Meteorites, microfossils, and exobiology

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3111, Issue , 1997, Pages 115-136

  Hoover, Richard B ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonaceous chondrites; exobiology; extremophiles; Microfossils; Murchison; SNC meteorites

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EXOBIOLOGY; MICROFOSSILS;

METEORITES;

EID: 0031301193     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.278766     Document Type: Conference Paper

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