Desert methane: Implications for life detection on Mars |
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Authors: | Mark Moran Joseph D. Miller Dave Scott |
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Affiliation: | a 606 South Alder Ave., Sterling, VA 20164, USA b Department of Cell and Neurobiology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1333 San Pablo St., BMT401, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9112, USA c Department of Biological Sciences, 632 Science and Engineering Building, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA d 420 Euclid Ave, Apt 3, Toronto, ON, M6G 2S9, Canada |
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Abstract: | Methane, a potential biosignature, has recently been detected in the martian atmosphere. This Note focuses on field investigations/operational simulations and laboratory studies which resulted in successful detection of methane within arid terrestrial soils, as distinct from the usual methanogen environment, but in at least partial analogy to martian conditions. |
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Keywords: | Mars Earth Regolith Exobiology |
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