The Rio Tinto Mars Analogue site: An extremophilic Raman spectroscopic study

Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1133-1137

  Edwards, Howell G M ^a   Vandenabeele, Peter ^b   Jorge Villar, Susana E ^c   Carter, Elizabeth A ^d   Perez, Fernando Rull ^e   Hargreaves, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acidotrophic; Astrobiology; Mars analogue; Raman spectroscopy; Rio Tinto; Spectral biomarkers

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; ASTROBIOLOGY; BIOMARKERS; PH EFFECTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

MARS ANALOGUE; RIO TINTO MARS ANALOGUE;

RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

MINERAL;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; MICROCLIMATE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SPACE FLIGHT; SPAIN;

EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; MARS; MINERALS; SPACE SIMULATION; SPAIN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 36048982884     PISSN: 13861425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2006.12.080     Document Type: Article

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