Impact craters, water and microbial life

Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages 261-275

  Cockell, Charles S ^a   Lim, Darlene S S ^b  

^a BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrasolar planet; Hydrothermal system; Impact crater; Impact structure; Secchi disk depth

Indexed keywords

EID: 30444458001     PISSN: 16108957     EISSN: 16131851     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-31538-4_11     Document Type: Chapter

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