Pressurized brines in continental Antarctica as a possible analogue of Mars

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Forte, Emanuele, Dalle Fratte, Michele, Azzaro, Maurizio, Guglielmin, Mauro
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
• Subjects: Article; Antarctic; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Talik; The Antarctic; Victoria Land; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5018818/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27616183; https://doi.org/10.1038/srep33158

Interest in brines in extreme and cold environments has recently increased after they have been found on Mars. Those brines can be potential new subsurface habitats for peculiar ecosystems. In the McMurdo Dry Valleys of the Antarctic, the best analogue for Mars conditions, only a few cases of brines...