Exploring for a record of ancient Martian life

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 104, Issue E11, 1999, Pages 26977-26995

  Farmer, Jack D ^a   Des Marais, David J ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ICE; WATER;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; FOSSIL; GEOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER; SEDIMENT; SPACE FLIGHT;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

CARBONATES; EARTH (PLANET); ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, PLANETARY; EXOBIOLOGY; FOSSILS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GEOLOGY; ICE; MARS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPACE FLIGHT; WATER;

EXOBIOLOGY; MARS;

EID: 0033604421     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JE000540     Document Type: Article

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