Impact seeding and reseeding in the inner solar system

Astrobiology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 483-496

  Gladman, Brett ^a   Dones, Luke ^b   Levison, Harold F ^b   Burns, Joseph A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Impact; Meteorites; Panspermia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGY; SPACE FLIGHT; TIME;

BIOGENESIS; EARTH (PLANET); EXOBIOLOGY; METEOROIDS; MINOR PLANETS; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACE SIMULATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 24344464276     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2005.5.483     Document Type: Article

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