Document Type: Article

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