Biotic survival over geological times

Astrobiology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 325-326

  Stan Lotter, Helga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; BACTERIUM; GEOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; NOTE; PALEONTOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVER; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

BACTERIA; EARTH (PLANET); EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PALEONTOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVERS; TIME;

EID: 16644384745     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2004.4.325     Document Type: Editorial

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