Sampling sites: types and locations | Sample names | Relevant chemical and physical extreme characteristics (example analogue Martian site) | |
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Sulfidic springs (Germany) | Sippenauer Moor | Sulfidic spring SM; sulfidic spring SM* | Anoxic, low in organics, sulfur-rich, low temperature (10°C, Noachian sulfur cycling at Meridian Planum and across Noachian Mars) |
Islinger Mühlbach | Sulfidic spring IM; sulfidic spring IM* | ||
Hypersaline environment (Boulby mine, UK) | Sampling site 1 | Hypersaline environment | Anoxic, low in organics, hypersaline (Terra Sirenium; anoxic brine slopes) |
Acidic lake (Lake Grænavatn, Iceland) | Sampling site 1 | Acidic lake SS1; acidic lake SS1* | Anoxic, low in organics, basaltic environment (acidic lake), acidic (pH 2–3), (water-rock interactions at Jezero Crater; Meridiani Planum) |
Sampling site 3 | Acidic lake SS3; acidic lake SS3* | ||
Acidic river (Rio Tinto, Spain) | Lago Peligroso | Acidic river LP; acidic river LP* | |
Galdierias | Acidic river Gal; acidic river Gal* | ||
Permafrost setting (Herschel Island, Canada and Yedoma, Russia (SOB-14)) | SlpD14-PS1-11 | Permafrost SlpD14-1; permafrost SlpD14-1* | Low temperature (< 0°C, anoxic; Planum Boreum) |
SlpD14-PS3-11 | Permafrost SlpD14-3; permafrost SlpD14-3* | ||
SOB-14-06-A-37 | Permafrost SOB; permafrost SOB* | ||
TSD-14-IW1-01 | Permafrost TSD; permafrost TSD* | ||
Additional samples (retrieved during Mars landing simulation campaign) | |||
Kaunertaler Glacier (Austria) | Sampling site 1 | Glacier SS1; glacier SS1* | Low temperature (< 0 °C, Planum Boreum) |
Sampling site 2 | Glacier SS2; glacier SS2* |