CAREX Rio Tinto Field Workshop: Instruments, Sample Collection and Analysis
Abstract
At Rio Tinto, a Mars analogue site, Raman and fibre-optic spectrometers were successfully used to select appropriate rock and soil samples, and detect minerals for which it is interesting to study the associated microorganisms for innovative molecular biology techniques.
- Publication:
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41st Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
- Pub Date:
- March 2010
- Bibcode:
- 2010LPI....41.1374M