Raman spectroscopy of volcanic lavas and inclusions of relevance to astrobiological exploration

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1922, 2010, Pages 3127-3135

  Jorge Villar, Susana E ^a   Edwards, Howell G M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fumaroles; Lava flows; Organic signatures; Raman spectroscopy; Volcanic outcrops

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; GAS EMISSIONS; MOLTEN MATERIALS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TOXIC MATERIALS; VOLCANOES;

ACTIVE VOLCANOES; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES; BIOLOGICAL ORGANISMS; CORAL REEF; KILAUEA; LAVA FLOWS; MARTIAN OCEAN; ORGANIC SIGNATURE; POISONOUS GAS; PYROCLASTIC FLOWS; RAMAN SPECTRA; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC STUDY; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

MINERAL;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; VOLCANO;

EXOBIOLOGY; MINERALS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS;

EID: 77955189563     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0102     Document Type: Article

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