Surviving the limits to life at the surface of Mars

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 103, Issue E12, 1998, Pages 28545-28555

  Clark, Benton C ^a,b  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^b Lockheed Martin Astronautics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARS; ORIGIN OF LIFE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0033604663     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JE02081     Document Type: Article

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