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  1. The Molecular Profile of Soil Microbial Communities Inhabiting a Cambrian Host Rock

    Article • Microorganisms, March 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  2. Coupled C, H, N, S and Fe biogeochemical cycles operating in the continental deep subsurface of the Iberian Pyrite Belt

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, December 2022, Wiley

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  3. Formation of chloride deposits on Early Mars under acidic and reducing crustal conditions

    Article • August 2022, Research Square

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  4. Unveiling microbial preservation under hyperacidic and oxidizing conditions in the Oligocene Rio Tinto deposit

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  5. The Molecular Record of Metabolic Activity in the Subsurface of the Río Tinto Mars Analog

    Article • Astrobiology, November 2021, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  6. Preservation of Underground Microbial Diversity in Ancient Subsurface Deposits (>6 Ma) of the Rio Tinto Basement

    Article • Microorganisms, July 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  7. The potential science and engineering value of samples delivered to Earth by Mars sample return

    Article • Meteoritics and Planetary Science, March 2019, Wiley

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  8. Molecular biomarkers in the subsurface of the Salar Grande (Atacama, Chile) evaporitic deposits

    Article • Biogeochemistry, August 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  9. A mineralogical archive of the biogeochemical sulfur cycle preserved in the subsurface of the Río Tinto system

    Article • American Mineralogist, March 2018, Mineralogical Society of America

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  10. Productivity Contribution of Paleozoic Woodlands to the Formation of Shale‐Hosted Massive Sulfide Deposits in the Iberian Pyrite Belt (Tharsis, Spain)

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, March 2018, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  11. Coogoon Valles, western Arabia Terra: Hydrological evolution of a complex Martian channel system

    Article • Icarus, September 2017, Elsevier

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  12. Orbital evidence for clay and acidic sulfate assemblages on Mars based on mineralogical analogs from Rio Tinto, Spain

    Article • Icarus, September 2016, Elsevier

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  13. Oxalate formation under the hyperarid conditions of the Atacama desert as a mineral marker to provide clues to the source of organic carbon on Mars

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, June 2016, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  14. Acidophiles and Astrobiology

    Article • January 2016, Caister Academic Press

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  15. Formation of iron-rich shelled structures by microbial communities

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, January 2015, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  16. Iron Oxides, Hydroxides and Oxy-hydroxides

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  17. Rio Tinto

    Article • January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  18. Reply to the Comment on “Identification of the subsurface sulfide bodies responsible for acidity in Río Tinto source water, Spain” (Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 391 (2014) 36–41)

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, October 2014, Elsevier

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  19. Río Tinto: A Geochemical and Mineralogical Terrestrial Analogue of Mars

    Article • Life, September 2014, MDPI AG

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  20. Report of the workshop for life detection in samples from Mars

    Article • Life Sciences in Space Research, July 2014, Elsevier

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  21. Microbial mediated formation of Fe-carbonate minerals under extreme acidic conditions

    Article • Scientific Reports, April 2014, Nature

    Dr Thomas Schmid, Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  22. Identification of the subsurface sulfide bodies responsible for acidity in Río Tinto source water, Spain

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, April 2014, Elsevier

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  23. Geology of the Ariadnes Basin, NE Eridania quadrangle, Mars – 1:1Million

    Article • Journal of Maps, February 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  24. Biogeochemical Cycles

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  25. Biosphere

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  26. Abiotic

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  27. Rio Tinto

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  28. Iron Oxides, Hydroxides and Oxy-hydroxides

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  29. Quantitative Raman spectroscopy as a tool to study the kinetics and formation mechanism of carbonates

    Article • Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, December 2013, Elsevier

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  30. Deep subsurface sulfate reduction and methanogenesis in the Iberian Pyrite Belt revealed through geochemistry and molecular biomarkers

    Article • Geobiology, November 2013, Wiley

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  31. Iberian Pyrite Belt Subsurface Life (IPBSL), a Drilling Project of Biohydrometallurgical Interest

    Article • Advanced Materials Research, October 2013, Trans Tech Publications

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  32. Geobiology of a lower Cambrian carbonate platform, Pedroche Formation, Ossa Morena Zone, Spain

    Article • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, September 2013, Elsevier

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  33. Molecular preservation in halite‐ and perchlorate‐rich hypersaline subsurface deposits in the Salar Grande basin (Atacama Desert, Chile): Implications for the search for molecular biomarkers on Mars

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences, June 2013, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Cecilia S. Demergasso, Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  34. Carbonate precipitation under bulk acidic conditions as a potential biosignature for searching life on Mars

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, October 2012, Elsevier

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  35. Planning for Mars Returned Sample Science: Final Report of the MSR End-to-End International Science Analysis Group (E2E-iSAG)

    Article • Astrobiology, March 2012, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  36. A Microbial Oasis in the Hypersaline Atacama Subsurface Discovered by a Life Detector Chip: Implications for the Search for Life on Mars

    Article • Astrobiology, December 2011, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr Cecilia S. Demergasso, Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  37. Detection of Peptidic Sequences in the Ancient Acidic Sediments of Río Tinto, Spain

    Article • Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres, December 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  38. The environment of early Mars and the missing carbonates

    Article • Meteoritics and Planetary Science, September 2011, Wiley

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  39. The preservation and degradation of filamentous bacteria and biomolecules within iron oxide deposits at Rio Tinto, Spain

    Article • Geobiology, March 2011, Wiley

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  40. Aerobic biomineralization of Mg-rich carbonates: Implications for natural environments

    Article • Chemical Geology, February 2011, Elsevier

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  41. Rio Tinto

    Article • January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  42. Iron Oxyhydroxides

