This program is devoted to gaining a better understand the significance of low temperature minerals that are found in meteorites, including those thought to originate from Mars.

• Cloutis E.A., Hudon P., Romanek C.S., Bishop J.L., Reddy V., Gaffey M.J. and Hardersen P.S. 2010 Spectral reflectance properties of Ureilites, Meteoritics and Planetary Science 45, 1668-1694.
• Gibson E.K. Jr., Thomas-Keptra K.L., Clemett S J., McKay D.S., Romanek C. and Wentworth S.J. 2003 Evidence for past life on Early Mars: How the evidence stands. ASP Conference Series 213, 203-207.
• Clemett S.J., Thomas-Keptra K.L., Shimmin J., Morphew M., McIntosh J.R., Bazylinski D.A., Kirschvink J.L., Wentworth S.J., McKay D.S., Vali H., Gibson E.K. Jr and Romanek C.S. 2002 Crystal morphology of MV-1 magnetite Amer. Mineral. 87, 1727-1730.
• Thomas-Keptra K., Clemett S.J., Bazylinski D.A., Kirschvink J.L., McKay D.S., Wentworth S.J., Vali H., Gibson, Jr. E.K. and Romanek C.S. 2002. Magnetofossils from Ancient Mars: a robust biosignature in the Martian Meteorite ALH84001 Applied and Environmental Microbiology 68, 3663-3672.
• Thomas-Keptra, K., Romanek, C.S. and others. 2001.Truncated hexa-octohedral magnetite crystals in ALH84001: Presumptive biosignatures. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98, 2164-2169.
• Thomas-Keptra, K.L., Romanek, C.S. and others. 2000.Elongated prismatic magnetite (Fe3O4) crystals in ALH84001 carbonate globules: Potential martian magnetofossils.Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 64, 4049-4081.
• Gibson, E.K., Romanek, C.S. and others. 1999. Life on Mars: evaluation within Martian meteorites ALH84001, Nakhla, and Shergotty. Precambrian Research 106 (2001) 15-34.
• Romanek, C.S., Perry, E.C., Treiman, A.H., Socki, R.A., Jones, J.H. and Gibson, E.K. Jr. 1998. Oxygen isotopic record of silicate alteration in the Shergotty-Nakhla-Chassigny meteorite Lafayette. Meteorics and Planet. Sci. 33, 775-784.
• Treiman, A.H. and Romanek, C.S. 1998. Bulk and stable isotopic compositions of carbonate mineral in Martrian meteorite Allan Hills 84001: No proof of high formation temperature. Meteoritics and Planet. Sci. 33, 737-742.
• Thomas-Keptra K., McKay D.S., Wentworth S.J., Stevens T.O., Taunton A.E., Allen C.C., Coleman A., Gibson E.K. Jr and Romanek C.S. 1998. Bacterial mineralization patterns in Columbia River basaltic environments: Implications for possible life in martian meteorite ALH84001. Geology 26, 1031-1034.
• Valley J.W., Eiler J.M., Graham C.M., Gibson E.K. Jr.,Romanek C.S. and Stolper E.M. 1997.Low temperature carbonate concretions in the Martian Meteorite ALH84001: Evidence from stable isotopes and mineralogy. Science 275, 1633-1638.
• McKay D.S., Gibson E.K. Jr., Thomas-Keptra K. andRomanek C.S. 1997 Evidence for possible past life in a martian meteorite: A current assessment. SPIE 3111, 2-6.
• Vali H., Paquette J., Sears S.K., Temmam M., Williams-Jones A.E., Gibson E.K. Jr, Thomas-Keptra K.L., Romanek C.S. and McKay D.S. 1997 Significance of microstructure for the recognition of biologically mediated mineralization. SPIE 3111, 137-143.
• McKay, D.S., Gibson, E.K. Jr., Thomas-Keptra, K.L., Vali, H.,Romanek, C.S., Clemett, S.J., Chillier, X.D.F., Maechling, C.R. and Zare, R.N. 1996. Search for past life on Mars: Possible relic biogenic activity in Martian Meteorite ALH84001.Science 273, 924-930.
• McKay D.S., Thomas-Keptra K.L., Romanek C.S., Gibson E.K. Jr. and Vali H 1996 Evaluating the evidence for past life on Mars. Science 274, 2123-2124.
• Gibson E.K. Jr., McKay D.S., Thomas-Keptra K.L. andRomanek C.S. 1996 Evaluating the evidence for past life on Mars. Science 274, 2125.
• Romanek, C.S., Grady, M.M., Wright, I.P., Mittlefehldt, D.W., Socki, R.A., Pillinger, C.T. and Gibson, E.K. Jr. 1994. Record of fluid-rock interactions on Mars from the meteorite ALH84001.Nature 372, 655-657.