Antarctic ice sheet as a model in search of life on other planets

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 363-368

  Abyzov, S S ^a   Mitskevich, I N ^a   Poglazova, M N ^a   Barkov, N I ^b   Lipenkov, V Ya ^b   Bobin, N E ^c   Koudryashov, B B ^c   Pashkevich, V M ^c  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^b ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c NONE

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EID: 0032434288     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(98)00194-X     Document Type: Article

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