Many possibilities for life's emergence

JBIS - Journal British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 58, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 218-222

  Tang, Bor Luen ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Europa; Extremophiles; FeS; Habitable zone; Mars; Titan

Indexed keywords

EUROPA; EXTREMOPHILES; FES; HABITABLE ZONE; MARS; TITAN;

BIOCHEMISTRY; EARTH (PLANET); EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; PLANETS; SATELLITES;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 20744434264     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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