Comment on "A numerical model for an alternative origin of Lake Vostok and its exobiological implications for Mars" by N. S. Duxbury, I. A. Zotikov, K. H. Nealson, V. E. Romanovsky, and F. D. Carsey

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Siegert, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Lake Vostok; Subglacial

Indexed keywords

EXOBIOLOGY; MARS;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; LAKE VOSTOK;

EID: 2342533764     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003je002176     Document Type: Article

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