Effects of extreme cold and aridity on soils and habitability: McMurdo Dry Valleys as an analogue for the Mars Phoenix landing site

Antarctic Science

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 211-228

  Tamppari, L K ^a   Anderson, R M ^b   Archer, P D ^c   Douglas, S ^a   Kounaves, S P ^b   McKay, C P ^d   Ming, D W ^c   Moore, Q ^b   Quinn, J E ^e   Smith, P H ^f   Stroble, S ^b   Zent, A P ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

dry permafrost; habitability; Taylor Valley; University Valley

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; COLD TOLERANCE; DORMANCY; GROWTH RATE; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; METABOLISM; PERMAFROST; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO DRY VALLEYS;

EID: 84861867754     PISSN: 09541020     EISSN: 13652079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954102011000800     Document Type: Article

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