did-you-know? rent-now

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

did-you-know? rent-now

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

We're the #1 textbook rental company. Let us show you why.

9780521889193

Life in Antarctic Deserts and other Cold Dry Environments: Astrobiological Analogs

by
  • ISBN13:

    9780521889193

  • ISBN10:

    0521889197

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2010-06-07
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.

Purchase Benefits

List Price: $107.00 Save up to $32.10
  • Rent Book $74.90
    Add to Cart Free Shipping Icon Free Shipping

    TERM
    PRICE
    DUE
    SPECIAL ORDER: 1-2 WEEKS
    *This item is part of an exclusive publisher rental program and requires an additional convenience fee. This fee will be reflected in the shopping cart.

Supplemental Materials

What is included with this book?

Summary

The lessons learned from studies of the dry valleys of Antarctica applied to the search for life on other planets.

Table of Contents

List of contributorsp. ix
Introductionp. 1
Geologic analogies between the surface of Mars and the McMurdo Dry Valleys: microclimate-related geomorphic features and evidence for climate changep. 9
The legacy of aqueous environments on soils of the McMurdo Dry Valleys: contexts for future exploration of martian soilsp. 78
The antarctic cryptoendolithic microbial ecosystemp. 110
Antarctic McMurdo Dry Valley stream ecosystems as analog to fluvial systems on Marsp. 139
Saline lakes and ponds in the McMurdo Dry Valleys: ecological analogs to martian paleolake environmentsp. 160
The biogeochemistry and hydrology of McMurdo Dry Valley glaciers: is there life on martian ice now?p. 195
Factors promoting microbial diversity in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarcticap. 221
Other analogs to Mars: high-altitude, subsurface, desert, and polar environmentsp. 258
Indexp. 306
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.

Supplemental Materials

What is included with this book?

The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

The Used, Rental and eBook copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.

Rewards Program