Origins of life: A comparison of theories and application to mars

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-73

  Davis, Wanda L ^a   McKay, Christopher P ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID WATER; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

MARS;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOSSIL; MICROCLIMATE; NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY;

NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY;

BIOGENESIS; EARTH (PLANET); EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; FOSSILS; MARS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030072267     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01808160     Document Type: Article

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