1999 KUIPER PRIZE LECTURE: Cometary Origin of the Biosphere

Icarus

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 313-325

  Delsemme, Armand H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1006/icar.2000.6404     Document Type: Article

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