Bacterially-Mediated Formation of Rock Coatings in Kärkevagge, Swedish Lapland: A Mineralogical and Micro-Environmental Analog for Mars

• Main Author: Marnocha, Cassandra L.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: ScholarWorks@UARK 2013
• Subjects: Biological sciences; Earth sciences; Astrobiology; Biomineralization; Environmental microbiology; Geobiology; Geomicrobiology; Microbial ecology; Environmental Microbiology and Microbial Ecology; Physical Processes; The Sun and the Solar System; Kärkevagge; Northern Sweden; Lapland
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/1001; https://scholarworks.uark.edu/context/etd/article/2000/viewcontent/Marnocha_uark_0011A_11066.pdf

The search for past or present life on Mars is, for now, limited to surface environments. An often neglected surface environment that could have served as an abode for life and could presently preserve evidence of that life is that of rock coatings. Rock coatings are mineral accretions on rock surfa...