Aeolian transport of viable microbial life across the Atacama Desert, Chile: Implications for Mars

Armando Azua-Bustos^*, Carlos González-Silva, Miguel Ángel Fernández-Martínez, Cristián Arenas-Fajardo, Ricardo Fonseca, F. Javier Martin-Torres, Maite Fernández-Sampedro, Alberto G. Fairén, María-Paz Zorzano