Water on Mars and Life

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Tokano, Tetsuya (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Σειρά: Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics, 4
• Θέματα: Physics.; Geophysics.; Geobiology.; Space sciences.; Astrobiology.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Biogeosciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.

Growing evidence, based on observations from orbiters, landers and telescopes, indicates that Mars may still have numerous hidden water reservoirs. Moreover, from the point of view of habitability, Mars is a prime target for astrobiologists in search of extant or extinct microbial life because we kn...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Part I: History of Water on Mars
• Climate Evolution and the History of Water on Mars
• Hydrated Minerals and Magmatic Water
• Lacustrine Environments
• Early Life on Earth and Analogies to Mars
• Part II: Water on Present Mars and Potential Habitats
• Water Distribution in the Atmosphere and Soil and the Global Water Cycle
• Cold Region Hydrology and its Analogy for Mars
• Life in Ice and Cold Regions and Implications for Mars
• Groundwater
• Groundwater Microbiology and Application to Mars
• Brines, Halophiles and Evaporites in Permafrost
• Hydrothermal System in Impact Craters and Impact Crater Microbiology
• Microbiology in Hydrothermal Systems and Deep Subsurface.