Acid saline lake systems give clues about past environments and the search for life on Mars

被引：81

作者：

Benison, Kathleen C.

Bowen, Brenda Beitler

机构：

[1] Cent Michigan Univ, Dept Geol, Mt Pleasant, MI 48859 USA

[2] Purdue Univ, Dept Earth & Atmospher Sci, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA

来源：

ICARUS | 2006年 / 183卷 / 01期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

Mars; surface; geological processes; mineralogy; exobiology; earth;

D O I：

10.1016/j.icarus.2006.02.018

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

Acid saline lake systems in Western Australia may be the best known modern terrestrial analog for the Burns formation oil Mars and, thus. provide information about past environments and life oil Mars. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：225 / 229

页数：5

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