Evaluation of the Tindouf Basin region in Southern Morocco as an analog site for soil geochemistry on Noachian Mars

• Published in: Astrobiology
• Main Authors: Oberlin, Elizabeth A, Claire, Mark W, Kounaves, Sam
• Other Authors: University of St Andrews. School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of St Andrews. St Andrews Centre for Exoplanet Science, University of St Andrews. St Andrews Isotope Geochemistry
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Mars analogs; Antarctica; Morocco; Oxyanions; Perchlorate; Nitrate; GE Environmental Sciences; QD Chemistry; QE Geology; NDAS; GE; QD; QE; Beacon Valley; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Taylor Valley; University Valley; Victoria Valley; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10023/17027; https://doi.org/10.1089/ast.2016.1557

Locations on Earth that provide insights into processes that may be occurring or may have occurred throughout martian history are often broadly deemed ‘‘Mars analogue environments.’’ As no single locale can precisely represent a past or present martian environment, it is important to focus on charac...