Life on Mars: Evaluation of the evidence within Martian meteorites ALH84001, Nakhla, and Shergotty

Precambrian Research

Volumn 106, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 15-34

  Gibson Jr , E K ^a   McKay, D S ^a   Thomas Keprta, K L ^b   Wentworth, S J ^b   Westall, F ^a   Steele, A ^c   Romanek, C S ^d   Bell, M S ^b   Toporski, J ^c  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CARBON 14; CARBONIC ACID; MAGNETITE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND; SULFUR;

BIOGENIC MATERIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARLY EARTH; EXOBIOLOGY; MARTIAN METEORITE;

ARTIFACT; ASTRONOMY; BACTERIUM; FOSSIL; LIFE; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 0035251195     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(00)00122-4     Document Type: Article

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