Investigation of biological, chemical and physical processes on and in planetary surfaces by laboratory simulation

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 821-828

  Sears, D W G ^a,b   Benoit, P H ^a,b   McKeever, S W S ^c   Banerjee, D ^c   Kral, T ^a,c   Stites, W ^a,b   Roe, L ^a,d   Jansma, P ^a,c   Mattioli, G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Oklahoma State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT REFLECTION; METEORITES; SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ASTEROIDS;

MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036701111     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(02)00056-9     Document Type: Article

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