Open AccessRocks in Chile Help Scientists Hunt for Life on Mars
Author(s) -
Mika McKin
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2016eo057363
Subject(s) - astrobiology , mars exploration program , life on mars , earth science , environmental ethics , geology , martian , philosophy , biology
Investigating oxalate minerals in the Atacama Desert provides a terrestrial analogue to test techniques that could be used to study the carbon cycle in the cold deserts of Mars.