Thermally evolved gas analysis (TEGA) of hyperarid soils doped with microorganisms from the Atacama Desert in southern Peru: Implications for the Phoenix mission

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 254-266

  Valdivia Silva, Julio E ^a   Navarro González, Rafael ^a   McKay, Christopher ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atacama Desert; Hyperarid soils; Pampas de La Joya; Phoenix mission; TEGA; Thermal analysis

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETERS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DECOMPOSITION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GASES; IONS; LANTHANUM; MASS SPECTROMETERS; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDANTS; SALMONELLA; SOIL SURVEYS; THERMOANALYSIS;

ATACAMA DESERT; CHARACTERIZATION METHODS; HIGH TEMPERATURE FURNACES; PAMPAS DE LA JOYA; PHOENIX MISSION; QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETER; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TEGA;

SOILS;

EID: 67349161019     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2009.02.008     Document Type: Article

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