Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of 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 environments
- 7 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
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 July 2010
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of 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 environments
- 7 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
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- Life in Antarctic Deserts and other Cold Dry EnvironmentsAstrobiological Analogs, pp. i - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010