In recent EPSC there have been very successful sessions looking at field and lab based planetary analogue experiments. This session highlights the potential of integrating these approaches; i.e. analytical work on field samples and/or experiments using samples taken in the field as starting materials or experiments that try to replicate field occurrences.
Although we expect specific presentations are expected to concentrate on astro-biology but with a focus on quantitative interpretation of field observations this is not the sole aim of the session. Integrating field observations with lab experiments in the context of the formation of planetary surfaces and interiors will be major topics of the session.