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The Antarctic cold desert and the search for traces of life on MarsThe cryptoendolithic microoganisms that live inside rocks in the frigid Ross Desert of Antarctica can serve as a terrestrial model for what may have happened to life forms on Mars when the planet became dry and cold. Trace fossils of microbial rock colonization exist in Antarctica, and similar structures could have formed on Mars. In some respects, such trace fossils could be an easier target for life-detection systems than fossils of cellular structures.
Document ID
19870065736
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
doi:10.1016/0273-1177(86)90095-5
Authors
Friedmann, E. I. (Florida State University Tallahassee, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1986
Publication Information
Publication: Advances in Space Research
Volume: 6
Issue: 12 1
ISSN: 0273-1177
Subject Category
Space Biology
Accession Number
87A53010
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF DPP-83-14180
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSG-7337
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Public
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