Recognizing the geological signature of early life on Earth and Mars

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 545, 2004, Pages 127-130

  Javaux, Emmanuelle J ^a   Knoll, Andrew H ^b   Marshall, Craig P ^c   Walter, Malcolm R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOBIOLOGY; GEOLOGICAL SIGNATURES;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; RAMAN SCATTERING; ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; X RAYS;

EARTH (PLANET);

EID: 2342612966     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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