Rummaging through Earth's attic for remains of ancient life

Icarus

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 183-196

  Armstrong, John C ^a   Wells, Llyd E ^a   Gonzalez, Guillermo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earth; Moon; Planets; Surfaces; Terrestrial planets

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036853768     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2002.6957     Document Type: Article

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