The impact crater as a habitat: Effects of impact processing of target materials

Astrobiology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 181-191

  Cockell, Charles S ^a,c   Osinski, Gordon R ^b   Lee, Pascal ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breccia; Crater; Haughton; Impact; Recolonization; Succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 14944352026     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/153110703321632507     Document Type: Conference Paper

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