Mineralogical analyses of surface sediments in the Antarctic Dry Valleys: coordinated analyses of Raman spectra, reflectance spectra and elemental abundances

• Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
• Main Authors: Bishop, Janice L., Englert, Peter A. J., Patel, Shital, Tirsch, Daniela, Roy, Alex J., Koeberl, Christian, Böttger, Ute, Hanke, Franziska, Jaumann, Ralf
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 2014
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2014.0198; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsta.2014.0198; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rsta.2014.0198

Surface sediments at Lakes Fryxell, Vanda and Brownworth in the Antarctic Dry Valleys (ADV) were investigated as analogues for the cold, dry environment on Mars. Sediments were sampled from regions surrounding the lakes and from the ice cover on top of the lakes. The ADV sediments were studied using...