TRACERS Portal

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Keyword-based tracers search

The Portal retrieves useful literature related to core concepts in astrobiology/exobiology. Important terms can be selected with a click and combined with your own search terms. The Portal uses Google Scholar and therefore remains more up-to-date and impartial than a human-curated database.

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Methods/fields (multiple or no selection possible):

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In situ Remote sensing Instruments Field data Modelling Lab work Experiments Surface geology / planet geology Mineralogy/petrology Theory Concepts

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Object (multiple or no selection possible):

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Earth Venus Mars Moon Icy Moons Dwarf planets Enceladus Europa Titan Comets Asteroids Exoplanet Rogue planets

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Environment (multiple or no selection possible):

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Space Atmosphere Clouds Surface Subsurface Water Ocean Subsurface ocean Groundwater Early Extreme Ice Rock Hydrothermal Meteorite / Panspermia

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Tracers/Interpretation (at least one selection needed):

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All tracers Life Traces/Tracers Microbial Habitability Biosignature/signature Signal Biomarker Bioindicator Abiotic Prebiotic Fossils Pseudofossils Agnostic

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