Habitats and taphonomy of Europa

Icarus

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 515-527

  Lipps, Jere H ^a   Rieboldt, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Europa; Exploration; Habitats; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444554025     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2005.04.010     Document Type: Article

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