A reexamination of the Sudbury landing

Icarus

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 233-234

  Ross, David S ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Comets; Exobiology; Geochemistry; Prebiotic chemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646938282     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.02.017     Document Type: Article

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