Our generation could realistically be the one to discover evidence of life beyond Earth. With
this privileged potential comes responsibility. The magnitude of the question of whether we …

The recognition of past habitable environments on Mars has increased the urgency to
understand biosignature preservation in and characterize analogues of these environments …

Noachian-aged Jezero crater is the only known location on Mars where clear orbital
detections of carbonates are found in close proximity to clear fluvio-lacustrine features …

Stable carbon and oxygen isotopes (δ18O and δ13C values) and trace elements have been
applied to the study of diagenesis of carbonate rocks for over 50 years. As valuable as these …

Conventional carbonate–water oxygen isotope thermometry and the more recently
developed clumped isotope thermometer have been widely used for the reconstruction of …

Carbonate build-ups in lakes, hydrothermal and fluvial settings are characterized by
distinctive geometry, spatial distribution, fabrics and geochemical signature but also by …

An outline of the geology of the Italian Northern Apennines, to accompany a geological map
at 1: 250,000 scale covering the Emilia-Romagna, Marche, Tuscany and Umbria regions, is …

The terrestrial limestones forming at the emergence of thermal springs show a variety of
unusual depositional facies. The specific lithological and petrological features of these …

Geotourism is a form of maintainable tourism that emphasizes the geoheritage
characteristics of a district. Karst landforms are one of the most imperative appealing aspects …

The study of hydrothermal travertines contributes to the understanding of the interaction
between physico‐chemical processes and microbial mats in carbonate precipitation. Three …