On the existence and stability of liquid water on the surface of mars today

Astrobiology

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 183-195

  Kuznetz, L H ^b   Gan, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaporation; Heat transfer; Mars; Mass transfer; Phase diagram; Triple point

Indexed keywords

ICE; WATER;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; DRUG STABILITY; SPACE FLIGHT; SURFACE PROPERTY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOGENESIS; CLIMATE; DRUG STABILITY; ICE; MARS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SPACE FLIGHT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER;

EID: 0036618221     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/15311070260192255     Document Type: Article

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