The search for signatures of early life on Mars: Raman spectroscopy and the exomars mission

Spectroscopy Europe

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-15

  Edwards, Howell G M ^a,b   Hutchinson, Ian B ^b   Ingley, Richard ^b   Waltham, Nick R ^c   Beardsley, Sarah ^c   Dowson, Shaun ^c   Woodward, Simon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OZONE; COLD DESERTS; DAMAGE REPAIR; EARLY LIFE; EXOMARS MISSION; EXTREMOPHILES; HARSH ENVIRONMENT; HIGH ENERGY; HIGH LATITUDES; KATABATIC WINDS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC STUDY; SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TERRESTRIAL HABITAT;

ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEMS; OZONE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SUN;

INCIDENT SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 80053911765     PISSN: 09660941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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