Volcanic controls on the microbial habitability of Mars‐analogue hydrothermal environments

• Published in: Geobiology
• Main Authors: Moreras‐Marti, Arola, Fox-Powell, Mark, Zerkle, Aubrey L., Stueeken, Eva, Gazquez, Fernando, Brand, Helen E. A., Galloway, Toni, Purkamo, Lotta, Cousins, Claire R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Kverkfjöll; glacier; Iceland
• Online Access: https://oro.open.ac.uk/77415/; https://oro.open.ac.uk/77415/1/gbi.12459.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1111/gbi.12459

Due to their potential to support chemolithotrophic life, relic hydrothermal systems on Mars are a key target for astrobiological exploration. We analysed water and sediments at six geothermal pools from the rhyolitic Kerlingarfjöll and basaltic Kverkfjöll volcanoes in Iceland, to investigate the lo...