The geology of Australian Mars analogue sites

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 447-458

  West, Michael D ^a,b   Clarke, Jonathan D A ^c,d   Thomas, Matilda ^c   Pain, Colin F ^d,e   Walter, Malcolm R ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d Mars Society Australia   (Australia)

^e MEDSoil Research Group   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acid lakes; Arkaroola; Australia; Deserts; Mars analogues; Pilbara; Relief inversion; Springs; Stromatolites

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; DESERTS; EARLY LIFE; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; HYPERSALINE; IMPACT STRUCTURES; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTIONS; MARTIAN SURFACE; PILBARA;

ACIDS; ARID REGIONS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LAKES;

LANDFORMS;

EID: 76349083600     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2009.06.012     Document Type: Article

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