On panspermia and the survivability of micrometre-sized meteoroids within the Earth's atmosphere

International Journal of Astrobiology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 151-156

  Coulson, S G ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

asteroids; comets; evolution; meteoroids; meteors; panspermia

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749867929     PISSN: 14735504     EISSN: 14753006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1473550404002010     Document Type: Article

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