Biosignature Preservation and Detection in Mars Analog Environments : May 16–18, 2016, Lake Tahoe, Nevada

Our objective is to focus strategies to detect a range of possible biosignatures on Mars in different categories of geologic settings by assessing the attributes and preservation potential of various biosignatures in different Mars-analog habitable environments on Earth. We are seeking a better understanding of three broad classes of ancient environments known to exist in the martian geologic record: 1.Lacustrine and deltaic sediments, 2.Near-surface chemical sediments (including hydrothermal and pedogenic), or 3. Deep crustal rocks (including hydrothermally altered).Universities Space Research AssociationNational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationUniversities Space Research AssociationNational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationLunar and Planetary InstituteConveners: Lindsay Hays, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, David Beaty, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Mary Voytek, NASA Headquarters, Michael Meyer, NASA Headquarter