Ultraviolet radiation from F and K stars and implications for planetary habitability

Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 413-420

  Kasting, James F ^a   Whittet, Douglas C B ^b   Sheldon, William R ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^c University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; OZONE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; MICROCLIMATE; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXYGEN; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PLANETS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0031196667     PISSN: 01696149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006596806012     Document Type: Article

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