Ultraviolet protection in microhabitats - Lessons from the terrestrial poles applied to mars

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 518, 2002, Pages 215-218

  Cockell, C S ^a   Rettberg, P ^b   Horneck, G ^b   Patel, M ^c   Lammer, H ^e   Cordoba Jabonero C ^d  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRO DE ASTROBIOLOGÍA CSIC INTA   (Spain)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; CELLS; DOSIMETRY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; PLANETS; RADIOMETRY; SNOW; SPACECRAFT; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

MICROHABITATS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0036766630     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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