Survival of bacteria exposed to extreme acceleration: Implications for panspermia

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 189, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 1-8

  Mastrapa, R M E ^a   Glanzberg, H ^a   Head, J N ^b   Melosh, H J ^a   Nicholson, W L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Exobiology; Impact craters; Interplanetary space; Martian meteorites; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; IMPACT; MARTIAN METEORITE; METEORITE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0034938169     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00342-9     Document Type: Article

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