Detection of Endolithes Using Infrared Spectroscopy

On Earth, the Dry Valleys of Antarctica provide the closest martian-like environment for the study of extremophiles. Colonies of bacteries are protected from the freezing temperatures, the drought and UV light. They represent almost half of the biomass of those regions. Due to there resilience, endo...

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Main Authors: Dumas, S., Dutil, Y., Joncas, G.
Format: Report
Language:unknown
Published: arXiv 2007
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Astrophysics astro-ph
FOS Physical sciences
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.0711.1781
https://arxiv.org/abs/0711.1781
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spelling ftdatacite:10.48550/arxiv.0711.1781 2023-05-15T14:05:03+02:00 Detection of Endolithes Using Infrared Spectroscopy Dumas, S. Dutil, Y. Joncas, G. 2007 https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.0711.1781 https://arxiv.org/abs/0711.1781 unknown arXiv Assumed arXiv.org perpetual, non-exclusive license to distribute this article for submissions made before January 2004 http://arxiv.org/licenses/assumed-1991-2003/ Astrophysics astro-ph FOS Physical sciences Preprint Article article CreativeWork 2007 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.0711.1781 2022-04-01T17:27:11Z On Earth, the Dry Valleys of Antarctica provide the closest martian-like environment for the study of extremophiles. Colonies of bacteries are protected from the freezing temperatures, the drought and UV light. They represent almost half of the biomass of those regions. Due to there resilience, endolithes are one possible model of martian biota. We propose to use infrared spectroscopy to remotely detect those colonies even if there is no obvious sign of their presence. This remote sensing approach reduces the risk of contamination or damage to the samples. : 4 pages, to appear in the proceedings of "Bioastronomy 2007", ed. Meech et al Report Antarc* Antarctica DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology)
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FOS Physical sciences
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FOS Physical sciences
Dumas, S.
Dutil, Y.
Joncas, G.
Detection of Endolithes Using Infrared Spectroscopy
topic_facet Astrophysics astro-ph
FOS Physical sciences
description On Earth, the Dry Valleys of Antarctica provide the closest martian-like environment for the study of extremophiles. Colonies of bacteries are protected from the freezing temperatures, the drought and UV light. They represent almost half of the biomass of those regions. Due to there resilience, endolithes are one possible model of martian biota. We propose to use infrared spectroscopy to remotely detect those colonies even if there is no obvious sign of their presence. This remote sensing approach reduces the risk of contamination or damage to the samples. : 4 pages, to appear in the proceedings of "Bioastronomy 2007", ed. Meech et al
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author Dumas, S.
Dutil, Y.
Joncas, G.
author_facet Dumas, S.
Dutil, Y.
Joncas, G.
author_sort Dumas, S.
title Detection of Endolithes Using Infrared Spectroscopy
title_short Detection of Endolithes Using Infrared Spectroscopy
title_full Detection of Endolithes Using Infrared Spectroscopy
title_fullStr Detection of Endolithes Using Infrared Spectroscopy
title_full_unstemmed Detection of Endolithes Using Infrared Spectroscopy
title_sort detection of endolithes using infrared spectroscopy
publisher arXiv
publishDate 2007
url https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.0711.1781
https://arxiv.org/abs/0711.1781
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Antarctica
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Antarctica
op_rights Assumed arXiv.org perpetual, non-exclusive license to distribute this article for submissions made before January 2004
http://arxiv.org/licenses/assumed-1991-2003/
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