A conspicuous clay ovoid in nakhla: Evidence for subsurface hydrothermal alteration on mars with implications for astrobiology

Astrobiology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 651-693

  Chatzitheodoridis, Elias ^a   Haigh, Sarah ^b   Lyon, Ian ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomorph; Clays; Hydrothermal systems; Martian meteorites; Search for life (biosignatures)

Indexed keywords

MINERAL;

ASTROBIOLOGY; ASTRONOMY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

EXOBIOLOGY; MARS; METEOROIDS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MINERALS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 84905824136     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2013.1069     Document Type: Article

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