Acid saline lake systems give clues about past environments and the search for life on Mars |
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Authors: | Kathleen C. Benison Brenda Beitler Bowen |
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Affiliation: | a Department of Geology, Central Michigan University, 314 Brooks Hall, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859, USA b Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University, 550 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA |
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Abstract: | Acid saline lake systems in Western Australia may be the best known modern terrestrial analog for the Burns formation on Mars and, thus, provide information about past environments and life on Mars. |
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Keywords: | Mars, surface Geological processes Mineralogy Exobiology Earth |
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