The geology and habitability of terrestrial planets: Fundamental requirements for life

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 129, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 7-34

  Southam, G ^a   Rothschild, L J ^b   Westall, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c CENTRE DE BIOPHYSIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Earth; Extremophiles; Life requirements; Origin of life

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL MAPPING; EARTH (PLANET); GEOLOGY;

EXTREMOPHILES; LIFE REQUIREMENTS; ORIGIN OF LIFE;

PLANETS;

EID: 34548063172     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-007-9148-8     Document Type: Article

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