Variability of organic material in surface horizons of the hyper-arid Mars-like soils of the Atacama Desert

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 271-279

  Fletcher, Lauren E ^a,b   Valdivia Silva, Julio E ^b,c   Perez Montaño, Saul ^b,d   Condori Apaza, Renee M ^e   Conley, Catharine A ^f   McKay, Christopher P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN AGUSTÍN DE AREQUIPA   (Peru)

^f NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Atacama Desert; Extreme environments; Hyper arid; Mars analog; Organic variability; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

LANDFORMS; SOILS; TOPOLOGY;

ATACAMA DESERT; EXTREME ENVIRONMENT; HYPER-ARID; MARS ANALOGS; ORGANIC-VARIABILITY; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

ORGANIC CARBON;

EID: 84855522360     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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