Terrestrial Hydrothermal Fields and the Search for Life in the Solar System
Whitepaper #272 submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032. Topics: field studies; life and prebiotic organics; Mars
by Martin Van Kranendonk, Raphael Baumgartner, Sherry Cady, Kathleen Campbell, Bruce Damer, David Deamer, Tara Djokic, Andrew Gangidine, Steve Ruff, and Malcolm R. Walter
Published onMar 18, 2021
Terrestrial Hydrothermal Fields and the Search for Life in the Solar System
Land-based hydrothermal fields are highly complex, habitable environments, with a range of conditions favourable for prebiotic chemistry. This, combined with their capacity to preserve biosignatures, makes these sites prime targets in the search for a second genesis of life.
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