ASSESSING ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC PROCESSES CONTRIBUTING TO SULFATE FORMATION IN ANTARCTICA: ASTROBIOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR MARS
SMITH, Sara, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1621 Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, 37996, MIKUCKI, Jill, Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1311 Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, 37996, BISHOP, Janice, Carl Sagan Center, SETI Institute & NASA-Ames, 189 Bernardo Ave, Suite 200, Mountain View, CA 94043-5139 and SZYNKIEWICZ, Anna, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1621 Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, 37996