Zones of photosynthetic potential on Mars and the early Earth

Icarus

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 300-310

  Cockell, Charles S ^a   Raven, John A ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmosphere; Exobiology; Extrasolar planets; Impact processes; Mars; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942535847     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2003.12.024     Document Type: Article

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