Early martian environments: The Antarctic and other terrestrial analogs

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1989, Pages 147-153

  Wharton Jr , R A ^a   McKay, C P ^b   Mancinelli, R L ^b   Simmons Jr , G M ^c  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGY; COLD CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESERT CLIMATE; MICROCLIMATE; NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NASA DISCIPLINE NUMBER 52-50; NASA PROGRAM EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; SPACE FLIGHT;

NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NASA DISCIPLINE NUMBER 52-50; NASA PROGRAM EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ATMOSPHERE; BIOGENESIS; COLD CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DESERT CLIMATE; EARTH (PLANET); EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; MARS; SPACE FLIGHT; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.;

EID: 0024959253     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0273-1177(89)90221-4     Document Type: Article

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