Periodic analysis of the Viking Lander labeled release experiment

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4495, Issue , 2002, Pages 96-107

  Miller, Joseph D ^a   Straat, Patricia A ^b   Levin, Gilbert V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Spheric Inc ^*  (United States)

^c Sphericity Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythm; Labeled release experiment; Life on Mars; Phase shift; Viking mission

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BIOLOGY; CARBON DIOXIDE; PHASE SHIFT; PLANETS; RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOLUBILITY; SPACE RESEARCH;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; MARTIAN SOLAR PERIOD; VIKING MISSION;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0036396589     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.454748     Document Type: Article

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