Raman spectroscopy of the Dukhan sabkha: Identification of geological and biogeological molecules in an extreme environment

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

Volumn 368, Issue 1922, 2010, Pages 3099-3107

  Edwards, Howell G M ^a   Sadooni, Fadhil ^b   Vítek, Petr ^c   Jehlička, Jan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Evaporites; Extremophiles; Raman spectroscopy; Sabkha

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MINERALS; NASA; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

DAILY TEMPERATURES; EVAPORITES; EXTREME ENVIRONMENT; EXTREMOPHILES; MARTIAN SURFACE; MOLECULAR SIGNATURES; PERSIAN GULF; RAMAN INSTRUMENTATION; RAMAN SIGNATURES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC; SPACE MISSIONS; SUBSURFACE WATERS; SULPHATES;

SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM SULFATE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; SCYTONEMIN; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MICROCLIMATE; QATAR; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SPACE FLIGHT;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM SULFATE; ENVIRONMENT; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; INDOLES; MARS; PHENOLS; QATAR; QUARTZ; SPACE FLIGHT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 77955209497     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2010.0101     Document Type: Article

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