Accessing the Martian deep subsurface to search for life

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1035-1042

  Mancinelli, Rocco L ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0000859905     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(00)00077-5     Document Type: Article

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