Carbonate rocks in the Mojave Desert as an analogue for Martian carbonates

International Journal of Astrobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 349-358

  Bishop, Janice L ^a,b   Schelble, Rachel T ^c   McKay, Christopher P ^b   Brown, Adrian J ^a,b   Perry, Kaysea A ^a  

^a SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

'life in extreme environments'; carbonate; Mars; Mojave Desert; spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CARBONATE ROCK; IRON OXIDE; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; SLOPE; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; SPECTROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

MOJAVE DESERT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855604661     PISSN: 14735504     EISSN: 14753006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1473550411000206     Document Type: Article

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