The moon and the origin of life

Earth, Moon and Planets

Volumn 85-86, Issue , 1999, Pages 61-66

  Benn, C R ^a  

^a ISAAC NEWTON GROUP OF TELESCOPES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Moon; Origin of life

Indexed keywords

MOON; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

EID: 0034760507     PISSN: 01679295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1017082925182     Document Type: Article

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