Search for past life on Mars: Physical and chemical characterization of minerals of biotic and abiotic origin: 2. Aragonite

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 24, 2007, Pages

  Stalport, F ^a   Coll, P ^a   Szopa, C ^b   Person, A ^c   Navarro Gonzalez R ^a,d   Cabane, M ^b   Ausset, P ^a   Vaulay, M J ^e  

^a LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

^b SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROBIOLOGY; CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; MINERALS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PYROLYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

ABIOTIC ORIGIN; ARAGONITES; BIOMINERALS; BIOTIC ORIGIN; MARS;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

ARAGONITE; BIOMINERALIZATION; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; DEGRADATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MARS; MINERAL PROPERTY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY;

EID: 39549108140     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031184     Document Type: Article

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