Molecular and Isotopic Signs of Life and Climate in the Hyperarid Atacama Desert

Kari M Finstad1, Michael L Tuite Jr2, Kenneth H Williford2 and Ronald Amundson1, (1)University of California Berkeley, Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States