Endolithic Halophiles Found in Evaporite Salts on Tibet Plateau as a Potential Analog for Martian Life in Saline Environment
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POTENTIAL ANALOG FOR MARTIAN LIFE IN SALINE ENVIRONMENT. F. J. Kong, M. P. Zheng, A. L. Wang, N. N. Ma. 1 R&D Center of Saline Lakes and Epithermal Deposits, Institute of Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing,100037, China ([email protected]), Dept. Earth and Planetary Sciences and McDonnell Center for Space Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 63130 USA ([email protected]).
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