Gypsum-permineralized microfossils and their relevance to the search for life on mars

Astrobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 619-633

  Schopf, J William ^a,b   Farmer, Jack D ^c   Foster, Ian S ^a   Kudryavtsev, Anatoliy B ^a,b   Gallardo, Victor A ^d   Espinoza, Carola ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Gypsum fossils; Mars sample return missions; Raman spectroscopy; Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument; Sulfuretum

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM SULFATE;

ARTICLE; ASTROBIOLOGY; ASTRONOMY; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; FOSSIL; LIFE; MICROCLIMATE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; TIME;

BACTERIA; CALCIUM SULFATE; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; FOSSILS; LIFE; MARS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84865451362     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2012.0827     Document Type: Article

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