ENDOLITHIC HALOPHILES FOUND IN EVAPORITE SALTS ON TIBET PLATEAU AS A POTENTIAL ANALOG FOR MARTIAN LIFE IN SALINE ENVIRONMENT.

POTENTIAL ANALOG FOR MARTIAN LIFE IN SALINE ENVIRONMENT. F. J. Kong, M. P. Zheng, A. L. Wang, N. N. Ma. 1 R&D Center of Saline Lakes and Epithermal Deposits, Institute of Mineral Resources, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing,100037, China (kfjbj2002@yahoo.com.cn), Dept. Earth and Planetary Sciences and McDonnell Center for Space Sciences, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 63130 USA (alianw@levee.wustl.edu).