On potential spectroscopic detection of microfossils on mars

Earth, Moon and Planets

Volumn 101, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 127-140

  Marzo, Giuseppe A ^a,b   Politi, Romolo ^a   Blanco, Armando ^a   Brunetto, Rosario ^a   Fonti, Sergio ^a   Orofino, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b Astrophysics Laboratory   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fossil; Infrared reflectance; Life detection; Mars; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EXOBIOLOGY; FOSSILIZATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MARS; MICROFOSSIL; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 39049158712     PISSN: 01679295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11038-007-9153-7     Document Type: Article

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