What the ancient phyllosilicates at Mawrth Vallis can tell us about possible habitability on early Mars

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 86, Issue , 2013, Pages 130-149

  Bishop, Janice L ^a,b   Loizeau, Damien ^c   McKeown, Nancy K ^d   Saper, Lee ^a,e   Dyar, M Darby ^f   Des Marais, David J ^b   Parente, Mario ^g   Murchie, Scott L ^h  

^a SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d MACEWAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^g University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^h APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitability; Mars; Phyllosilicates; Reflectance spectroscopy; Water

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONDITIONS; COMPACT RECONNAISSANCE; HABITABILITY; IMAGING SPECTROMETERS; MARS; MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITERS; PHYLLOSILICATES; REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; IRON COMPOUNDS; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MICROORGANISMS; WATER;

SILICATES;

EID: 84886094113     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2013.05.006     Document Type: Article

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