Science results from a mars drilling simulation (Río Tinto, Spain) and ground truth for remote science observations

Astrobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 967-985

  Bonaccorsi, Rosalba ^a   Stoker, Carol R ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Ground truth; Life detection; Lithostratigraphy; Mars; Organics; Phyllosilicates; R o Tinto; Robotic drilling

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARBON; MINERAL; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; ROBOTICS; SEDIMENT; SPACE FLIGHT; SPAIN; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CARBON; EXOBIOLOGY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MARS; MINERALS; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; ROBOTICS; SPACE SIMULATION; SPAIN; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 58049100968     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2007.0152     Document Type: Article

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