Microbial fossil record of rocks from the Ross Desert, Antarctica: implications in the search for past life on Mars

• Published in: International Journal of Astrobiology
• Main Authors: Wierzchos, Jacek, Ascaso, Carmen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press 2002
• Subjects: Antarctica; Backscattered electrons; Cryptoendoliths; Microbial fossils and Ross Desert; Antarctic; Mount Fleming; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/32140; https://doi.org/10.1017/S1473550402001052

9 pages, figures, and tables statistics. Cryptoendolithic microbial communities living within Antarctic rocks are an example of survival in an extremely cold and dry environment. The extinction of these micro-organisms formerly colonizing sandstone in the Mount Fleming area (Ross Desert), was probab...