Multidisciplinary integrated field campaign to an acidic Martian Earth analogue with astrobiological interest: Rio Tinto

International Journal of Astrobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 291-305

  Gomez F ^a   Walter, N ^b   Amils, R ^a,c   Rull, F ^a   Klingelhofer A K ^d   Kviderova, J ^e   Sarrazin, P ^f   Foing, B ^g   Behar, A ^h   Fleischer, I ^d   Parro, V ^a   Garcia Villadangos, M ^a   Blake, D ⁱ   Martin Ramos, J D ^j   Direito, S ^k   Mahapatra, P ^l   Stam, C ^h   Venkateswaran, K ^h   Voytek, M ^m  

^a CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

^b European Science Foundation   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^f inXitu Inc   (United States)

^g ESTECPO Box 299   (Netherlands)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^k VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^l DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^m PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

astrobiology; extreme environments; field campaign; terrestrial analogues

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; DUNE; EXTREMOPHILE; HYDROXIDE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; IRON OXIDE; LIQUID; MARS; MINERALOGY; OXIDATION; PLANETARY SURFACE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL WATER;

ANDALUCIA; HUELVA [ANDALUCIA]; SPAIN; TINTO RIVER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EMMELICHTHYIDAE;

EID: 79959353464     PISSN: 14735504     EISSN: 14753006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S147355041100005X     Document Type: Article

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