Hopane Biomarkers Traced from Bedrock to Recent Sediments and Ice at the Haughton Impact Structure, Devon Island: Implications for the Search for Biomarkers on Mars
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IMPACT STRUCTURE, DEVON ISLAND: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SEARCH FOR BIOMARKERS ON MARS. J. Parnell, G.R. Osinski, P. Lee, C. S. Cockell, C.W. Taylor, Dept. of Geology & Petroleum Geology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UE, U.K., [email protected], Dept. of Geology, University of Arizona, U.S.A., Mars Institute and SETI Institute, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000, U.S.A.,British Antarctic Survey, Madingley Road, Cambridge, U.K.
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