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Jen G. Blank
Senior Scientist, Blue Marble Space Institute of Science
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Characterizing Possible Martian Caves from Orbit
PLANETARY CAVES AND VOIDS AS TARGETS FOR ASTROBIOLOGY SCIENCE III ONLINE SESSION
subsurface habitability and life | 19 may 2022
Nicole Bardabelias, Christopher Patterson, Jennife...
On bodies such as the Moon and Mars, caves and other underground structures provide shelter from harsh surface environments due to extreme temperature...
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Latest Technologies and Advances for Robotic Exploration of Martian Caves in the Search for Life
PLANETARY CAVES AND VOIDS AS TARGETS FOR ASTROBIOLOGY SCIENCE III ONLINE SESSION
subsurface habitability and life | 19 may 2022
Benjamin Morrell, Jennifer G. Blank, Ali-akbar Agh...
This presentation outlines the technology and Concepts of Operations for a multi-robot team exploring martian caves. The robot team consists of wheele...
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Wind Cave as a Terrestrial Analog for Subsurface Liquid Reservoirs of Icy Moons
PLANETARY CAVES AND VOIDS AS TARGETS FOR ASTROBIOLOGY SCIENCE I ORAL
subsurface habitability and life | 18 may 2022
Joshua Sebree, Justin P. Peters, Marek K. Sliwinsk...
In order to better understand the potential for life elsewhere in the Solar System, it is important to understand the tenacity of life and the extreme...
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VOLCANIC SPELEOTHEMS AS A POSSIBLE TARGET IN THE SEARCH FOR EVIDENCE OF LIFE ON MARS
PLANETARY CAVES AND VOIDS AS TARGETS FOR ASTROBIOLOGY SCIENCE II POSTER
subsurface habitability and life | 18 may 2022
Jennifer G. Blank, John L. Grimsich
In this abstract we characterize the geochemistry of volcanic speleothems, secondary mineral deposits in lava caves, and discuss their relevance and p...
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Microbial sulfur cycling in an extremely high pH marine-like terrestrial serpentinizing system-Ney Springs
GEOMICROBIOLOGY OF THE DEEP BIOSPHERE I ORAL
biogeosciences | 17 december 2021
Annette Rowe, Leah R. Trutschel, Grayson Chadwick,...
Serpentinizing springs have been investigated as windows to the subsurface as they provide access to fluids impacted by subsurface geochemical process...
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The Influence of Physical Processes in the Growth of Speleothems in Volcanic (lava tube) Caves
MICROBE-MINERAL INTERACTIONS PRESERVED ACROSS SCALES I POSTER
biogeosciences | 13 december 2021
Harshad V. Kulkarni, Joshua Ford, Jennifer G. Blan...
Caves on Earth have morphologically diverse speleothems that record a signature of past and present life as well as environmental variations within th...
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A Geochemical Comparison of Three Terrestrial Sites of Serpentinization: The Tablelands, the Cedars, and Aqua de Ney
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: BIOGEOSCIENCES
01 november 2021
Melissa Cook, Jennifer G. Blank, Amanda Rietze, Sh...
Although the Earth's subsurface hosts an abundance of microbial life, the influence of geochemistry on these communities remains poorly constrained...
Stable Carbon Isotope Depletions in Lipid Biomarkers Suggest Subsurface Carbon Fixation in Lava Caves
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: BIOGEOSCIENCES
21 july 2021
Matt Selensky, Andrew Masterson, Jennifer G. Blank...
Lava caves, formed through basaltic volcanism, are accessible conduits into the shallow subsurface and the microbial life residing there. While evi...