Centro de Astrobiología INTA-CSIC
Planetary Geology
2009

2008

Relevant non-MALTA Publications

"Fractal properties of isolines at varying altitude revealing different dominant geological processes on Earth". Andrea Baldassarri, Marco Montuori, Olga Prieto-Ballesteros, and Susanna C. Manrubia. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113 (2008) E09002

"Some ecological mechanisms to generate habitability in planetary subsurface areas by chemolithotrophic communities: The Rio Tinto subsurface ecosystem as a model system". David C. Fernández-Remolar, Felipe Gómez, Olga Pieto-Ballesteros, Rachel T. Schelble, Nuria Rodríguez, and Ricardo Amils. ASTROBIOLOGY 8, 157-173 (2008).

"The Permafrost of the Imuruk Lake Basaltic Field Area (Alaska) and Astrobiological Implications" O. Prieto-Ballesteros, D.C. Fernández-Remolar, J. Torres Redondo, M. Fernández-Sampedro, M.P. Martín Redondo, J.A. Rodriguez-Manfredi, J. Gómez-Elvira, D. Gómez-Ortiz, and F. Gómez. Proc.9Int.Conf.permafrost 2, 1445-1451 (2008).

"TandEM: Titan and Enceladus mission" A. Coustenis, et al. Experimental Astronomy (2007).

"The 2005 MARTE Robotic Drilling Experiment in Rio Tinto Spain: objectives, approach, and results of a simulated mission to search for life in the martian subsurface". Stoker, C., et al. Astrobiology 8, 921-945 (2008).

"SOLID2: An antibody array-based life detector instrument in a Mars Drilling Simulation Experiment (MARTE)". Parro, V., et al. Astrobiology 8, 987-999 (2008).

"Underground habitats found in the Río Tinto Basin: an approach to Mars subsurface life exploration". Fernández-Remolar, et al. Astrobiology 8, 1023-1047 (2008).

"The subsurface geology of Río Tinto: material examined during a simulated mars drilling mission for the mars astrobiology research and technology experiment (MARTE)". Prieto-Ballesteros, O., Martinez-Frias, J., Schutt, J., Sutter, B., Heldmann, J., Bell, M.S., Battler, M., Cannon, H., Gómez-Elvira, J., and Stoker, C. Astrobiology 8 (2008).

"Precipitation of subsurface carbonates under acidic surface conditions on Mars: A terrestrial perspective". Fernandez-Remolar, DC; Amils, R; Prieto-Ballesteros, O, et al. GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA 72, A265-A265 (2008).