Morphological Biosignatures in Volcanic Rocks – Applications for Life Detection on Mars

The exploration of Mars is largely based on comparisons with Earth analog environments and processes. The up-coming NASA Mars mission 2020 and ExoMars 2020 has the explicit aim to search for signs of life on Mars. During preparations for the missions, glaring gaps in one specific field was pointed o...

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Main Authors: Magnus Ivarsson, Therese Sallstedt, Diana-Thean Carlsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Earth Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feart.2019.00091/full