Photosynthesis: Likelihood of occurrence and possibility of detection on earth-like planets

Icarus

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 535-548

  Wolstencroft, R D ^a   Raven, J A ^b  

^a UK ASTRONOMY TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; Earth; Evolution; Prebiotic environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036328315     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2002.6854     Document Type: Article

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