High-temperature life without photosynthesis as a model for Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 102, Issue E10, 1997, Pages 23687-23694

  Shock, Everett L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbosilane; CID; Complexes; Dendrimer; ESI FTICR; MALDI TOF; Mass spectrometry; Matrix assisted laser desorption ionization; Peptides; Polymers; PSD

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; SEA WATER;

LIFE ON EARTH; LIFE ON MARS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; EURYARCHAEOTA; GEOLOGY; HEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; SEDIMENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

EURYARCHAEOTA; EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; EXOBIOLOGY; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGY; HEAT; MARS; SEAWATER; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0031419485     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97JE01087     Document Type: Article

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