Subglacial hydrothermal alteration minerals in Jökulhlaup deposits of Southern Iceland, with implications for detecting past or present habitable environments on mars

Astrobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 523-547

  Warner, Nicholas H ^a   Farmer, Jack D ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mars Reflectance spectroscopy Astrobiology Hydrothermal systems Habitability

Indexed keywords

MINERAL; WATER;

ARTICLE; ASTROBIOLOGY; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHY; ICE COVER; ICELAND; METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENT; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TELECOMMUNICATION; TEMPERATURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; ICE COVER; ICELAND; MARS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MINERALS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; WATER; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 78650069656     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2009.0425     Document Type: Article

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