Life in ice-covered oceans

Science

Volumn 284, Issue 5420, 1999, Pages 1631-1633

  Gaidos, E J ^a   Nealson, Kenneth H ^b   Kirschvink, Joseph L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE; SEA WATER;

ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; BIOSPHERE; ENERGY RESOURCE; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; LIFE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEA; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER VAPOR;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ATMOSPHERE; ECOSYSTEM; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; HYDROGEN; ICE; IRON; JUPITER; METHANE; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; SULFUR; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 0033522932     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.284.5420.1631     Document Type: Review

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