Life in Antarctic Deserts and other Cold Dry Environments : Astrobiological Analogues.
The lessons learned from studies of the dry valleys of Antarctica applied to the search for life on other planets.
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Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 Geologic analogies between the surface of Mars and the McMurdo Dry Valleys microclimate-related geomorphic features and evidence for climate change; 3 The legacy of aqueous environments on soils of the McMurdo Dry Valleys contexts for future exploration of martian soils; 4 The antarctic cryptoendolithic microbial ecosystem; 5 Antarctic McMurdo Dry Valley stream ecosystems as analog to fluvial systems on Mars.
- 6 Saline lakes and ponds in the McMurdo Dry Valleys: ecological analogs to martian paleolake environments7 The biogeochemistry and hydrology of McMurdo Dry Valley glaciers is there life on martian ice now?; 8 Factors promoting microbial diversity in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica; 9 Other analogs to Mars high-altitude, subsurface, desert, and polar environments; Index.