    Article • January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  43. Biogeochemical Cycles

    Article • January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  44. Biosphere

    Article • January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  45. Abiotic

    Article • January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  46. Astrobiological Field Campaign to a Volcanosedimentary Mars Analogue Methane Producing Subsurface Protected Ecosystem: Imuruk Lake (Alaska)

    Article • Advances in Astronomy, January 2011, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  47. Classification of Modern and Old Río Tinto Sedimentary Deposits Through the Biomolecular Record Using a Life Marker Biochip: Implications for Detecting Life on Mars

    Article • Astrobiology, January 2011, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  48. From Río Tinto to Mars

    Article • January 2011, Elsevier

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  49. Río Tinto sedimentary mineral assemblages: A terrestrial perspective that suggests some formation pathways of phyllosilicates on Mars

    Article • Icarus, January 2011, Elsevier

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  50. Association between catastrophic paleovegetation changes during Devonian–Carboniferous boundary and the formation of giant massive sulfide deposits

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, November 2010, Elsevier

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  51. Microbial ecology of Río Tinto, a natural extreme acidic environment of biohydrometallurgical interest

    Article • Hydrometallurgy, October 2010, Elsevier

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  52. The Case of the Lacking Carbonates and the Emergence of Early Life on Mars

    Article • Sustainability, August 2010, MDPI AG

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  53. Fluvial Bedform Generation by Biofilm Activity in the Berrocal Segment of Río Tinto: Acidic Biofilms and Sedimentation

    Article • January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  54. Microbial Ecology of a Natural Extreme Acidic Environment: Lessons from Río Tinto

    Article • Advanced Materials Research, May 2009, Trans Tech Publications

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  55. The 2005 MARTE Robotic Drilling Experiment in Río Tinto, Spain: Objectives, Approach, and Results of a Simulated Mission to Search for Life in the Martian Subsurface

    Article • Astrobiology, October 2008, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  56. Underground Habitats in the Río Tinto Basin: A Model for Subsurface Life Habitats on Mars

    Article • Astrobiology, October 2008, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  57. Fossilization potential of iron-bearing minerals in acidic environments of Rio Tinto, Spain: Implications for Mars exploration

    Article • Icarus, March 2008, Elsevier

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  58. Some Ecological Mechanisms to Generate Habitability in Planetary Subsurface Areas by Chemolithotrophic Communities: The Río Tinto Subsurface Ecosystem as a Model System

    Article • Astrobiology, February 2008, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  59. Subsurface Geomicrobiology of the Iberian Pyritic Belt

    Article • January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  60. Extreme environments as Mars terrestrial analogs: The Rio Tinto case

    Article • Planetary and Space Science, February 2007, Elsevier

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  61. Finding mineralogically interesting targets for exploration from spatially coarse visible and near IR spectra

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, November 2006, Elsevier

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  62. Spiders: Water-Driven Erosive Structures in the Southern Hemisphere of Mars

    Article • Astrobiology, August 2006, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  63. The subsurface and surface acidic system of Río Tinto: Sulfur and iron transfer from underground weathering to subaerial precipitation

    Article • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, August 2006, Elsevier

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  64. Thermal evolution of several sulfate-rich brines and hydrated sulfate minerals at the environmental conditions of the martian surface

    Article • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, August 2006, Elsevier

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  65. Interglacial clathrate destabilization on Mars: Possible contributing source of its atmospheric methane

    Article • Geology, January 2006, Geological Society of America

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  66. Prime candidate sites for astrobiological exploration through the hydrogeological history of Mars

    Article • Planetary and Space Science, November 2005, Elsevier

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  67. The Río Tinto Basin, Spain: Mineralogy, sedimentary geobiology, and implications for interpretation of outcrop rocks at Meridiani Planum, Mars

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, November 2005, Elsevier

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  68. Instrument development to search for biomarkers on mars: Terrestrial acidophile, iron-powered chemolithoautotrophic communities as model systems

    Article • Planetary and Space Science, June 2005, Elsevier

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  69. Efficiently using connectivity information between triangles in a mesh for real-time rendering

    Article • Future Generation Computer Systems, November 2004, Elsevier

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  70. Inhibition of carbonate synthesis in acidic oceans on early Mars

    Article • September 2004, Nature

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  71. The Tinto River, an Extreme Gaian Environment

    Article • August 2004, The MIT Press

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  72. Early Cambrian molluscs from Sierra de Córdoba (Spain)

    Article • Geobios, March 2004, Elsevier

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  73. The Tinto River, an extreme acidic environment under control of iron, as an analog of the Terra Meridiani hematite site of Mars

    Article • Planetary and Space Science, January 2004, Elsevier

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  74. Importance of Chemolithotrophy for Early Life on Earth: The Tinto River (Iberian Pyritic Belt) Case

    Article • January 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  75. Tírez Lake as a Terrestrial Analog of Europa

    Article • Astrobiology, December 2003, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  76. Geomicrobiology of the Tinto River, a model of interest for biohydrometallurgy

    Article • Hydrometallurgy, October 2003, Elsevier

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  77. Geological record of an acidic environment driven by iron hydrochemistry: The Tinto River system

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, January 2003, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  78. Interaction of the sulfur and iron cycles in the Tinto River ecosystem

    Article • Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology, December 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  79. Latest Neoproterozoic to Middle Cambrian body fossil record in Spain (exclusive of trilobites and archaeocyaths) and their stratigraphic significance

    Article • GFF, June 2001, Taylor & Francis

    Dr David Fernandez-Remolar

  80. Preservation Windows for Paleobiological Traces in the Mars Geological Record

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Marta Ruiz-Bermejo, Dr David Fernandez-Remolar